Tanzania: General Resources, Politics, & Human Rights
- Amnesty International on Tanzania--News (New York and Washington, DC)
- Bunge ya Tanzania = Parliament of Tanzania
- CHADEMA: Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo -- Nguvu ya Umma (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)"CHADEMA ni chama mbadala kinachokua na kinachoongozwa kwa Falsafa ya 'Nguvu ya Umma' na kuamini katika itikadi ya 'Mrengo wa Kati'. CHADEMA inawataka Watanzania kuelewa kwamba mabadiliko ya kweli yataletwa na kubadilisha mfumo wa utawala."
--See also: CHADEMA Blog - Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)Website ya CCM kwa Kiswahili ambayo ina habari na hotuba na hati zingine.
- Chatham House on Tanzania (Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, UK)
- "Politics and Development in Tanzania: Shifting the Status Quo," March 2016 by Adjoa Anyimadu. 38 pages in PDF format
- CIPESA--Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa: State of Internet Freedom in Tanzania 2019: Mapping Trends in Government Internet Controls, 1999-2019. January 2020. (Kampala, Uganda)
- Civil Society Organisations Database, 2017-2018. (Wote Initiative for Development Empowerment, Dar es Salaam, Morogoro, & Pwani,Tanzania)
- Tanzania Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (Dar es Salaam) In Swahili and English"...an Independent Government Department...came into existence in the year 2000 following the 13th Amendment of the Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania, 1977...and became operational in the year 2001."
- Committee to Protect Journalists: "The Invisible Plight of the Tanzanian Press" (August 2013) Special Report by Tom Rhodes. (New York)
- The Constitution of Tanzania (1977) English version, 2009 (via Tanzania Government Portal, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
91 pages in PDF format
--Select Swahili version of web site: Tume ya Mabadaliko ya Katiba
- Prevention and Combating Corruption Bureau (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
- DETAF: Deutsch-Tansanische Freundschaftsgesellschaft = German-Tanzanian Friendship Society (Everswinkel, Germany)Information about the society, projects of various NGOs in Tanzania, a searchable news databank and discussion forum (both in German), and related links.
- DICOTA--Diaspora Council of Tanzanians in America (USA)"DICOTA is an organization whose purpose is to unite and strengthen the Tanzanian American Diaspora and its supporters, in order to enhance the economic, health, and social well being of Tanzanians and Americans."
- East African Civil Society Organizations Forum (Arusha, Tanzania)"...founded in 2007 as an autonomous umbrella body of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and civil society organizations, (CSOs), in East Africa. Since its founding, EACSOF has been working to strengthen the institutionalization of the relationship between East African CSOs and the Community, (EAC)."
--See especially: ESOF Newsletters, 2008 to present ; Tanzania Citizen Report, April 2020. - Elections in Tanzania, 2020 and earlier
- BBC News: "Tanzania elections: Chadema's Freeman Mbowe arrested," November 2, 2020. (London, UK)
- The East African: "Tanzania's Magufuli wins election by a landslide," October 31, 2020. (Nairobi, Kenya)
- Foundation for Civil Society: "CSOs Call for Inclusion of Marginalised Communities in Upcoming Elections," February 7, 2020.
- Human Rights Watch (New York): Tanzania: Freedoms Threatened Ahead of Elections." September 2, 2020
- Tanzania National Electoral Commission (Dar es Salaam)
- Britain Tanzania Society Webinar--"Tanzania Going to the Polls," October 6, 2020. --via Udadisi (Princeton, NJ; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
- Elections in 2015
- European Union: European Commission Election Observation Mission to Tanzania 2015 (Brussels, Belgium)
- Institute for Security Studies (Pretoria, South Africa): The Tanzanian election 2015: balancing stability and change (October 2015) East Africa report; issue no. 6. (16 pages in PDF format)
- Mwananchi (Online): Matokeo 2015 -and- Uchaguzi 2015 (Dar es Salaam)
- European Union: European Commission Election Observation Mission to Tanzania 2015 (Brussels, Belgium)
- Elections in 2010 or earlier
- EISA-Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy (Johannesburg, South Africa): Publications on Tanzania, 2001-2010
- Elections in Tanania, 2005 and earlier --via African Elections Database (USA)A compilation based on information available from various sources on the Internet.
- BBC News: "Tanzania elections: Chadema's Freeman Mbowe arrested," November 2, 2020. (London, UK)
- Embassies and Consulates of and in the United Republic of Tanzania
- The Foundation for Civil Society (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
- The site --in English or Swahili-- offers news and reports of activities, plus related links.
"The Foundation [started in January 2003] is a Tanzanian non-profit company, designed and funded by a group of like-minded development partners, and governed by an independent Board. It was previously known as the Civil Society Program (CSP). - The Foundation for Civil Society--Publications
- Civil Society Organizations Directory
- The site --in English or Swahili-- offers news and reports of activities, plus related links.
- Government of Tanzania Official Website (See below)
- Haki Ardhi: Land Rights Research and Resources Institute (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
- HakiElimu (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)The website offers contact information and news about the activities of this organization which promotes educational development and civic awareness in Tanzania. "HakiElimu was established in early 2001 by a group of 13 Tanzanian founder members. The group consists of some of the leading members of the civil society, academic, research, media, human rights and critical gender community in Tanzania."
- Human Rights Watch (New York and Washington, DC)
- HRW on Tanzania and Zanzibar -- Latest press releases and reports
- "Tanzania: Burundians Pressured Into Leaving." (December 12, 2019) ; "Aslyum Seekers Coerced Into Going Home: Hundreds of Burundians in Camp Targeted." (October 29, 2019)
- "'I Had a Dream to Finish School': Barriers to Secondary Education in Tanzania." (February 2017) 118 pages in PDF format
- "No Way Out: Child Marriage and Human Rights Abuses in Tanzania" (October 2014) 85 pages in PDF format
- "Toxic Toll: Child Labor and Mercury Exposure in Tanzania's Small-Scale Gold Mines" (August 2013) 104 pages in PDF format
- "The Bullets were Raining": The January 2001 Attack on Peaceful Demonstrators in Zanzibar (April 2002) Human Rights Watch (Online); vol. 14, no. 3(A)
- Seeking protection: addressing sexual and domestic violence in Tanzania's refugee camps. (Oct. 2000). -- New York ; Washington, DC : HRW, 2000.
- "Tanzania: In the Name of Security: Forced Round-Ups of Refugees in Tanzania" Human Rights Watch (Online) ; vol. 11, no. 4 (July 1999)
- International Refugee Rights Initiative -- Great Lakes Region: Burundian Refugees in Tanzania (New York)
- The Languages of Tanzania: A Web Link Collection (Jouni Maho and Bonny Sands, Göteborgs Universitet, Institutionen för orientaliska och afrikanska sprâk, Sweden) Appendix to: The languages of Tanzania: a bibliography. (forthcoming 2002)An extensive listing of links to documents, grammars, dictionaries, related articles on the Web.
- Lawyers' Environmental Action Team (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)"[Established in 1994] LEAT carries out policy research, advocacy, and selected public interes litigation. Its membership largely includes lawyers concerned with environmental management and democratic governance in Tanzania."
-- LEAT Publications - LHRC--Legal and Human Rights Centre=Kituo cha Sheria na Haki za Binadamu (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)"...a private, autonomous, voluntary non-governmental, non-partisan and non-profit making organization... Before its registration as an independent and autonomous entity in September 1995, LHRC was a human rights project of the Tanzania Legal Education Trust (TANLET). LHRC’s headquarters are based in Dar es Salaam and has a sub office in Arusha."
--See especially: Tanzania Human Rights Reports, 2006- -and- LHRC newsletter, January 2010- - Tanzania National Electoral Commission= Tume ya Taifa ya Uchaguzi (Dar es Salaam)This site --in English or Kiswhaili-- features current information in 2020, past election results, a directory of registered political parties, and the electoral system.
- Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere (1922-1999)
- Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
- Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere, Chairman of the South Centre, 1995-1999 (Geneva, Switzerland)
- The Parliament of Tanzania (Dar es Salaam)
- Official news and documents, some in English.
- United Republic of Tanzania Prime Minister's Office (Dar es Salaam)
- PCCB--Prevention and Combating Corruption Bureau (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
In Kiswahili only!...since 2007 - Tanzania Digital National Atlas, 2007 (Mike Shand, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK)This site offers detailed, colorful online maps of Tanzania, plus Macromedia Shockwave maps.
- TGNP: Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)General information about the TGNP, its activities, conferences, and publications (with some online excerpts). "Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP) has been operational since 1993 as a registered non-governmental organization. During this period the NGO has built itself into an effective pressure group which promotes gender positive activism. TGNP is committed to facilitating social transformation leading to the creation of a vibrant Tanzanian society. It seeks to promote gender equality and social equity through the empowerment of women and other marginalised sections of the community."
- Tanzania On-line Information Center (United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Organization, Government of Tanzania, and the Economic & Social Research Foundation, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)An extensive, searchable archive of documents and reports (1990--) from UN agencies, the World Bank, and the Government of Tanzania on development issues for Tanzania. Abstracts or summaries are viewed in HTML; full texts available in PDF.
- Tanzania Web Site--Official Site of the Tanzania High Commission, London, UKNote: some of the contact information on this site is out-of-date! In general, this is a site with useful information about Tanzania and its government for general, tourist and business interests. See government portal below.
- Twaweza (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)"...It is a ten year citizen-centered initiative, focusing on large-scale change in East Africa...works to provide practical information to everyone, to foster quality independent media and citizen monitoring services."
--See especially: Publications -and- Videos. - Udadisi: Rethinking in Action (Dr. Chambi Chachage et al., Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada ; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)A Kiswahili (and English language) web site featuring commentary on the politics of culture, development, governance, and other issues in Tanzania, other parts of East Africa, and elsewhere in the world.
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Tanzania (Geneva, Switzerland)
- United Republic of Tanzania -- Government (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
- Government Portal English or Kiswahili
- The President's Official Website English or Kiswahili
- See also: Prime Minister's Office above
- Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
- Home Affairs
- President of Zanzibar's Office
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency. World Factbook: Tanzania (2024)
- United States. Department of State (Washington, DC)
- U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Country Commercial Guide for Tanzania, 2019
- Tanzania Country Report on Human Rights Practices: 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023
--Search by country for years: 1996-1999 -and- 1999-2015 - Tanzania Country Report on International Religious Freedom: 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022
--Search by country for years: 2001-2015
--Plus: 1999 | 2000
- UNPO--Unrepresented Nations & Peoples' Organization on Zanzibar (2018) (Brussels, Belgium)