ARUSHA, Tanzania – When a six-year-old girl named Salma, accompanied by her grandmother, entered Maria Mushi’s office in Arusha claiming she hadn’t been payed for work as a housemaid, this 55-year-old sprang into action. Mushi listened to Salma’s case and decided to…
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#RightsMedia doc: #Tanzania ‘s #renegade #opposition MP
Part 3: Godbless Lema was elected to parliament in Tanzania to represent the constituency of Arusha-Urban. Since his 2010 election, Lema has been arrested and charged several times by police, making him unable to fulfill his mandate. As an elected…
Tagged with: #RightsMedia, Africa, Arusha, CCM, Chadema, corruption, documentary, Godbless Lema, inaction, interview, member of parliament, MP, opposition party, renegade, tanzania
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#RightsMedia doc: #Tanzania ‘s #burgeoning #youth #opposition
Part 2: 27-year-old Nanyaro Ephata is a Chadema (political opposition party in Tanzania) youth leader based in Arusha. He organizes party youth to rally behind elected members of parliament when they visit the region to speak. Ephata accuses the governing…
Tagged with: #RightsMedia, Africa, Arusha, CCM, Chadema, Chadema youth, government, human rights, June 15 bombing, Kaloleni, Nanyaro Ephata, opposition rally, organizer, politics, Soweto, tanzania, youth
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#RightsMedia doc: The #rise of #Tanzania ‘s #opposition #Chadema party
Part 1: Chadema (Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo – Party for Democracy and Progress) is the political opposition in Tanzania’s parliament. A bombing at a Chadema rally in Arusha on June 15, 2013, the day before a by-election, caused four…
Tagged with: #RightsMedia, Arusha, bombings, by-election, CCM, Chadema, Godbless Lema, human rights, James Ole Milya, June 30, Law, MPs, politics, protests, rally, rise of Chadema, Soweto grounds, tanzania
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#RightsMedia story: Tanzanian youth rising
ARUSHA, Tanzania — Despite statements made by the Tanzanian government to discredit the opposition and blame unemployed “idle youths” or “rioters” for actions taken against the state, the governing CCM party’s public relations campaign seems doomed to fail. The CCM (Chama…
Tagged with: #RightsMedia, anti-poverty, Arusha, Bayaye, CCM, Chadema, CUF, Human development index, Jakaya Kikwete, Mtwara, opposition parties, politics, regionalism, regions, Ryszard Kaupuscinski, street crowds, tanzania, UNDP, unemployment, youth
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#RightsMedia doc: In-studio with the Warriors. #reggae #music #Arusha #Tanzania
Part two of a documentary series on the Arusha-based afro-fusion, reggae band, Warriors from the East. In this part, Ras Magere speaks candidly in-studio about politics, activism and Tanzanian youth, set to a beat from a yet-to-be-released Warriors jam (featuring…
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