About Tanzania
Capital: Dodoma
Population Estimate: 59,734,218 million (Source: World Bank)
Area: 947,300 square kilometers
Borders: Kenya and Uganda (north), Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo(west)and Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique (south), and Indian Ocean east).
Independence Day: December 9, 1961
President: Samia Suluhu Hassan
Major Religion: Christianity
Other Common Religions: Islam, Folk religion
Currency: Tanzanian Shillings (TZS)
Key Challenges: Poverty, Inequality, Natural Resources Management, Trafficking in Persons, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons, Illicit Drugs, International Disputes.
Interesting Fact: Nearly 30 percent of Tanzania is comprised of National Parks
Country Analysis
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Africa’s Upcoming Elections, are for Forever Presidents to Tick Boxes
In 2025, over a dozen African countries will head to the polls. Yet, the deeper reality is that most of ...
Tanzania’s Opposition Crackdown, A Recipe for Post-Election Crisis
The run-up to the October 29, 2025 general elections in Tanzania, has been marked less by contestation of ideas and ...
Democracy in Retreat as East African Countries Jail the Opposition
As global attention is focused on the coups and metastasizing Islamist insurgencies in the Sahel, democracy is rapidly unraveling in ...
India’s Deepening Security Ties with Africa Amid US-China Competition
The recent Africa-India Key Maritime Engagement (AIKEYME), a multinational naval exercise co-hosted by India and Tanzania in Dar es Salaam, ...
From AMISOM to AUSSOM: The African Union’s Evolving Role in Stabilizing Somalia
The African Union (AU) has played a central role in stabilizing Somalia for over a decade, evolving through a series ...
Evaluating Moussa Faki’s Tenure as the AU Commission Chairperson: Achievements, Setbacks and Challenges
Moussa Mahamat Faki’s tenure as the African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson will be coming to an end in February 2025 ...
COP29 in Baku: A Post-Conference Analysis of Climate Action Commitments and Challenges
The dust has settled on the twenty-ninth annual UN climate change conference (COP29), held in Baku, Azerbaijan, and the global ...
Taking Stock of the East African Community: Examining the Prospects for a Political Federation
The re-establishment of the East African Community (EAC) on July 7, 2000 signaled a new era of cooperation in the ...
April 2019
Tanzania continues to play a critical role in the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo and hosts ...
March 2019
As Tanzania’s 2020 general elections approach, President John Magufuli and his ruling party do not intend to modify their controversial ...
