The East African
Wednesday January 20 2021
Summary
Tanzania’s elections on October 28, 2020 saw President John Pombe Magufuli retain his seat with the biggest margins in the country’s multiparty history. He garnered 84.39 per cent of the vote, with 12.5 million votes.
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The US government has imposed visa restrictions on Tanzanian officials for “undermining” a free and fair election.
The State Department said it was banning an unspecified number of Tanzania government officials for what it called subversion of a democratic process in their country.
“The actions of these officials subverted the electoral process, continuing the downward trajectory of the country’s democracy,” the Department said on Tuesday.
The East African
Monday January 11 2021
Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu poses during an interview with AFP at his home in Tienen, on November 14, 2020. PHOTO | AFP
Summary
Mr Lissu said member states which are signatories to the Rome Statues and the ICC chief prosecutor are the only ones with the legal mandate to file cases at The Hague-based court.
Attorney-General Adelardus Kilangi recently denied being aware of the ICC processes referred to by Chadema’s national chairman Freeman Mbowe.
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Dar es Salaam,
Politician Tundu Lissu, who was a presidential candidate in the 2020 general election in Tanzania, on Saturday said the Chadema opposition party has not filed a case at International Criminal Court (ICC) because it lacks the legal mandate to do so.