Tanzania: Can Confrontation and Violence Be Avoided On Tanzania's "Day of Defiance"?

30 August 2016
analysis

Tensions are rising ahead of this Thursday's opposition protests against President Magufuli's "dictatorial" leadership.

There will be a solar eclipse in Tanzania this Thursday. Those in the southern part of the country will be able to experience its full "annular phase". But elsewhere, including Dar es Salaam, it will still be visible with a considerable darkening of the sky expected as the sun slides behind the moon.

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