Author Archives: andreas

STATEMENT: THE EAC- EU EPA: TANZANIA IS RAISING PERTINENT ISSUES

STATEMENT: THE EAC- EU EPA: TANZANIA IS RAISING PERTINENT ISSUES

Issued by SEATNI-Uganda | March 2017 SEATINI-Uganda has developed a Statement entitled The EAC-EU EPA: Tanzania is raising pertinent issues urging EAC Member States to consider issues raised by Tanzania against the signing of the East African Community – European Union Economic Partnership Agreements in view of the forthcoming 18th Summit of the EAC Heads of State.

Analysis: Liberation, Self-reliance and Marxism – the Tanzanian Way of Socialism

Analysis: Liberation, Self-reliance and Marxism – the Tanzanian Way of Socialism

By Joachim Abunuwasi Lugansya Mwami | January 2018 2018 mark several anniversaries whose significance for the critique of capitalist society is hardly to overestimate. It is the 170th anniversary of the Communist Manifesto in February 2018, and it would have been Karl Marx’s 200th birthday in May 2018. Joachim Abunuwasi Lugansya Mwami about Marxism as the ideological core of a developmental strategy emerged in Tan ...

Interview: Multi Stakeholder Platforms – the way forward for advocacy in East Africa?

Interview: Multi Stakeholder Platforms – the way forward for advocacy in East Africa?

Interview with Michael Farrelly, Tanzania Organic Agriculture Movement | May 2017 In East Africa, the space and terrain for Non-Governmental actors to operate and thrive keep constantly changing. To address some of those challenges and obstacles, the Tanzania Organic Agriculture Movement (TOAM) – one of RLS’ partners in the region, has recently embarked on establishing and running a Multi-Stakeholder Platform (MSP ...

Interview: Creating Employment through Climate Adaptation

Interview: Creating Employment through Climate Adaptation

Interview with Fazal Issa (ForumCC) | Broadcasted by Deutsche Welle Swahili Program | April 2017 In this radio interview, Fazal Issa, ForumCC’s Programme Officer, tells Deutsch Welle’ (DW) Swahili service how it is planning to encourage agricultural and solid waste management practices that are not only climate-friendly, but will likewise enable them make an income in the process.

Publication: Fields of Gold?

Publication: Fields of Gold?

Deliberations on Natural Resource Politics in Africa | Edited by RLS (Ibrahima Thiam and Andreas Bohne) | April 2017 African countries are characterised by an abundant supply of resources including (agricultural) land, recently discovered oil and gas reserves or deposits of gold, platinum and others. However, what seems to be a blessing for the some can turn out to be a curse for others. This online publication co ...

Dialogue: Searching for the way: 50 Years after the Arusha Declaration

Dialogue: Searching for the way: 50 Years after the Arusha Declaration

On February 7th 1967, the then ruling party in Tanzania Mainland (TANU) made a declaration on what would be the national ideology for decades to follow, branded UJAMAA na Kujitegemea. The implementation of the declaration would go on to see mass nationalization of all major private businesses. However, even though the declaration itself is more remembered for its economic and commercial elements (that limited the two ...

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