As Tanzania heads to the polls, Samia Suluhu Hassan stands on the brink of a near-certain victory; a symbol of stability and CCM's control.

Women and youth together make up comfortable majorities in Tanzania. Yet their votes are largely ignored by the country's entrenched political elites. There's only little change — and even less hope.

At the heart of this relationship lies the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, a 1,445-kilometre mega-project carrying Uganda's oil from Hoima to the Tanzanian port of Tanga.

President Samia Suluhu Hassan faces no real competition at the polls amid a climate of self-censorship and fear.

MORE than 940 million people in sub-Saharan Africa lack electricity, while more than 700 million depend on hazardous fuels such as firewood and charcoal for cooking. Responding to these challenges, Tanzania is advancing its clean energy transition in alignment with its national policy and Vision 2025 agenda.

Tanzanian police ordered a curfew in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday after violent protests marred an election that President Samia Suluhu Hassan is expected to win following the disqualification of the two leading opposition candidates.

What next for Tanzania as violence follows the election of its first woman president? Is the Rift Valley region prone to landslides? And who was Egypt’s boy king, Tutankhamun?

As Tanzania assesses the impact of the election-related protests, cities are experiencing fuel and food supply shortages, with prices tripling in places like Dar es Salaam.

Seaweed has been farmed off Zanzibar for decades, but there is a new boom underway for global industries like cosmetics.