Episode 111 – Tanzania’s Ongoing Political Crisis
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Is Tanzania losing its status as East Africa’s most stable democracy? In this episode of the Conflict and Development in Africa podcast, Dr. Michael Wankpa sits down with researcher Dr. Nicodemus Minde (Institute for Security Studies, Nairobi) to unpack the unfolding political crisis in Tanzania.
We analyze the controversial recent election results where President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s party claimed a 98% victory, the rising frustration among Gen Z, and whether the ruling CCM party is following the path of other fading liberation parties in Africa.
About the Guest
Dr. Nicodemus Minde is a researcher with the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) in Nairobi and a former senior lecturer at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa.
About the Podcast
The Conflict & Development in Africa podcast brings experts from Africa and the world as guests to discuss critical conflict and development issues that affect Africa. Our guests include practitioners, academics, journalists, researchers, policy makers and advocates that are renowned and are nationally and internationally recognized for their work, expertise and contribution to conflict and development issues in Africa. Our audience includes policy makers, governments, researchers, students, businesses and anyone that is interested in conflict and development issues in Africa.
About the Host
Dr Michael Nwankpa has an extensive experience spanning over a decade studying, researching, writing and consulting on conflict and development issues in Africa.
Michael Nwankpa has a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Roehampton, London, UK. He has held several research fellowships including as a Rice University Fellow and a terrorism research Fellow (past) at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Response to Terrorism (START), University of Maryland. He is currently a fellow at the Royal United Service Institute for Defense and Security Studies (RUSI) and a research fellow at the Geneva-based Centre on Armed Groups. Dr. Nwankpa has extensive experience studying counterterrorism and counterinsurgency strategies, advising relevant government development departments and security agencies, and consulting for multilateral organizations. Michael is the author of Nigeria’s Fourth Republic, 1999-2021: A Militarized Democracy (Routledge 2022) and co-author of the seminal work on Boko Haram, The Boko Haram Reader: From Nigerian Preachers to the Islamic State (Oxford University Press/Hurst 2018). He has written several articles and is currently working on three book projects.