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dpaget.bsky.social @dpaget.bsky.social · 1d

Speaking now on this forum

Currently discussing: how will the next CCM succession battle play out in light of the protests and the crackdown?

Prof Nic Cheeseman @fromagehomme.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 The Tanzanian government is attempting to cover up the grave human rights abuses it has committed in a desperate bid to stay in power. 🚨

Join us **today** at 5PM UK time/8PM Tanzania time for a space of solidarity and resistance.

Set a reminder now: x.com/i/spaces/1RD...

Has Tanzania Reached Its Breaking Point? | Journal of Democracy

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Journal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social · 1d

President Hassan sought to strongarm the country’s election, meting out repression, violence, and arrests to anyone who dares challenge her. Tanzanians have seen enough.

President Hassan promised Tanzanians freedom, transparency, and reform. Instead, she has delivered repression, violence, and arrests as she bars anyone who dares challenge her.

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Susanna Nordlund @susanna-nordlund.bsky.social · 1d

Or thousands.

Amnesty International @amnesty.org · 1d

We are alarmed by reports that amidst internet and electricity blackouts, security forces have used excessive force to suppress and disperse ongoing post-election protests, resulting in the deaths and injuries of protesters.

Tanzania: hundreds killed amid internet and electricity blackouts

Tanzania: President Samia Hassan’s grip on power has been shaken by unprecedented protests

dpaget.bsky.social @dpaget.bsky.social · 3d

Just out

The protests may be ebbing, but Tanzania will never be the same again

#Tanzania #IdiAminMama #Maandamano #Protest

theconversation.com/tanzania-pre...

The regime once seemed untouchable. Now anything feels possible.

theconversation.com

dpaget.bsky.social @dpaget.bsky.social · 5d

Something is happening in Tanzania

www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclu...

My take in @jodemocracy.bsky.social

#Tanzania #idiaminmama #protest #maandamano #hatutakiccm

Has Tanzania Reached Its Breaking Point? | Journal of Democracy

President Hassan promised Tanzanians freedom, transparency, and reform. Instead, she has delivered repression, violence, and arrests as she bars anyone who dares challenge her.

Has Tanzania Reached Its Breaking Point? | Journal of Democracy

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Journal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social · 5d

President Hassan sought to strongarm the country’s election, meting out repression, violence, and arrests to anyone who dares challenge her. Tanzanians have seen enough.

Has Tanzania reached its breaking point?

President Hassan promised Tanzanians freedom, transparency, and reform. Instead, she has delivered repression, violence, and arrests as she bars anyone who dares challenge her.

Dan Paget | Anti-autocratic ideas

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dpaget.bsky.social @dpaget.bsky.social · 15d

#Nokings drew *mad* crowds

It opens up a big question: what are the best messages to mobilise movements against autocrats?

Big news: that's exactly the question I will be asking in this €1.5 million project I will be running @sussex.ac.uk funded by the @erc.europa.eu

Details at www.danpaget.com

How do we beat autocrats? What messages best mobilise movements to fight them?

www.danpaget.com

Luhaga Mpina: Tanzania’s Opposition Dreams Dies in Court - The Chanzo

dpaget.bsky.social @dpaget.bsky.social · 18d

This article in The Chanzo makes for bitter-sweet reading

Half op-ed
Half euology for a democracy never realised

thechanzo.com/2025/10/16/l...

High Court’s final rejection of Mpina’s presidential challenge caps systematic dismantling of electoral competition, leaving President Samia facing token opposition in Tanzania’s October 29 poll.

thechanzo.com

dpaget.bsky.social @dpaget.bsky.social · 26d

By putting @Lissu on trial and barring Mpina, Hassan has crossed new red lines

She is not becoming as repressive as Magufuli, but more so

My new analysis in @theconversation.com

theconversation.com/tanzanias-sa...

Tanzania’s Samia Hassan has ushered in a new era of authoritarianism: here’s how

President Samia Hassan is relying on repressive tactics to eliminate her most significant competitors from the 2025 presidential race.

theconversation.com

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KickBack - The Global Anticorruption Podcast @kickbackgap.bsky.social · 27d

How do consulting giants enable state capture?

@lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social talks to @devipillay.co.za on McKinsey’s role in South Africa, drawing on the Zondo Commission.
🔗Listen: bit.ly/KBspotify138
🔗Paper: lnkd.in/eczS5NAM

#StateCapture #SouthAfrica #AntiCorruption

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dpaget.bsky.social @dpaget.bsky.social · Jul 18

The second talk of the our Politics A-Level Masterclass has begun @sussex.ac.uk

Prof. James Hampshire is approaching the subject of anarchism

He is doing so through the case of Rev Sue Parfitt, who was arrested for her supprt for Palestine Action

dpaget.bsky.social @dpaget.bsky.social · Jul 18

Emily is has moved on to active citizenship

She is grappling with: how has political participation in modern Britain declined, and why?

dpaget.bsky.social @dpaget.bsky.social · Jul 18

Emily is arguing that the Windrush Scandal threw into relief how ideas and practices about citizenship have changed over time

dpaget.bsky.social @dpaget.bsky.social · Jul 18

The Politics A-Level Masterclass at @sussex.ac.uk has begun!

Prof. Emily Robinson is speaking to school students who have come from near and far

She is speaking about democrayc and participation in modern Briain

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Journal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social · Jul 13

🚨 DON'T FORGET:

Read our July issue FREE while you can (available through July 31)!

muse.jhu.edu/issue/5...

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Journal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social · Jul 8

"For [Hassan], reform is an instrument, a means to 'reform-wash' autocracy…[she] will continue to parcel out just enough reform, crumb by crumb, to keep alive the possibility that more and better reforms are coming," write Dan Paget and Aikande Clement Kwayu.

muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

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Journal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social · Jul 10

Tanzania’s president came into office promising democratic reforms but instead has relied on tried-and-true repressive tools, write Dan Paget and Aikande Clement Kwayu.

muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

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Journal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social · Jul 9

"[President Hassan’s] intent is not the achievement of reform, but the impression of reform," write Dan Paget and Aikande Clement Kwayu.

Read "Tanzania’s Autocratic Reform-Washing" free here:
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

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Journal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social · Jul 5

"[President Hassan] and the regime benefit from the acclamation and renewed legitimacy that 'reform' brings, even as they try to withhold as much actual reform as possible."

"Tanzania’s Autocratic Reform-Washing" by Dan Paget and Aikande Clement Kwayu

muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

Tanzania’s Autocratic Reform-Washing | Journal of Democracy

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dpaget.bsky.social @dpaget.bsky.social · Jul 4

New article!

Our argument: President Hassan of Tanzania isn't a reformer, she's a performer

Thanks to @jodemocracy.bsky.social for publishing

www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/tan...

President Samia Suluhu Hassan came into office promising democratic reforms. Four years later, it is clear she is more of a performer than a reformer. Far from delivering on her promises to unwind…

Tanzania’s Autocratic Reform-Washing | Journal of Democracy

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dpaget.bsky.social @dpaget.bsky.social · Jul 4

Very proud to be published alongside the transcript of the Oslo speech by @mariastsehai.bsky.social‬

dpaget.bsky.social @dpaget.bsky.social · Jul 4

New article!

Our argument: President Hassan of Tanzania isn't a reformer, she's a performer

Thanks to @jodemocracy.bsky.social for publishing

www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/tan...

President Samia Suluhu Hassan came into office promising democratic reforms. Four years later, it is clear she is more of a performer than a reformer. Far from delivering on her promises to unwind…

Tundu Lissu: Tanzania opposition leader charged with treason

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Journal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social · Jul 2

Tanzania’s president came into office promising democratic reforms but instead has relied on tried-and-true repressive tools, write Dan Paget and Aikande Clement Kwayu.

"Tanzania’s Autocratic Reform-Washing"

muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

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Eline Slootweg @elinems.bsky.social · May 14

#FreeTunduLissu

dpaget.bsky.social @dpaget.bsky.social · Apr 11

This is my first post on Bluesky!

I wanted it to be positive. I had something all lined up

But the leader of 🇹🇿 opposition, was just charged with treason

I have known him for a long time now

He's truly brave

Health and power to you, Tundu Lissu!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

He has been holding rallies nationwide saying October's elections cannot go ahead without reforms.

www.bbc.co.uk