Say that again?

Civic United Front’s (CUF) Director of Foreign Affairs Jussa Ismail Jussa pushed back against those criticizing his party’s insistence that President Karume’s term be extended beyond October’s elections. He told The Citizen: “Confidence is the key word in solving Zanzibar problems, but the time left is not enough to capture it…We are talking about institutions and individuals that [...]

One-week story arc: A Third Term for President Karume?

In November last year when CUF Secretary General Seif Sharif Hamad and President Abeid Amani Karume of Zanzibar emerged from a one-on-one meeting to announce a new friendship of sorts, it came as a surprise. This sudden rapprochement between CUF and CCM in Zanzibar emphasized how impotent the stalled Mwafaka Talks championed by President Jakaya Kikwete [...]