4-party alliance wants openness in Isles talks

Tanzania: Four-Party Alliance Wants Openness in Isles Talks
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Dar es Salaam — Four political parties which are not represented in parliament - Ada-Tadea, UDP, UPDP and SAU - have called for transparency in the ongoing talks to resolve the Zanzibar political impasse. The parties under their new alliance 'Umoja wa ...

A senior Sudanese opposition figure said on Sunday her party has been invited to meet government officials this month to discuss a national dialogue aimed at resolving multiple crises.

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s main opposition says it has broken off talks with President Joseph Kabila ahead of elections.

To a much larger extent, Tanzania’s oil and gas sector is still in its exploration stage. However, there are already high hopes among Tanzanians, who believe that their lives are soon to drastically change for the better because of the two natural resources.

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Government declares its new commitment on transparency, openness ...
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Tanzania joined the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in September 2011. The country's first OGP Action Plan was submitted in April 2012, focusing on enhancing transparency, citizen participation, accountability and integrity and the use of technology ...

Any attempt to block the media from Constituent Assembly (CA) activities would render the constitution making process illegitimate, according to Ms Maria Sarungi, a CA member representing non-governmental organisations.

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Govt challenged to improve openness, accountability
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The government has been challenged to improve its structuring to be more open, accountable and responsible to its people. The challenged was levied by Twaweza Executive Director Aidan Eyakuze in an exclusive interview with The Guardian recently in ...

>Even though Tanzania is a member of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) — a voluntary, multi-stakeholder international initiative seeking to secure concrete commitments from governments to their citizenry to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption and harness new technologies to strengthen governance —  since September 2011, it still has a long way to go to fully embrace the initiative.

In a bid to restore openness, trust and accountability among government officials, newly appointed permanent secretaries yesterday had to sign integrity pledge shortly after taking oath of office before President John Magufuli at State House in Dar es Salaam.