Tanzania: Members of the Civic United Front (CUF) currently active in mainland Tanzania; treatment by the authorities of CUF members in mainland Tanzania (1999)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 July 1999 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | TZA32317.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Tanzania: Members of the Civic United Front (CUF) currently active in mainland Tanzania; treatment by the authorities of CUF members in mainland Tanzania (1999), 1 July 1999, TZA32317.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abfa44.html [accessed 5 June 2023] |
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According to a professor of government at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, although the Civic United Front (CUF) is strongly identified with Zanzibar, it does have a mainland component which has operated for some time and has fielded candidates in major towns and cities on the mainland (15 July 1999). This is corroborated in a 1997 media report indicating that internal tensions between the Zanzibar and mainland wings of the party had led to an attack on the CUF deputy secretary for legal and parliamentary affairs (Indian Ocean Newsletter 25 Jan. 1997). The report indicates that the cause of the conflict was the recognition of the Zanzibar government of Salmin Amour by the mainland wing of the party, putting it at odds with the Zanzibar wing which at that time refused to recognize Salmin Amour's government (ibid.).
In June 1999 CUF supporters in the Ubongo and Temeke constituencies in Dar es Salaam expressed concerns during and after parliamentary by-elections, charging electoral irregularities (The Guardian 12 July 1999; Daily News 14 July 1999). The name of the CUF candidate for Ubongo is given as Hussein Mmassy Nkale; the name of the CUF candidate for Temeke is given as Mr. Hiza Richard Tambwe (ibid.). In both cases, the CUF candidates lost by fewer than 2,000 votes out of over 40,000 votes cast (ibid.).
No further information on members of the Civic United Front (CUF) currently active in mainland Tanzania or on the treatment by the authorities of CUF members in mainland Tanzania could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
References
The Daily News [Dar es Salaam]. 14 July 1999. "Defeated Candidates Aggrieved."
The Guardian [Dar es Salaam]. 12 July 1999. "Heavy Police Presence as Voting in Temeke, Ubongo Goes On."
Indian Ocean Newsletter[Paris]. 25 January 1997. "CUF is Coughing." (NEXIS)
Professor of Government, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. 15 July 1999. Telephone interview.
Additional Sources Consulted
Africa Confidential [London]. 1999.
Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series [Oxford]. 1999.
Electronic sources: IRB databases, Internet, NEXIS/LEXIS, REFWORLD, WNC.
Indian Ocean Newsletter [Paris]. 1999.
Jeune Afrique [Paris]. 1999.
La Lettre du continent [Paris]. 1999.
New African [London]. 1999.
Resource Centre country file on Tanzania. 1999.
