DAR ES SALAAM, Nov. 21 -- RETHINKING the danger of a single-story narrative: What the New York Times  missed about Tanzanias 2025 Election

THE New York Times recent article on Tanzanias 2025 election tells a dramatic story of violence, repression, and an implausibly lopsided electoral outcome.

 Yet the danger of a single story — especially one written from afar — is that it compresses a nations complex political reality into a neat narrative that satisfies readers, but fails to illuminate the truth.

Tanzania deserves more than that

“When a story is simplified, a nation is misunderstood.”

CCM politics, the intensity of factional rivalries, regional balancing, the long arc of historical party dominance...