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African court orders Tanzania to allow challenges to presidential results

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President John Magufuli, whose government has been accused of increasing authoritarianism and of clamping down on freedoms, was on Saturday nominated by his party to seek re-election.

The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ordered Tanzania to take"necessary constitutional and legislative measures, within a reasonable time" to amend the relevant article, read a statement from the court.

It also ordered Tanzania to submit a report within 12 months on the measures it has taken to implement the judgment and ruled the country must publish its judgement on the websites of the judiciary and constitutional affairs ministry within three months. In 2019 Tanzania withdrew from a protocol allowing individuals and NGOs to file cases against the government at the court, which has judges from across Africa working on rights cases.

Amnesty International last year said Tanzania had the highest number of cases filed by individuals and NGOs at the court. Opposition parties in the country have questioned the independence of the country's electoral commission, and last year boycotted local elections.

 

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