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Tanzania

Archaeological Map

Al Jazeera

Country Overview

Targeted Groups
Perpetrators
Alert Status
Genocide Stage(s)

  • Maasai

  • Barabaig pastoralists

  • Other Indigenous Groups

  • Women and Girls

  • LGBTQIA+ People 

  • Government critics and opponents

  • The Government

  • State Police and Security Forces

Warning
Stage 3: Discrimination, Stage 4: Dehumanization, State 5: Organization, Stage 6: Polarization, and Stage 8: Persecution

Details

In 2025, Tanzania’s reputation for stability was tarnished as the nation’s presidential elections devolved into a prolonged period of political violence. Rather than an isolated incident, the demonstrations and subsequent repression are indicative of Tanzania’s intensifying authoritarian slide. Since 2021, President Samia Suluhu Hassan has cracked down on political dissent, indigenous rights, and has failed to protect women, as well as LGBTQ+ individuals, from escalating gender-based violence.

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Resources

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Are democratic reforms at risk in Tanzania? | Inside Story | Al Jazeera

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“If We Don’t Get Services, We Will Die” | HRW

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Minorities and indigenous peoples in United Republic of Tanzania | Minority Rights Group

Page last updated:
4/1/2026
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