Tanzania: Lissu’s warning to the CCM

When we say ‘no reform, no election,’ we mean that if the necessary electoral changes are not implemented, we will do everything in our power to prevent this year’s general election from proceeding. This is not about boycotting the election—we will not boycott it. Instead, we will go to the people of Tanzania, the international community, and the world to declare that if CCM and its government refuse to institute reforms for a free and fair election, then this election must not take place at all. That is the true meaning of ‘no reform, no election” – Tundu Lissu (12.02.2025).

The ones in-charge and in office most likely won’t adhere to or listen to the leader of CHADEMA, Tundu Lissu. Not that its expected that the Chama Cha Mapundzi (CCM) are listening to any others than themselves. We know they have already made laws that monitors and controls the political, media and civic space. The amendments of laws and legislation of recent years has just ensured and ensnared the abilities of the opposition to operate without prior notifications and go-ahead from the state. Therefore, Lissu’s words are important, but don’t expect them to do any magic.

The CCM isn’t interested in reforms or electoral reforms for that matter. If it is in the eyes of the CCM. Another election is just a procedure for them. CHADEMA know this too. They know it perfectly well.

No one should expect the CCM to actively reform the up-coming election. That isn’t in their interests. Even if everyone knows the game is rigged and the CCM is just steam-walking to another victory. Meanwhile, the will of the people aren’t really there and doesn’t really matter. As the CCM has ensured their ballots and gamed the system. Therefore, the CHADEMA is destined to loose and the CCM continues to prosper. That’s the game and we all know it.

The 2025 elections won’t be any different from the 2020 ones. It is the same people behind the election and the stakes are practically the similar. The CCM aren’t bothered or concerned about these pleas. Tundu Lissu is right about it, but his speaking to the void. The CCM has only made amendments and legislation that has benefited them.

The ones believing the CCM wants to change or make things free and fair is dreaming. There is no reason for the CCM to make that happen. The CCM already have everything, they have the instruments of the state and the authorities behind them. The CCM has everything to lose and why would they risk it?

CHADEMA an Lissu is right, but the gist of the matter is that the CCM won’t care. They have no reason too. They have nothing to gain from it. There is no incentive and no real argument for the CCM to do it. They are winning and regardless of the outcry or the demonstrations coming after. The CCM can contain it and isn’t worried of a revolution. No, they aren’t afraid of the people or their possible ramifications of doing so. That’s because the CCM has everything and they won’t budge on that. Peace.

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Opinion: Europe need to safeguard Ukraine – NOW!

The topic of settlement in Ukraine was also discussed. Donald Trump spoke in favor of an early cessation of hostilities and a solution to the problem by civilians Means. Vladimir Putin, for his part, mentioned the need for addressing the root causes of the conflict and agreed with Donald Trump that A long-term settlement can be reached through peaceful negotiations” (Kremlin.ru – ‘Telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump’ 12.02.2025).

Today is the day the European Union and European allies have to realize that they cannot trust the United States or the leaders of Washington D.C. The call between President Donald J. Trump and President Vladimir Putin says it all.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has to reach out to the European Union and the European allies now. The leaders of Paris, London, Madrid, Rome and rest of Europe needs to act now. There is a need of swift deliberate support of Ukraine. That is to ensure the strength and longevity of the frontlines of Ukraine. They need ammunition, arms and monetary support. It just have to strengthen and fast.

The three year cannot be sustained by the trade-off of rare-earth minerals to Washington D.C. That is leveraging a nation and selling its resources on the altar of defending its own sovereignty. Ukraine needs the arms industry of Europe and needs the technical support. They also needs the packages and deliveries to be in a steady phase. To ensure the logistics and the advantage the weaponry can give. It cannot be trusted that the U.S. arms and monetary support will be there.

We know that Trump has a soft heart for Putin. They are allies and brothers. Trump looks up to Putin and wishes he had the same sort of control of the state. He wants to be Putin and have that sort of reign over the United States. Therefore, Trump wants to give way and make it easy for Putin. That’s just what drives him and its beneficial for him.

Meanwhile, that is a detriment to the European continent. If Putin and Trump gets their way. It might be a ceasefire and a temporary end of the war. However, there is a recruitment and a drive of producing more soldiers in Russia. There is 150,000 soldiers that in training and prepared for another offensive. If the ceasefire is on for a bit. The Russians will have an advantage and ability to come with a new offensive, which could remind of the early 2022. That’s what Russia wants and to annex the whole of Ukraine. As that is the endgame of Kremlin and Putin. They aren’t fighting like this in Donbas to possibly capture Donetsk. No, they want Kyiv and wants a puppet in-charge there. Just like they have elsewhere in Minsk.

That’s why Europe and the European allies has to be direct now. There is no soft journey. The amount of deaths and the possibilities aren’t in it. They can either be fools or allow the Russians to enter the whole of Ukraine. The leaders of Europe can either stand beside President Zelensky or they can betray the Ukrainian cause. As that is the moment right now.

Trump don’t care about Ukraine or their sacrifice. He just wants an easy way out and get a good scorecard with Putin. Kyiv and can sink or be destroyed for all he cares. As long as he can be buddies and be in the realm of Putin. That’s why Europe needs to do the right thing. They have already been slow and haven’t offered enough. The leaders been careful and been soft. Now is the time to offer everything and be bold. Because the trust of the U.S. is eroded and they won’t come to the aide of Europe. No, they are there to be allies of Russia. That’s who they are and we can just await the path they are taking.

Europe, your moment is now. There is no moment to loose. Unless, you wants the Russian armies close to your borders. The Ukrainian have been brave and been heroic in the defence of their nation. They have gotten support, but now they need more. President Zelensky has asked for a lot and reassurances. The leaders of Kyiv needs ammunition and not a ride. Remember that and remember that fast. Peace.

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Zimbabwe: The Republic where the call of “a final push” is a felony

“We are now ready to deliver the final push, a push that needs all of us to face the odds and birth a new country. We are going to give you a clearer signal soon, it will come before 20:30 hours at night so that we end this 2030 business” – Blessed Geza (11.02.2025)

It is apparently a dark night and far from early morning sun. This isn’t the time to smell the coffee. No, it is time to await the next morning and prepare for a new dawn. As nothing is changing and the ones in office are preparing to linger in office.

A War Veteran is now causing tension, as his expelled from the party, ZANU-PF and is now in legal jeopardy. That’s because he dares to challenge the President and his elite. That’s what his doing and its deliberate too.

It is really telling that the Zimbabwe Republican Police (ZRP) is saying his arrested for auto-theft, inciting to violence and insulting the President. That would have never happened if he remained silent or didn’t speak up. However, his addressing this heads-on and that’s why his getting the authorities on his tail.

If you thought this regime is forgiving or giving way. No, they are just as vicious as the predecessors and misusing power to undermine the dissidents. That’s what this ZANU-PF is busy with doing. The war veteran must have seen what has happened to others over the years.

Blessed Geza is just using his platform and his voice of reason. Something that is daring the authorities, which is now retaliating at him. That’s because his speaking the truth. President Mnangagwa and his team don’t want to hear this. They are just supposed to accept it and let the system go as ‘normal’.

ZANU-PF is just supposed to steer the conversation and ensure the longevity of the rulers. They need excuses and arguments of which fits the President. That’s why Geza is dissenting and distorting the message. The war veteran should remain silent… and he didn’t and that’s why his targeted now.

It is 20:30 at night and we just have to await another morning. However, we shouldn’t expect it come fast. As this is a silent and slow night. We cannot await another morning, but don’t expect it to happen soon. Mnangagwa and the likes doesn’t want this day to end. Peace.

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Sudan: An important statement from the groups and components that reject the government formation proposal (11.02.2025)

We announce our regularity, as of today, under the name of the Civil Democratic Alliance of the Revolutionary Forces (Sumoud), through temporary structures headed by Dr. Abdullah Hamdok.

to me:

The Sudanese people at home and abroad in war zones, displacement and refugee camps

Friends of Sudan and its people who support our people’s right to peace and a free and dignified life by responding to their legitimate aspirations for sustainable democratic civil rule in neighboring countries and peoples and our regional and international surroundings.

Local, regional and international public opinion

We address you today while our country is going through a criminal war that has left behind the largest humanitarian disaster in the world and is still raging in a brutal manner that is increasing day after day, with millions of innocent Sudanese paying the price, and the advocates of war and elements of the former regime profiting from it, who want to liquidate the glorious December revolution and tighten their control over the country, and reproduce a more brutal version of their criminal fascist regime, which has a long history of terrorist destabilization and whose results and effects are known in our regional and international neighborhood.

The civil and democratic forces, within the framework of their role and efforts to stop the war, achieve peace and establish sustainable democratic civil rule, convened a meeting in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, in October 2023, which resulted in the announcement of the establishment of the “Coordination of Democratic Civil Forces (Progress)” to be the broadest umbrella for democratic civil forces opposing the war, in order to achieve comprehensive and lasting peace and establish sustainable democratic civil rule. In order to achieve these goals and objectives, great and tremendous efforts were made, leading to the founding conference in May 2024, which added new and qualitative components to “Progress.”

The last few months have witnessed a difference in visions between the components of “Progress” regarding the issue of legitimacy and how to deal with it. This difference resulted in the existence of two positions that were difficult to reconcile, so it was decided to sever the political and organizational link between two positions. The first of these positions sees the continuation of the struggle through means of democratic civil work without forming a government, and the other position sees the formation of a government as one of the tools of the coordination’s work.

In light of these developments, we, the undersigned groups and components that rejected the formation of a government as one of the tools to delegitimize the Port Sudan authority, announce to our people and local, regional and international public opinion that we will, as of today, join under the name *The Civil Democratic Alliance of the Revolutionary Forces “Sumoud”*, in our belief and commitment to the importance of the democratic civil forces choosing and committing to an independent path that does not side with any of the parties to the war or engage in it in any way, and that they confront every action or statement that threatens the unity of the country and tears apart its social fabric, and that their approach should be the tireless pursuit of protecting civilians, confronting any violations to which they are exposed, addressing the humanitarian crisis and stopping the war urgently through a peaceful political solution that addresses the roots of the crisis in a way that leads to the establishment of the Sudanese state and the establishment of a sustainable and just peace.

We, in the Civil Democratic Alliance of the Revolutionary Forces “Sumoud”*, affirm that we will remain committed to the principles and goals that we agreed upon in the founding conference of the Coordination of Civil Democratic Forces “Progress”. In this context, we have agreed to work through temporary structures headed by Dr. Abdullah Hamdok until the permanent structures are approved after completing the necessary organizational discussions. As for the political and media level, we reaffirm the continuation of our daily work for the purpose of contributing positively to ensure the protection of civilians and stopping any violations they are exposed to, and working to address the humanitarian crisis and deliver aid to those in need throughout Sudan without restrictions, conditions or discrimination, and completing efforts to stop the war by building the broadest civil democratic front for forces that believe in the goals of the December Revolution and believe in stopping the war and achieving comprehensive and permanent peace and establishing democratic civil rule, while subjecting all our organizational and political experiences to deep reviews that develop and enhance the ability of the civil democratic forces to confront the discourses of war and hatred and the plans of the defunct regime, and to complete the path of the glorious December Revolution that the forces of darkness will not succeed in burying no matter what they do.

Issued on Tuesday, February 11, 2025

List of signatures:

First :- Components of the political forces category

1- National Umma Party

2- Sudanese National Alliance

3- Federal Assembly

4- The National Baath Party

5- Sudanese Conference

6- Sudanese National Party

7- The Unified Federal National

8- Communication Party

9- Nasserist Party

10- Right Movement

11- National Unionist Party

12- Sudan People’s Liberation Movement – Democratic Revolutionary Current

13- United Popular Front

Second :- Components of the Professionals and Unions Coordination Category

1- Democratic Alliance of Lawyers

2- Sudanese Teachers Committee

3- Sudanese Journalists Syndicate

4- Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors

5- Sudanese Engineers Association

6- Central Committee for Medical Laboratories

7- Central Pharmacists Committee

8- Central Committee of Health Officers

9- Alliance of University Professors’ Groups

10- Sudanese Bankers Association

11- Human Resources Professionals Association

12- Sudanese Environmentalists Association

13- Association of Meteorology Professionals

14- Committee of Consultants and Specialists

15- Emergency Lawyers

16- Preparatory Committee of the Nursing Syndicate

17- Sudanese Professional Accountants Association

Third :- Components of the Resistance Committees category

1- Coordination of the Resistance Committees of Kalaklat and South Khartoum

2- Central Committees of Resistance and Change in Dar es Salaam, Ombada

3- Resistance Committees, Rabak City

4- Omdurman Neighborhood Committees

5- Resistance Committees of Gedaref Municipality

6- Hajj Youssef Neighborhood Committees Gathering

7- Coordination of Resistance Committees East of the Nile South

8- Blue Nile Resistance Committees

Fourth :- Components of the civil society category

1- Bakri Al-Jack

2- Saleh Ammar

3- Shawky Yaqoub

4- Asmaa Ahmed Al-Naeem

5- Sanaa Al-Jack

6- Madani Abbas Madani

7- Tayeb Al-Malkabi

8- Nady Osama Al-Salhi

9- Moataz Saleh

10- Hadiya Hasab Allah

11- Amjad Al-Mak

12- Abdulrahman Al-Amin

13- Iqbal Siralkhatim

14- Othman Mansour

15- Abu Hurairah Abdul Rahman Ahmed

Fifth :- Components of qualitative categories

1- Azhari Muhammad Ali – The Creators

2- Malik Al-Hassan Abu Rouf – Civil Administration

3- Hafez Dosa – Business Owners

4- Team Majzoub Rahma

The Central High Command of Retired Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers of the Army, Police and Security (Solidarity)

5- Mohammed Al-Moayyad – People with Disabilities

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