Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition (THRDC) conducted a two-day training to 35 journalists from 26 regions in Tanzania on monitoring, documenting and reporting electoral processes in Tanzania. The training was conducted in Dodoma 23rd and 24th August 2024.  

In his opening remarks, THRDC National Coordinator Adv. Onesmo Olengurumwa said that the main objective of the training was to enhance journalists’ understanding on the electoral laws, regulations and policies regulating the media and journalists during elections in Tanzania. The training aimed further at equipping journalists’ skills for monitoring, documenting and reporting electoral processes ahead of the 2024 local government elections and 2025 general elections so as to ensure that journalists provide accurate, balanced and unbiased information to the public.