Tanzania, Sept. 7 -- Dar es Salaam. Tanzania's current political and social challenges cannot be fully understood without examining the erosion of the values that shaped the country at independence, former Prime Minister and First Vice President Joseph Sinde Warioba has said.

His remarks came as the TCD brought together political leaders, diplomats, civil society representatives and other stakeholders to discuss the country's democratic future.

Speaking at the Tanzania Centre for Democracy (TCD) National Conference in Dar es Salaam today, Mr Warioba said Tanzania's founders deliberately built the country around national unity, equality, patriotism, honesty and self-reliance, principles he said had helped the country avoid divisions base...