The first multi-party elections were held in 1995. Most part of the Tanzanian people live on farming. High inflation rates and continuous impoverishment have been a part of economic problems in Tanzania for years. The poor cannot afford hospital fees nor other health care services. The number of aids patients is increasing rapidly.
Draught destroys the harvest here and there.
The government uses a considerable part of its income to repay foreign debts. Collection of taxes and eradicating of corruption have been intensified. The circumstances have improved in the 1990's. Road connections between big cities as well as telecommunications in the country have developed. Daily newspapers have come up to more than ten.