President Samia Suluhu Stories

Kenya-Tanzania rift over activist’s deportation sparks regional reckoning on free expression
Mwangi Maina  |  May 28, 2025

Kenyans, particularly on social media, reacted not with silence but with satire: memes, parodies, and comedic impersonations of Tanzanian President Sa...

Kenyan leaders hit back at Tanzanian MPs over 'arrogant remarks'
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 27, 2025

This follows comments by Tanzanian MPs during a budget debate on Monday, where they accused Kenya of meddling with Tanzanian affairs.

US calls for probe into torture of activists Boniface Mwangi, Agather Atuhaire in Tanzania
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 24, 2025

Their comments come amid growing criticism of Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu following claims that the activists were subjected to abuse by individu...

I was stripped, beaten- Uganda activist Agather Atuhaire recounts ordeal in Tanzania as Amnesty demands probe
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 24, 2025

They were held incommunicado for days at an undisclosed location and reportedly subjected to severe beatings, torture, and humiliation by individuals...

Tortured and left to crawl- activist Boniface Mwangi narrates his ordeal in Tanzania
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 23, 2025

He said any effort to speak to each other during that night was met with kicks and insults. The two were later taken from the torture location in diff...

Ugandan journalist Agather Atuhaire finally freed after arrest in Tanzania
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 23, 2025

Both Atuhaire and Mwangi were held without contact with their lawyers or families, raising alarm over their safety and whereabouts.

Mudavadi defends Tanzania President Samia Suluhu’s remarks on Kenyan activists, says they reflect "some truth"
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 21, 2025

Mudavadi said the president’s remarks came from observing the recent behaviour of some Kenyans.

Activists threaten to storm Tanzania embassy in Nairobi over Boniface Mwangi's detention
Barack Oduor  |  May 20, 2025

The human rights advocates, including Hussein Khalid of Vocal Africa, Njeri Mwangi — Boniface Mwangi’s wife — and protest musician Julius Owino, conde...

Tanzania President Samia Suluhu given 24-hour ultimatum to release Boniface Mwangi
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 20, 2025

Addressing a press conference in Nairobi on Tuesday, the Kongamano la Mapinduzi sharply criticised the Tanzanian government, accusing it of suppressin...

Tanzania deports Kenyan activists as President Samia warns against foreign interference
Mwangi Maina  |  May 19, 2025

"They've already caused enough chaos in their own countries. Don't give room to ill-mannered individuals from elsewhere to bring disorder here," she s...

Mwaura: Deportation of Karua, Mutunga won’t harm Kenya-Tanzania relations
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 19, 2025

Mwaura emphasised that each country within the regional bloc manages its internal affairs independently. He noted that the deportations, including tha...

Tanzania arrests opposition official ahead of Brussels forum, raising crackdown fears
Reuters  |  May 13, 2025

Golugwa had been due to represent his party in Brussels at a forum organised by the International Democracy Union, a grouping of centre-right parties...

Tanzania: Democracy at stake as Chadema barred from election over disputed code of conduct
DW News  |  Apr 16, 2025

The opposition party has long complained that the composition of the electoral commission and systems favours the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) par...

Who is Tundu Lissu, Tanzania opposition leader accused of treason?
Reuters  |  Apr 11, 2025

That uncompromising approach has seen Lissu, a former presidential candidate, detained numerous times and face charges such as sedition. Analysts say...

Tanzania court charges main opposition party leader with treason
Reuters  |  Apr 10, 2025

The charge will bring fresh scrutiny to President Samia Suluhu Hassan's human rights record as she bids for re-election.

Tanzania opposition leader Tundu Lissu arrested at public rally, his party Chadema says
Reuters  |  Apr 10, 2025

Lissu has been holding rallies countrywide in recent weeks under the slogan "No Reforms, No Election" to call for reforms in the way the election will...

Tanzania, DRC to allocate land within each other's territories for development of dry ports
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 06, 2025

The dry port development project, which is set to be completed within 18 months, will operate under a public-private partnership model, with private c...

Tanzania to redraw national map to curb land disputes
Margaret Wanjiru  |  Mar 19, 2025

Land disputes have been a longstanding issue in Tanzania, particularly in rural and semi-urban areas where unclear boundaries and overlapping claims h...

Tanzania ex-minister Makamba reconciles with President Samia months after Cabinet dismissal
Mwangi Maina  |  Feb 25, 2025

The public display of warmth between the two suggests that the rift may now be resolved, thereby restoring his standing within the government.

Power moves: The women changing Africa's leadership landscape
DW News  |  Feb 05, 2025

According to the United Nations' Women division, only six countries in the world have 50 per cent or more women in their single or lower houses of par...

Rwanda, DRC leaders to attend regional mediation meeting in Tanzania
Mwangi Maina  |  Feb 04, 2025

The upcoming summit will be the first of its kind, bringing together EAC and SADC to address the DRC crisis.

Tundu Lissu: Tanzania President Samia Suluhu's likely challenger in October polls
Barack Oduor  |  Jan 23, 2025

In October, Chadema will get another opportunity when Tanzanian voters go to the polls to elect their president and members of parliament.

Tundu Lissu elected new leader of Tanzania’s Chadema party, succeeding Freeman Mbowe
Mwangi Maina  |  Jan 22, 2025

A lawyer and former lawmaker, Lissu survived a near-fatal assassination attempt during the regime of the late President John Magufuli.

Tanzania confirms outbreak of Marburg virus
Reuters  |  Jan 20, 2025

Last week Tanzania's health minister denied there was an outbreak in the African country saying no one had tested positive for the viral infection.

Tanzania’s CCM endorses Samia and Zanzibar’s Hussein as presidential candidates for October elections
Mwangi Maina  |  Jan 20, 2025

Samia, Tanzania's first female president, named Chama Cha Mapinduzi Secretary-General Emmanuel Nchimbi as her running mate for the upcoming elections.

Tanzanian journalist and rights defender Maria Sarungi abducted in Nairobi
Mwangi Maina  |  Jan 12, 2025

Maria has been vocal in her criticism of the Tanzanian government, previously describing President Samia’s administration as “tyrannical.”

Political test for Tanzania's Chadema as Mbowe and Lissu seek top party position
Mwangi Maina  |  Dec 31, 2024

Lissu has previously expressed concerns over what he described as a "huge and unprecedented" amount of "dirty money" within the party.

Somalia and Tanzania sign landmark agreements to strengthen bilateral relations
Hassan Mohamed  |  Dec 21, 2024

The agreement also included health sector collaboration to improve healthcare systems in both countries, tourism development to boost tourism, a defen...

Tanzania nominates Prof Mohamed Janabi for WHO Africa regional director role
Mwangi Maina  |  Dec 11, 2024

If successful, Prof. Janabi would replace Dr Faustine Ndugulile, who passed away on November 27, 2024, while receiving treatment in India. Dr Ndugulil...

Tanzania’s President takes on forced evictions of Maasai community
Human Rights Watch  |  Dec 07, 2024

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced the establishment of two committees to address land disputes in the country’s northern Ngorongoro di...

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