Tanzania election unrest Stories
According to the Tanzanian statement, Guterres acknowledged the country's long-standing reputation as a "reference point for peace and social cohesion...
According to the centre, the shutdown paralysed critical services including mobile banking, telehealth, emergency alerts, and access to election-relat...
President Samia described Mhagama's long-standing service to the nation, noting that for 38 years, she had been a prominent member of Chama Cha Mapind...
Ottawa, which has provided about $3.4 billion in development assistance to Tanzania since independence, had long regarded the country as one of East A...
The police recalled an update shared shortly after midnight on December 9, in which they assured citizens that joint security and defence teams would...
Security presence was heightened in several cities. In Dar es Salaam, police and army personnel patrolled major streets.
Government spokesperson Mussa Azzan Zungu said the directive is aimed at balancing national celebration with public order.
Tanzania Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchemba slammed the alleged financiers, saying the funds could have been used to improve essential public services ins...
The decision, which was arrived at on December 4, was announced on Friday in a statement published by its Embassy in Tanzania.
Tanzania's response has been predictable. Officials describe the criticism as foreign interference and insist that the country will not be 'lectured b...
President Samia Suluhu said the deployment was necessary to prevent protesters from toppling her administration, dismissing criticism from neighbourin...
Karua argued that the AU has taken no action against Samia’s administration despite detailed reports by SADC and AU observers flagging major issues in...
The government said the measure is necessary to curb mobility that could enable unrest during the demonstrations called by youth groups challenging Pr...
Lawyer Juan Carlos Gutierrez, representing victims, claims that as commander-in-chief, “President Samia Suluhu Hassan bears ultimate responsibility fo...
Lissu detailed a series of findings by election observers and international actors, warning that the situation in Tanzania has deteriorated into intim...
The Committee stressed that any investigation must be independent and immediate. “There must be an independent investigation into these tragic acts im...
Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchemba said the budget allocated for festivities would instead be redirected to repair public infrastructure damaged during th...
East African activists are breaking borders to challenge repression, amplify suppressed voices, and redefine democracy across the region.
President Samia said the investigation would examine the causes of the unrest, the involvement of political parties, and the role of both local and fo...
The CS said efforts to trace Kenyan teacher John Ogutu’s body in Tanzanian hospitals and mortuaries have not yielded results.
CHADEMA said Samia lacks political, legal and moral legitimacy to convene a body tasked with investigating actions it claims were orchestrated by her...
Mwigulu Nchemba succeeds Kassim Majaliwa, who had held the position for a decade.
The Tanzanian Parliament is set to approve the appointment later on Thursday following Suluhu's decisive win in the October 29 polls.
The arrests and detentions followed post-election violence in the country, which left one Kenyan teacher shot dead and led to hundreds of deaths and i...
The call comes amid reports that security forces may have taken bodies to undisclosed locations, leaving families struggling to locate their loved one...
Over the weekend, President Samia Suluhu Hassan extended an olive branch to opposition leaders, calling for dialogue following last month's disputed g...
State Counsel Thawabu Issa told the High Court that the Prisons Department was unable to present Lissu in court, citing safety concerns.
The two said their ordeal began at military checkpoints and escalated at police stations where they were held in inhumane conditions with dozens of ot...
Khama, who served as Botswana’s president from 2008 to 2018, also criticised Cameroon President Paul Biya, recently sworn in at 92 years old, saying t...
The released citizens, lawyer Fredrick Lorent Obuya and financial professional John Gitahi Nderitu, had been taken into custody as part of a wider cra...
