Tanzania elections 2025 Stories
The groups warn that the country is facing its worst human rights crisis in decades and are calling for urgent regional and international intervention...
Interior PS Omollo said that the Kenyan Embassy in Dar es Salaam has been engaged to coordinate arrangements for recovering Ogutu’s body for autopsy a...
Mudavadi said Nairobi had reported a number of cases where the rights of Kenyans had been infringed and that these incidents "have been formally submi...
The State Department of Foreign Affairs urged Kenyans to share the names and contacts of those at risk through its official channels to enable quick a...
PIN reported that the five-day nationwide internet blackout, between October 29 and November 3, cost Tanzania about $72 million (Sh9.3 billion), trans...
Embakasi East MP Babu Owino has written to Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, expressing concern over the reported killing of Ogutu.
Heche’s disappearance marks the latest in a series of arrests that have drawn condemnation from human rights groups and opposition figures across the...
Tobias Alando noted that businesses across the region operate in environments shaped by different political regimes and changing government policies.
In a statement, the rights group noted that the blackouts, which have affected large parts of the country for nearly a week, have coincided with repor...
Samia said the unrest was not homegrown and the acts were inconsistent with Tanzanian values.
In her victory speech, Suluhu described the election as "free and democratic" and referred to the protesters who challenged the results as "unpatrioti...
Journalists and human rights groups have yet to confirm the number of post-election deaths so far, but the opposition, CHADEMA, has alleged that about...
The society expressed concern over reports of fatalities, injuries and mass arrests following the October 29 General Election, noting that the actions...
Article 41(7) of the Constitution states that once a candidate is declared the winner by the Electoral Commission, “no court of law shall have any jur...
The party urged the international community not to recognise Samia’s victory, citing widespread electoral fraud, intimidation of opposition parties an...
According to the electoral body, Samia, representing the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party, secured around 31.9 million votes, representing nearly 97.7...
According to INEC’s official tally, President Samia secured 31,913,866 votes, marking a decisive win for the CCM-led administration.
Mudavadi, who also serves as the Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Cabinet Secretary, emphasised that freedoms enjoyed in Kenya do not automatically apply...
President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who assumed the presidency in 2021 following the death of her predecessor, will now serve a full five-year term.
Tension in the country escalated as citizens took to the streets, alleging that the elections were manipulated to favour President Samia Suluhu Hassan...
On Thursday, Tanzanian government instructed public servants to work from home in a bid to limit the movement of non-essential staff.
Kenyan activists accompanying Juma alleged that he was arrested in Lunga Lunga by plainclothes Tanzanian officers, who reportedly identified themselve...
The party said Heche has been held at Mtumba Police Station for three days without food and is suffering from severe heart pain, high fever and extrem...
Hundreds of demonstrators, reportedly from the Tanzanian side, barricaded roads, lit bonfires, and hurled stones at buildings in the border town.
The PS noted that Tanzania, as a friendly neighbour, has its own mechanisms to handle internal matters, adding that Kenya wishes the country well as i...
The election, in which the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party is expected to retain power, has been widely criticised as uncompetitive.
Chagutah also warned that the reported nationwide internet disruption in the country threatens to further inflame the situation.
Dar es Salaam Special Zone Police Commander Jumanne Muliro announced that the curfew would take effect from 6:00 pm East Africa Time (EAT), warning re...
Protests erupted in parts of Dar es Salaam and other major towns, where opposition supporters took to the streets to denounce the exclusion of their l...
Samia Suluhu Hassan assumed office in 2021, becoming Tanzania’s first female president. She is expected to win the October 29 vote.
