Africa: Tanzania

How COVID-19 Is Changing The Lives Of Tanzanians

Mar 30, 2020

As the coronavirus (COVID-19) swept through Asia, Europe, and North America early this year, medical experts warn ...

Tanzania opposition leader Freeman Mbowe (C) arrived at his party's headquarters after being released from prison in Dar es Salaam. By Ericky BONIPHACE (AFP)

Tanzania's opposition leader freed from jail

Mar 14, 2020

Tanzania's opposition leader Freeman Mbowe was released from jail on Friday, after paying a fine following his convictio ...

Investigative journalist Erick Kabendera is seen in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, August 19, 2019. Kabendera was released today from detention but faces large fines. (Reuters/Emmanuel Herman)

Tanzanian Journalist Erick Kabendera Freed, But Fa...

Feb 24, 2020

Nairobi, February 24, 2020 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists today welcomed the release of Tanzanian freelance ...

Tanzanian journalist Erick Kabendera (C), seen here in an earlier court appearance, was released after he pleaded guilty. By STRINGER (AFP)

Tanzanian journalist freed after pleading guilty t...

Feb 24, 2020

Tanzanian journalist Erick Kabendera, who was held in jail for seven months in a case that prompted international concer ...

Magufuli came to power in 2015 as a corruption-fighting

Tanzania's main opposition demands independent pol...

Feb 3, 2020

Tanzania's main opposition Chadema party on Monday called for an independent electoral commission, amid concerns of a cr ...

The stampede occurred when preacher Boniface Mwamposa poured what he said was holy oil on the ground and the crowd surged to touch it. By FILBERT RWEYEMAMU (AFP)

Twenty killed in Tanzanian church stampede: offici...

Feb 2, 2020

Twenty people in Tanzania were trampled to death at an open-air evangelical Christian church service in the north of the ...

Paul Makonda, Regional Commissioner of Dar es Salaam, and his wife, Mary Felix Massenge, are now barred from visiting the US. By Khalfan Said Hassan (AFP/File)

Tanzanian politican barred from US for rights 'vio...

Feb 1, 2020

A leading Tanzanian politician who launched a crackdown on homosexuality has been banned from visiting the United States ...

African Court Present flanked on his left by the African Court Vice President and on his right by Vice President of Tanzanian

African Court Awards Cost Against Tanzania

Dec 8, 2019

Accra, Dec. 8, CDA Consult -- The African Court on Human and Peoples rsquo; Rights has ordered Tanzanian to pay Jibu Ami ...

Tanzania's main opposition Chadema party refused to take part in the polls, saying its candidates were fearful or disqualified from running by overly stringent rules. By Ericky BONIPHACE (AFP/File)

Tanzania vote irregular, lacked credibility: US, U...

Nov 27, 2019

The US and Britain on Wednesday expressed concern over elections in Tanzania where strongman President John Magufuli's p ...

Residents queue to vote at a polling station during the local elections in the town of Arusha, north Tanzania, on November 24, 2019. By Filbert RWEYEMAMU (AFP/File)

Tanzania's ruling party sweeps 99% of seats in loc...

Nov 25, 2019

Tanzania's ruling party won more than 99 percent of seats in local elections that the opposition boycotted for alleged v ...

Tanzanian opposition party Chadema has faced increasing hostility under President John Magufuli. By Daniel Hayduk (AFP)

Tanzania's opposition to boycott elections over 'c...

Nov 8, 2019

Tanzania's opposition party says it will boycott local elections later this month, accusing the government of impeding i ...

Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli has been accused by critics of cracking down on opponents. By Michele Spatari (AFP)

Tanzania backsliding on freedoms under Magufuli: A...

Oct 28, 2019

President John Magufuli has presided over a crackdown on media and civil society in Tanzania that has seriously undermin ...

Students From UWC East Africa Win International Pr...

Oct 22, 2019

Students from UWC East Africa - one of Africa rsquo;s most diverse boarding schools - were awarded the 2019 Young Aur ...

Mbwana Samatta, in the blue of Genk, scraps for possession in the Belgian side's defeat against Salzburg with which they began their Champions League campaign. By JOE KLAMAR (AFP/File)

Tanzanian star Samatta has sights set on Liverpool...

Oct 22, 2019

While Liverpool hope to have Mohamed Salah back alongside Sadio Mane in attack in time for Wednesday's Champions League ...

Tanzania's president has lauded a governor who caused outrage by caning 14 schoolchildren, saying he should have done more; Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli is pictured May 25, 2019. By Michele Spatari (AFP)

Tanzanian president backs official who caned schoo...

Oct 4, 2019

Tanzanian President John Magufuli has lauded a regional governor who caused outrage by caning 14 schoolchildren, saying ...

June 2015: Burundian families wait to be registered as refugees at Nyarugusu in northwestern Tanzania. By STEPHANIE AGLIETTI (AFP)

Almost 600 Burundian refugees return home from Tan...

Oct 3, 2019

Nearly 600 Burundians who fled political violence in their home country to Tanzania were on Thursday repatriated volunta ...

An Ebola victim is buried in Butembo, eastern DR Congo. More than 2,100 people have died in the 14-month-old epidemic. By JOHN WESSELS (AFP)

Ebola concerns in Tanzania are 'rumours', says min...

Oct 3, 2019

Tanzania on Thursday again dismissed concerns about possible Ebola cases in the country as rumours which everyone shoul ...