Africa: Tanzania

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 ...

Tanzania hunter-gatherers win UN environment prize

Sep 25, 2019

A pioneering carbon offset project run by Hadza hunter-gatherers in Tanzania has been awarded the UN's Equator Prize for ...

The incident occurred off Pemba Island, a popular honeymoon destination part of Tanzania's Zanzibar Archipelago. By GABRIEL BOUYS (AFP)

US man drowns while proposing underwater in Tanzan...

Sep 22, 2019

An American man has drowned while proposing to his girlfriend underwater at an idyllic island off the coast of Tanzania, ...

WHO concerned about possibility of Ebola cases in ...

Sep 22, 2019

The World Health Organization issued a statement on Saturday about unofficial reports it has received that a person alle ...

Four people were diagnosed with the virus in Uganda and later died. By ISAAC KASAMANI (AFP/File)

Tanzania not sharing information on suspected Ebol...

Sep 22, 2019

The World Health Organization has accused Tanzania of failing to provide information on suspected cases of Ebola in the ...

A Tanzanian police officer is seen in Dar es Salaam on October 28, 2015. Tanzanian authorities recently arrested Sebastian Atilio on false news charges. (AP/Khalfan Said)

Tanzanian Authorities Charge Sebastian Atilio With...

Sep 16, 2019

The Committee to Protect Journalists today expressed concern over Tanzania rsquo;s use of false news and journalist a ...

Conservation efforts have brought the black rhino population back up to around 5,000. By STRINGER (AFP/File)

Nine black rhinos from S.Africa relocated to Tanza...

Sep 11, 2019

Nine black rhinos from South Africa have arrived in the Serengeti as part of efforts to repopulate the park with the cri ...

Jailed Tanzanian journalist in need of 'urgent' me...

Sep 3, 2019

Erick Kabendera, a prominent investigative journalist who was remanded in police custody last month, is suffering from b ...