HISTORICAL FACTS: 11 - Caught on Camera

Students In Tanzania Clean Streets To Combat Deforestation

Floresta NGO in Tanzania organizes street cleaning event to promote environmental conservation and community engagement.

Top News · Dec 4, 2024

Opposition Figures Killed As Tanzania Holds Local Election

Tanzanian opposition party Chadema, said two of its members were killed on the eve of Wednesday's local elections, and accused the authorities of rigging the vote.

International Business Times · Nov 27, 2024

Rescue ends in Tanzania building collapse as death toll rises to 29

Rescue operations at a building that collapsed in Tanzania's commercial capital have ended after 10 days as the number of dead rose to 29

The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2024

Food security in Africa: managing water will be vital in a rapidly growing region

Sub-Saharan Africa’s population is growing at 2.7% per year and is expected to reach two billion by the year 2050. The region’s urban population is growing even faster: it was at 533 million in 2023, a 3.85% increase from 2022.

The Conversation · Nov 6, 2024

Who is Tundu Lissu? Tanzania’s opposition leader is fighting for change in the face of fresh attacks on political freedoms

Tundu Lissu has become the face of opposition in Tanzania following his defiant and unrelenting criticism of the government. Since he came into the national limelight in 1995 when running for a parliamentary seat, Lissu has been a champion of democracy and human rights. He has taken on the ruling…

The Conversation · Oct 18, 2024

Zimbabwe reports first two mpox cases, after Zambia week before

Zimbabwe has confirmed its first two cases of mpox, days after Zambia reported its first case. The cases, whose variants have not been identified, were detected in people who were from or had travelled to Tanzania and South Africa.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 14, 2024

Who is Freeman Mbowe? Why Tanzania’s ruling party is targeting the opposition leader

Tanzania’s opposition leaders have recently been the target of government crackdowns against political dissent. A planned march in late September 2024 to protest against the abduction and murder of an opposition figure was stopped by the police, and its organisers were detained.

The Conversation · Oct 7, 2024

Tanzania suspends news websites over ad referencing killings of dissidents

Regulator says advert by publisher of the Citizen newspaper ‘likely to harm national unity’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2024

Firm disclosed phone data of shot Tanzanian politician, UK tribunal hears

Tigo’s former investigator claims he was unfairly dismissed for raising concerns over 2017 attack on Tundu Lissu

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2024

Tanzania releases arrested opposition leaders

Police in Tanzania release three opposition leaders on bail, hours after they were arrested for planning anti-government protests in Dar es Salaam. Also, a court in Zimbabwe denies bail to over 60 opposition figures and activists. And dozens of couples say "I do" during Morocco's Moussem of Imilchil festival. The…

France 24 · Sep 23, 2024