Tanzania: Planned Sale of Historic Stadium Sparks Protests

Mwanza — The proposed sale of dilapidated Nyamagana stadium in Mwanza continues to raise public anger, with residents now planning to stage protests against city authorities' decision.

The Mwanza city council plans to sell the neglected stadium, regarded by many as a historical site on which many people were killed during the colonial era, to a private investor to build an up-market tourist hotel.

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