August 12
Tanzania: Conservationists Say Large-Tusked Elephants On Kenya-Tanzania Border Are Endangered
Scientists and conservationists in Kenya are sounding the alarm over the killing of elephants with large tusks. According to scientists, the elephants were killed by trophy hunters… Read more »
July 31
Tanzania: Stop Forcing Indigenous Tribes Off Ancestral Lands - HRW to Tanzania
Human Rights Watch is accusing Tanzania of forcing indigenous tribes from their ancestral land in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. In a report released Wednesday, the rights group… Read more »
January 10
Tanzania: Malawi's Maize Import Ban Forces WFP to Mill Grain From Tanzania
Despite ongoing food shortages, the government of Malawi last month banned the import of unmilled maize from Kenya and Tanzania, citing concerns about the spread of maize lethal… Read more »
December 21, 2023
Malawi: Malawi Bans Maize Imports From Kenya, Tanzania Over Disease
Malawi, which already is suffering from food shortages, this week banned the import of unmilled maize from Kenya and Tanzania over concerns that the spread of maize lethal necrosis… Read more »
December 08, 2023
Uganda: Rights Group Claims Company Intimidates Communities Along Tanzania-Uganda Oil Pipeline
The French oil company TotalEnergies coerces and intimidates communities affected by the $5 billion East African Crude Oil Pipeline project in Tanzania and Uganda, a human rights… Read more »
June 09, 2023
Tanzania: UN Sending Home Peacekeepers Implicated in Sexual Abuse
The United Nations said Friday that it is sending home a unit of 60 Tanzanian peacekeepers from the Central African Republic, after a preliminary investigation found credible… Read more »
April 27, 2023
East Africa: Peace Talks Between Ethiopian Govt, Oromo Rebel Group Continue in Tanzania
Peace talks between Ethiopia's federal government and the rebel Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) have started in Tanzania's semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar. Read more »
April 10, 2023
Africa: South Africa's Facebook Rapist Arrested in Tanzania
Officials in Tanzania say they have arrested South African national Thabo Bester, a convicted murder known as the Facebook Rapist. Read more »
March 31, 2023
Tanzania: VP Harris Praises President for Strengthening Democracy
Human rights activists are voicing appreciation for U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris's recognition of efforts by Tanzania's president to strengthen democracy in the country. Read more »
March 19, 2023
Mozambique: Tanzania Sends Relief to Cyclone-Hit Mozambique
Tanzania has started to dispatch food aid and self-storage equipment to neighboring Mozambique to help thousands of people affected by tropical cyclone Freddy. More than 190 people… Read more »
March 17, 2023
Tanzania: Unidentified Illness Kills Five in Tanzania, Sparks Ebola Fears
Health officials in Tanzania are investigating an illness that killed five people in the country's northwest with Ebola-like symptoms, raising fears that it could be the deadly… Read more »
March 10, 2023
Tanzania: Opposition Welcomes President's Pledge to Restore Competitive Politics
Tanzania's opposition has welcomed President Samia Suluhu Hassan's pledge to restore competitive politics and review the country's constitution. The longstanding demands from the… Read more »
January 25, 2023
Tanzania: Opposition Leader Tundu Lissu Returns From Exile
Tanzania opposition leader Tundu Lissu has returned to the country from self-imposed exile in Belgium, where he had lived since surviving an assassination attempt in 2017 when he… Read more »
January 24, 2023
Tanzania: Body of Tanzanian Killed in Russia's War On Ukraine Heads Home for Burial
The body of 33-year-old Tanzanian Nemes Tarimo, who was killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine, is returning home for burial. Read more »
January 20, 2023
Tanzania: Tanzanian Student Killed in Battle in Ukraine
The family of a Tanzanian student who was in prison in Russia says it has confirmation that he was killed fighting for Russia's Wagner Group of mercenaries in Ukraine. Read more »
January 03, 2023
Tanzania: Tanzania's Government Lifts Ban On Political Rallies
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has lifted a six-year-old ban on political rallies. Her predecessor, the late John Magufuli, banned public rallies in 2016, one year after… Read more »
December 20, 2022
Tanzania: Shrinking Ice Cap On Kilimanjaro Threatens Tourism in Tanzania
U.N. experts say the ice cap on Africa's biggest peak, Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro, is among world-famous glaciers predicted to melt by 2050 due to climate change. Read more »
November 07, 2022
Tanzania: Govt Criticized for Emergency Response to Deadly Plane Crash
Opposition politicians in Tanzania are criticizing the government for its emergency response to a plane crash Sunday in Lake Victoria that left 19 people dead, including the… Read more »
November 04, 2022
Tanzania: Fires On Kilimanjaro 'Largely Contained,' Tanzania PM Says
Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa told lawmakers Friday fires burning on Mount Kilimanjaro the past two weeks have been largely contained after hundreds of military… Read more »
November 03, 2022
Tanzania: Report - Tanzania's Elephant Population Recovering
Tanzania's Ministry of Tourism released a census this week showing the country's elephant population has stabilized. Read more »
November 02, 2022
Tanzania: Army Deploys Troops to Fight Fire On Mount Kilimanjaro
Tanzania's army has deployed hundreds of troops to help firefighters who have been battling a blaze on Africa's highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, for almost two weeks. Read more »
October 28, 2022
Tanzania: Drought Weighs On Tanzania's Dar es Salaam
Residents in Tanzania's commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, are struggling with water shortages after authorities announced rationing because of a drop in the level of the city's… Read more »
October 10, 2022
Tanzania: Tanzania, Kenya Agree to Fast-Track Construction of Gas Pipeline Project
The presidents of Tanzania and Kenya have agreed to fast-track construction of a natural gas pipeline designed to increased trade and lower energy costs for both countries. Read more »