Tanzania: Freed Tanzanian Opposition Leaders 'Beaten' During Mass Arrests

Top leaders from Tanzania's main opposition Chadema party and other senior officials were freed on bail Tuesday following their arrests ahead of a planned youth event in the… Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzania Arrests Top Opposition Figure Lissu in Mass Round-Up

Tanzanian police have detained leading opposition Chadema party figures including former presidential candidate Tundu Lissu, and rounded up several hundred youth supporters, a… Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzania's Maasai Relocation Scheme Slammed in New HRW Report

A Human Rights Watch report says Tanzania is forcibly evicting tens of thousands of Maasai from their ancestral lands, claiming that government rangers beat some members of the… Read more »

Tanzania: Kenya and Tanzania Face 'Humanitarian Crisis' Amid Disastrous Floods

The death toll from weeks of devastating rains and floods had risen to 228 in Kenya, as authorities in the country and in neighbouring Tanzania warned that there was no sign of a… Read more »

Tanzania: More Than 150 Killed in Flooding and Landslides in Tanzania

At least 155 people have died in floods and landslides in Tanzania following weeks of heavy rain that has pounded East Africa. Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said the El Nino… Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzania's Opposition Rallies Against 'Cosmetic' Electoral Reforms

Thousands of people in Tanzania on Wednesday staged protests against the high cost of living and a raft of contentious electoral reforms. Read more »

Africa: French University Begins Work to Return Human Remains to Tanzania and Namibia

The University of Strasbourg in north-east France has undertaken the task of verifying the origins of its collections of human skulls, bones and other remains that were collected… Read more »

East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda Launch Joint Bid to Host African Cup of Nations

Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda have launched a joint bid for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations, which would bring the continental showpiece to East Africa for the first time. Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzania Approves Controversial Oil Pipeline Despite Environmental Concerns

Tanzania has approved the construction of a pipeline that would allow Ugandan oil to be delivered to international markets, dismissing environmental concerns about the project as… Read more »

Africa: Total's Contested Oil Projects in Africa - the Case of Uganda and Tanzania

In the Lake Albert region, in northwestern Uganda, TotalEnergies plans to extract large quantities of oil buried deep in the ground. Work has already started. Backhoe loaders are… Read more »