Countries Tanzania lockdown extended after election chaos, deaths feared Dar es Salaam – Tanzania extended a lockdown on Thursday, with soldiers and police on the main roads in... Read more 31 Oct
Countries Tanzania blackout after election chaos, deaths feared Dar es Salaam – Tanzania was on lockdown with a communications blackout Thursday, a day after elections turned into... Read more 30 Oct
Countries Tanzania opposition flags ‘deceased voters’ in alleged rigging plot Zanzibar – Zanzibar’s main opposition leader told AFP on Monday the ruling party and the electoral commission intend to rig... Read more 28 Oct
Countries Amnesty urges Tanzania to ‘disclose fate’ of missing ex-ambassador turned govt critic Nairobi – Amnesty International on Wednesday demanded that the Tanzanian government “disclose the fate and whereabouts” of a former... Read more 9 Oct
Countries Tanzanian mine collapse buries 25 people Dar es Salaam – Rescue operations were ongoing at a Tanzanian mine which collapsed three days ago, burying at... Read more 15 Aug
Countries Kenya protests Tanzania move to bar foreign small-business owners Nairobi – Kenya on Thursday formally expressed concern over a recent decision by Tanzania to bar non-citizens from running... Read more 1 Aug
Countries Detained Tanzania opposition figure says state delaying trial ahead of polls Dar es Salaam – Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu accused a court on Wednesday of colluding with the state... Read more 31 Jul
Countries Magudumana must stay in prison, SCA rules Nandipha Magudumana at the Bloemfontein Magistrates’ Court in August 2023. Archive photo: Becker Semela By Tania Broughton The Supreme... Read more 17 May
Countries SA exit from DRC to be completed this month – general Johannesburg – South African troops withdrawing from the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have begun assembling... Read more 5 May
Countries Southern African troops begin exit from DRC after deadly M23 onslaught Johannesburg – Southern African troops have started evacuating the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where they had been stranded... Read more 30 Apr