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Tanzania Shunned Lockdowns. Now It’s Rejecting Covid-19 Vaccines.
Tanzanian President John Magufuli has rejected social-distancing measures and instead urged citizens to pray against a ‘satanic’ virus...
Feb 4, 2021
Tanzania says no plans in place to accept COVID-19 vaccines
(Kadri Şener Tam/Anadolu Agency) Tanzania’s health ministry says it has no plans in place to accept COVID-19 vaccines, just days after...
Feb 2, 2021
Tanzania’s leader denies Covid. Now countrymen push back
In this June 1, 2020 photo, truck drivers entering Kenya queue to be tested for the coronavirus on the Kenya side of the Namanga border...
Jan 29, 2021
Tanzanian leader cautious over Covid vaccines
Last year Mr Magufuli declared Tanzania "Covid-free" (AFP) Tanzania's President John Magufuli has warned health officials against...
Jan 28, 2021
Australian activist claims she was arrested over a tweet and she's still on bail in Tanzania
Ms Kay said she felt unsafe in Tanzania while out on bail. (Twitter/@Zarakayk) Australian activist Zara Kay, stuck in Tanzania since...
Jan 27, 2021
Trump imposes visa restrictions on Tanzanian officials over vote
The US government has imposed visa restrictions on Tanzanian officials for “undermining” a free and fair election. The State Department...
Jan 20, 2021
Hopefully, treatment of journalists in Kenya won’t go the Uganda way
Events in Uganda relating to media and journalist’s treatment during the campaigns, electioneering and voting for the January 14th 2021...
Jan 18, 2021
Tanzania’s Tundu Lissu: ‘We’re completely unbroken – bruised and battered, yes – but unbroken’
After Tanzania's President John Magufuli swept to victory in the 31 October national elections, Tanzanian oppositionist Tundu Lissu – who...
Jan 14, 2021
Tanzania’s ‘denial of coronavirus’ derails efforts to fight pandemic along Kenyan border
The move by Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli to declare his country free of Coronavirus is greatly interfering with Kenya’s...
Jan 12, 2021
Tanzania elections: Why Chadema hasn’t filed a case at the ICC
Politician Tundu Lissu, who was a presidential candidate in the 2020 general election in Tanzania, on Saturday said the Chadema...
Jan 11, 2021
Tanzania releases rights lawyer after year in jail
Outspoken government critic, another accused paid $7,500 fine in plea bargain deal Tito Magoti and Theodory Giyani attend a court hearing...
Jan 6, 2021
Money laundering allegations mount against China Commercial Bank in Tanzania
The Chinese State Councilor & Foreign Minister Wang Yi with his Tanzanian counterpart Palamagamba Kabudi. Photograph: Courtesy Chinese...
Jan 4, 2021
Tanzania using Twitter's copyright policy to silence activists and stifle democracy
Twitter's policy that deals with the infringement of copyright is increasingly being used to maliciously target accounts run by Tanzanian...
Dec 30, 2020
Tanzania ‘using Twitter's’ copyright policy to silence activists’
Photo: AFP. Twitter's policy that deals with the infringement of copyright is increasingly being used to maliciously target accounts run...
Dec 22, 2020
Tanzanian activist still jailed one year on
This Sunday marks one year since police in Dar es Salaam arrested Tanzanian human rights activist Tito Magoti and his friend Theodory...
Dec 18, 2020
Tanzania: After joining Zanzibar’s government, can the opposition be trusted again?
Former ACT-Wazalendo Presidential Candidate, Seif Sharif Hamad is now the First Vice President of the Government of National Unity for...
Dec 11, 2020
FEARED FOR HIS LIFE: Tanzanian politician Godbless Lema leaves Kenya, granted asylum in Canada
He left Kenya on Wednesday with his family after staying in the country since November. Tanzanian opposition politician Godbless Lema has...
Dec 10, 2020
What next for Tanzania’s opposition after election wipeout?
Observers say a comeback for opposition parties seems a long way off, relies on reformation of existing political system. In the days...
Dec 9, 2020
No haven: Tanzania’s police are torturing refugees from Burundi
People fleeing repression at home also face it in refugee camps Even after Tanzanian policemen had hung him from the ceiling and beaten...
Dec 4, 2020
Tanzania: Zanzibar ex-presidential candidate sues gov’t
Seif Sharif Hamad with President Magufuli at State House in March. Photo: State House/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images. Zanzibar's former...
Dec 1, 2020
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