Tanzania will not hold independence day celebrations on December 9 after calls for protests over the mass killings during recent contested elections, the prime minister said Monday.Hundreds and possibly thousands of protesters were shot dead by security forces after anger erupted over the
DF President Mathias Mpuuga has made it clear that Bobi Wine has to demonstrate that he qualifies for and deserves his vote for the position of President as opposed to merely instigating foot soldiers to intimidate him into involuntarily declaring support for him.Mpuuga was speaking at a F
Police fired tear gas at traders.Four city traders have been remanded to Luzira Prison after being charged with causing common nuisance during Monday’s protests over high taxes and rent in Kampala.The accused — Sunday John Baptist, Nsamba Kenny
Kiev’s European backers are seeking guarantees that their financial aid would not be embezzledThe EU is seeking concrete commitments from Ukraine in the wake of the bombshell corruption scandal implicating Vladimir Zelensky’s close associate, Politico Europe reported on Friday, citing
Kenyan activists Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo have once again made headlines, this time after threatening to mobilize protests targeting Tanzania’s leadership. The two, who were recently released from detention in Uganda, announced plans to stage demonstrations and shut down the Kenyan–Tanzani
Tanzanian TikToker Jennifer Jovin, also known as Niffer, is facing some serious charges, and her mother, Mwanaisha Isaac, is fighting for her daughter’s life.According to The Star, Isaac has publicly pleaded with President Samia Suluhu Hassan for forgiveness for her daughter, who is curr
Last week’s Tanzania elections failed to comply with democratic standards, says the African Union, adding to mounting international pressure on President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s administration over the deadly vote.The AU’s election monitoring arm, which sent a team of 72 observers to T
At just 34 years old, Mamdani is New York's youngest mayor in over a century, as well as its first Muslim and South Asian leader. Ugandan born and raised artist-turned politician, Zohran Mamdani has completed a tumultuous but ultimately successful run to become the Mayor-elect of New York
A Tanzanian riot police officer walks past a vandalised campaign poster of President Samia Suluhu Hassan, following a protest a day after a general election marred by violent demonstrations over the exclusion of two leading opposition candidates at the Namanga One-Post Border crossing point betwe
Some 700 people have been killed in three days of election protests in Tanzania, the main opposition party said Friday, with protesters still on the streets in the midst of an internet blackout.“As we speak the figure for deaths in Dar (es Salaam) is around 350 and for Mwanza it is 200-p
