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Tanzania Unrest Prompts Cancellation Of Independence Day Celebration

Tanzania Unrest Prompts Cancellation Of Independence Day Celebration

November 25, 2025 1:32 pm

Tanzania has called off its independence day celebrations scheduled for 9 December, redirecting the funds toward repairing infrastructure damaged in last month’s post-election unrest, Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchemba announced on Monday.

The decision comes as opposition groups had urged citizens to use the holiday as a moment of national protest, accusing security forces of killing hundreds of people following the disputed October vote. The government has not released an official death toll and has appointed a commission of inquiry to examine the violence.

Nchemba said the money originally allocated for the annual commemoration would instead support rebuilding efforts in areas …

Tanzania Police Slam Election Protests With Lethal Crackdown

Tanzania Police Slam Election Protests With Lethal Crackdown

November 17, 2025 7:47 am

The first sounds are panic: feet scraping against dust, shouts rising into a confused chorus, then the unmistakable crack of gunfire. A woman in a purple jacket collapses, two others trying to drag her upright as blood darkens her clothes. Scenes like this, captured on a phone in Arusha, were not isolated moments but part of a larger, brutal response to last month’s election unrest in Tanzania.

The demonstrations began on 29 October in Dar es Salaam, driven largely by young people who felt locked out of a political order shaped by one dominant party since independence. Their anger grew …

Tanzania Election Held Without Main Opposition Parties

Tanzania Election Held Without Main Opposition Parties

October 29, 2025 6:08 am

Tanzania held national elections on Wednesday, a vote widely expected to secure another term for President Samia Suluhu Hassan after candidates from the two largest opposition groups were blocked from running.

The polls will determine the presidency, members of the 400 seat National Assembly and leadership positions in Zanzibar, the semi autonomous islands off Tanzania’s coast.

The absence of major opposition contenders has led critics to question the fairness of the vote.

The ruling CCM party, in power since 1977, faced only minor party challengers after the electoral commission barred CHADEMA and ACT Wazalendo from the presidential race. CHADEMA was …

Dear Africans, Your Culture, Traditions Are Not Demonic

Dear Africans, Your Culture, Traditions Are Not Demonic

June 1, 2023 3:31 am

One of the many reasons African nations have continued to wallow in painful underdevelopment is their inability to properly situate their identity. In the futile chase of ‘civilisation’ and globalist ideals, Africans have ignorantly relegated their cultural heritage and traditional inclinations, often referring to them as evil and demonic practices. What these Africans have failed to realise is that all over the world today, culture is the most important organ for existence which determines the politics, economy, religion, and education of a given people.

Culture and tradition are essentially what shape the existence of any society. The sad reality Africans …

Kizz Daniel Apologises, Vows To Hold Free Show On Friday

Kizz Daniel Apologises, Vows To Hold Free Show On Friday

August 10, 2022 5:02 am

Following the backlash generated from his inability to show up for his performance in Tanzania, Nigerian singer, Kizz Daniel, has apologised over the failure vowing to hold a free show in the country this weekend. 

Daniel was arrested in Dar es Salaam on Monday for failing to perform at the show. Fans had earlier trashed the venue in anger at the non-appearance of the singer.

At a press conference on Tuesday night streamed on the show promoter’s Instagram page, #str8upvibes_, the ‘Buga’ crooner explained his side of the story, apologised and promised a free show for Friday.

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Why Kizz Daniel Refused To Perform In Tanzania – Promoter

Why Kizz Daniel Refused To Perform In Tanzania – Promoter

August 9, 2022 5:41 am

The real reason Nigerian music star, Kizz Daniel was arrested yesterday in Tanzania has been revealed after he was released by the Tanzanian police following some diplomatic interventions. 

Africa Daily News, New York had earlier reported that Kizz Daniel was arrested on Monday after he failed to show up at his concert at the Warehouse, Old Nextdoor Arena, Tanzania.

The promoter of the show whose name was given as Steven while speaking on Instagram live with Daddy Freeze, alleged that the ‘Buga’ crooner refused to perform because his gold chain in his luggage was missing.

According to him, the airline …

Deadly Illness Identified As 'Rat Fever' In Tanzania

Deadly Illness Identified As ‘Rat Fever’ In Tanzania

July 19, 2022 3:38 am

A mysterious disease that left no fewer than three people dead over the weekend in Tanzania has been identified as leptospirosis or ‘rat fever’, a bacterial infection commonly spread by rodents, health authorities in the East African nation’s government have confirmed.

According to reports, last week authorities in the country dispatched a team of doctors and experts to the southeastern region of Lindi where 20 cases have been reported, including the three people who died.

Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu who was part of those who visited the area said the disease was caused by a bacteria which spread through consuming …

UN Expresses Worry Over Political Coercion In Tanzania

UN Expresses Worry Over Political Coercion In Tanzania

November 10, 2020 3:36 pm

The United Nations (UN) expressed concern on Tuesday over arrests and intimidation of opposition members in Tanzania following disputed general elections.

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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said this in a statement issued in Johannesburg.

The tense situation in the country will not be defused by silencing those who challenge the outcome of the elections, but rather through a participatory dialogue.

“I urge the Tanzanian authorities to respect and facilitate exercise of the rights to freedom of expression and of peaceful assembly,” she said.

Out of dozens initially …

Tanzania Court Upholds Ruling To Ban Child Marriage

Tanzania Court Upholds Ruling To Ban Child Marriage

October 24, 2019 6:24 am

A Tanzanian court has upheld a ruling banning the marriage of girls under the age of 18 and won praise from rights activists.

The High Court in 2016 ruled that laws allowing girls as young as 15 to be married with the permission of their parents, or even 14 with the permission of a court, were unconstitutional and discriminatory.

However, the state had appealed.

“We reject this appeal as it has no foundation,” the appeals court judges wrote in their ruling on Wednesday, giving the government one year to amend the law.

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Bharti Airtel to pay Tanzania $26 million

Bharti Airtel to pay Tanzania $26 million

June 11, 2019 12:09 am

India’s Bharti Airtel has agreed to pay 60 billion shillings ($26 million) over five years and cancel debt to resolve a dispute over ownership of its Airtel Tanzania unit, the Tanzanian government said on Monday.

Tanzania’s minister for foreign affairs and east Africa cooperation, Palamagamba Kabudi, announced the deal at a ceremony to receive a three-month batch of monthly payments worth 1 billion shillings each due from April this year.

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Bharti Airtel also canceled $407 million of debt owed to it by Airtel Tanzania as part of the settlement, Kabudi
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