Tanzania

The airline identified the downed aircraft as an ATR42-500. In a statement posted to Facebook, the manufacturer of the model, French-Italian firm ATR Aircraft, said its officials were supporting the investigation into the crash in line with…
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Tanzania has said it has negotiated a safe passage with Russia for its students studying in a Ukrainian university near Kharkiv, local media outlets have reported.
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A Tanzanian court on Friday ordered the release of opposition leader Freeman Mbowe and three other defendants after the prosecution dropped terrorism charges against them.
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Chadema party chairman Freeman Mbowe was arrested last July 21 along with a number of other senior party officials, in a night-time police raid just hours before they were to hold a public forum to demand constitutional reforms in the East…
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Human Rights Watch says the compulsory testing and expulsion of pregnant students has denied tens of thousands of girls their right to education.
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The Swedish Academy praised Gurnah for his "uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism".
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Hassan, who was elevated to the presidency in March following the sudden death of her predecessor John Magufuli, also gave veiled hints she would run for the post in polls due in 2025.
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Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has appointed a politician dismissed for criticising her predecessor as energy minister in a cabinet reshuffle that also included the nomination of the country's first female defence minister.
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The assailant -- identified by police as Hamza Mohamed -- went on a rampage on August 25, killing three officers and a private security guard in the city's diplomatic quarter, in a rare attack in the East African nation.
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Tanzania's new President Samia Suluhu Hassan reached out to the opposition Thursday as she vowed to defend democracy and basic freedoms in the East African country, which had seen a slide into autocratic rule under her predecessor.
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