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Tanzania: Crackdown Ahead of Planned Protests

Tanzanian authorities have wrongfully arrested alleged protest organizers and opposition supporters ahead of nationwide protests called for December 9, 2025. Read More

Tanzania opposition calls for transitional government after disputed election

John Heche, vice chair of the opposition party Chadema, said the United Nations and African continental bodies should oversee a transitional government and a fresh, fair election. He said the Oct. 29 ... Read More

Tanzania police patrol streets on national holiday ahead of planned protests over October election

Police trucks and officers on foot patrolled Tuesday morning in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, the administrative capital Dodoma and the northeastern city of Arusha, while roadblocks were ... Read More

Tanzania ramping up post-election crackdown, warns UN

Rights groups say more than 1,000 people were shot dead during three days of protests over elections on October 29 that the opposition and foreign observers describe as fraudulent. Read More

U.S. reconsiders Tanzania ties after deadly post-election crackdown

The U.S. is "comprehensively reviewing" its relationship with Tanzania after hundreds were killed in a violent post-election crackdown. Read More

Tanzania: multilateral engagement is key to preventing a further deterioration of the human rights situation and ensuring accountability for the post-election crackdown

Following the Tanzanian authorities’ brutal response to widespread pro¬tests that took place in the aftermath of the 29 October 2025 presidential and legislative elections, and in light of the ongoing ... Read More

Rights group warns of serious rights violations amid post-election crackdown in Tanzania

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the Tanzanian government on Thursday to open an independent investigation into the alleged killings, disappearances, and repression carried out by security forces ... Read More

Tanzania's leader says election violence could hurt access to international funding

DODOMA, Tanzania (AP) — Tanzania’s president on Tuesday said her government may lose access to the international funding that largely keeps the nation afloat after the worst election violence in the ... Read More

Tanzania’s bloody elections

TANZANIA has joined the league of African countries with tainted democracies. After a sham election on October 29, the country’s Independent National Electoral Commission declared President Samia ... Read More

Tanzania’s leader says election violence could hurt access to international funding

DODOMA, Tanzania (AP) — Tanzania’s president on Tuesday said her government may lose access to the international funding that largely keeps the nation afloat after the worst election violence in the ... Read More