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NITA-U hosts delegation from the Tanzania ICT Commission Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Tanzanian Information and Communication Technologies Commission (ICTC) has started a three day benchmarking tour to Uganda that will see the two countries share knowledge on data protection, ICT regulation, cyberspace crime and computer emergency response. The delegation …

Jerusalem, Israel | ALL AFRICA.COM | Joshua Loitu Mollel, a 21-year-old Tanzanian national who was among five African victims of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, has been found dead in Israel, bringing closure to his family’s two-year ordeal. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said his remains were recovered from Gaza on …

JERUSALEM | Xinhua | Israel said Thursday that the remains handed over by Hamas the previous night were identified as those of a Tanzanian agricultural intern who was killed during the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said forensic tests confirmed the identity of Joshua …

Why Tanzanians have plenty of reasons to be angry with her and government COVER STORY | DAN PAGET & AGENCIES | In Tanzania, something snapped this year. Protests followed the 29 October 2025 elections. They are unprecedented in their scale, national breadth and political content since the country’s independence in 1961. But the repression unleashed …

DAR ES SALAAM | Xinhua | Tanzania’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism has reassured the public and international visitors that peace and stability have been fully restored in the country following post-election protests reported between Oct. 29 and Nov. 1. The ministry said in a statement on Tuesday night …

DAR ES SALAAM | Xinhua | Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in on Monday for a five-year term, after she secured 97.66 percent of the vote in the recent general elections. Hassan, representing the ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi, was sworn in by Chief Justice George Masaju during …

DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA | Xinhua | Tanzania’s incumbent President Samia Suluhu Hassan of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party has won the presidential election, securing 97.66 percent of the vote, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced on Saturday. “I declare Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan of the ruling party Chama …

. COMMENT | ANDREW BESI | In 1985, the British band Latin Quarter released their haunting anthem Radio Africa. One of its verses rhymes thus: “ Mozambique and Mugabe Still got FRELIMO I hear them say But exchange means Recession means It all means it’s harder to take Tanzania could be …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | ALL AFRICA.COM | Tanzania’s general elections triggered widespread protests in key cities including Dar es Salaam and Arusha as citizens demonstrated for the first time in 65 years. The absence of credible opposition candidates and the arrest of prominent opposition leader Tundu Lissu sparked the …

DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA | Xinhua | Tanzanian police on Wednesday announced the imposition of a curfew in the port city of Dar es Salaam following protests that resulted in the destruction of property on the general election day. “After 6 p.m., nobody will be allowed to be seen on …