Tanzania
Tanzania lifts ban on four newspapers
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania has lifted a ban on four newspapers, a senior government official said on Thursday,...
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UAE to lift entry, transit ban on passengers from 12 African countries
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates will lift an entry and transit ban on on Saturday on travellers who...
Read moreTanzania’s parliament speaker resigns after debt fight with president
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Tanzania's parliament speaker resigned on Thursday after publicly questioning the government's external borrowing in an economy buffeted...
Read moreTanzania to allow students to restart education after giving birth
By Nuzulack Dausen DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) -Tanzania will now allow girls aged 12 to 19 years who left school...
Read moreThree convicted militants recaptured after Kenya prison break
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Three convicted militants, one of whom had taken part in a 2015 attack that killed 148 people,...
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Exclusive-Compassion not barbed wire should greet migrants, Nobel winner Gurnah says
By Guy Faulconbridge and Natalie Thomas CANTERBURY, England (Reuters) -Europe should greet migrants with compassion rather than barbed wire and...
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Rwandan genocide ‘kingpin’ Bagosora dies in Mali prison – sources
BAMAKO (Reuters) - A former Rwandan army colonel who was accused of masterminding the slaughter of 800,000 people during the...
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Tanzania suspends second newspaper in less than a month
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Tanzania suspended on Sunday another newspaper accused of false stories even though President Samia Suluhu Hassan had...
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Tanzania says gunman who killed four people last month was a terrorist
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) -Tanzanian police said on Thursday that a slain gunman who killed three police officers and a...
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France says nothing indicates its embassy was targeted in Tanzania
PARIS (Reuters) - France's Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Thursday nothing suggested at this stage its embassy was targeted by...
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Tanzania suspends newspaper for story on president it calls false
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Tanzanian government on Wednesday suspended a local newspaper for running what it called a false story...
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U.S. State Department announces five additions to global terrorist list
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The State Department on Friday announced the addition of five alleged Islamist militants to its Specially Designated...
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Special Report-How a little-known G7 task force unwittingly helps governments target critics
By Angus Berwick (Reuters) - In late 2020, when Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni faced a fresh challenge to his 35-year...
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U.S. voices concern at Tanzania’s arrest of opposition politician
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - A senior U.S. government official expressed concern on Wednesday over the arrest and imprisonment of...
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Tanzanian court charges opposition leader with terrorism-related crimes
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - A court in Tanzania has charged the leader of the main opposition party with terrorism-related...
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Tanzania arrests leader of main opposition party
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Tanzania's main opposition party said on Wednesday its leader had been arrested with ten other party figures,...
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Tanzania to spend $470 million on vaccines, coronavirus-damaged economy
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania will spend $470 million buying vaccines and supporting economic sectors hit hard by the...
Read moreTanzania considers reviving $10 billion port project
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - President Samia Suluhu Hassan said on Saturday that Tanzania will look to revive a $10...
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