The development occurs as artists in Tanzania and other actors working in the country’s creative sector report increased repression of artistic freedom and artists’ freedom of expression.
The truth shall set you free. This popular saying may prove familiar for Tundu Lissu, Tanzania’s opposition figure, who survived an attempted assassination on September
She urged education authorities to consider teaching Chinese alongside other foreign languages, highlighting China’s growing influence as a global superpower.
The party’s national chairperson, Freeman Mbowe, and CHADEMA’s deputy chairperson (Tanzania Mainland), Tundu Lissu, were among those arrested.
Mbowe urges opposition members to move forward in their peaceful demonstrations regardless of his fate
Mwakabela was reportedly abducted on June 23, 2024, in Dar es Salaam and severely tortured before he was abandoned at the Katavi National Park on June 27, 2024, with gunshot wounds.
Jacob has become something of an “abduction hotline” in Tanzania, often revealing shocking information that sparks extended discussions on social media.
In our briefing today: Samia defends police amid growing safety concerns, taking a jab at the diplomatic corps: ‘We’ll take instructions from nobody on how to run our country’;
Transcript: President Samia responds to the murder of opposition leader Ali Kibao and reacts to envoys’ statements; ‘we will protect the peace and stability of our country at any cost’;
Tanzania Police exhibition of using water cannon and tear gas on peaceful protesters sparks outrage online;
Three members of a family were brutally killed in Dodoma
President Samia says there are plans to disrupt Tanzania peace and that her government will protect the peace and stability of the country at any cost.
The Head of State wants foreign envoys to observe established diplomatic protocols and refrain from interfering with the country’s internal affairs.
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