The protest stemmed from opposition to a revenue-sharing arrangement between individuals who were awarded licenses for the mining area and the small-scale miners operating there
In our briefing today: Commotion in Runzewe, Geita, as Police Disperse Small-Scale Miners Using Tear Gas Following Strike;
Government to Cancel Mining Exploration Licenses Held Without Implementation;
South Sudan Proposes Customs Cooperation to Enable Use of Tanga and Dar es Salaam Ports.
In our briefing today: Tanzania, U.S. Discuss Graphite Exploration Partnership Amid Efforts to Ease Diplomatic Pressure After Election Crackdown;
Tanzania’s Commission for Labour Dispute Resolution Launches Online Platform, e-Utatuzi;
CHADEMA Decries Police Disruption of Party Activities in Celebration of Its 33rd Anniversary
The meeting comes as the country has engaged a lobbying firm to ease diplomatic pressure from the U.S following election crackdown incidents
Marekani na Tanzania zinaeleza juu ya ushirikiano huu katika kipindi ambacho Marekani imetangaza kupitia upya uhusiano wake na Tanzania kufuatia matukio ya Oktoba 29
Just weeks after his arrest, the ex-minister’s passports were seized at the border. His lawyers say it’s a clear breach of constitutional rights.
The Chanzo Morning Briefing Tanzania News —January 20, 2026
In our briefing today: Families Describe Burying Clothes of Loved Ones Shot in Tanzania’s Election Protest Crackdown After Bodies Went Missing from Hospitals;
Edwin Mtei, Founder of CHADEMA and Tanzania’s First Central Bank Governor, Dies at 93;
Canada Must Seize the Moment and Forge a Commonwealth Free Trade Powerhouse.
Speaking to commission members on Monday, January 19, 2026, several families reported seeing the bodies of their loved ones, only for them to later disappear from hospitals.
In their joint statement, CHADEMA regional chairpersons called on human rights bodies to take joint action to investigate allegations of sexual torture and harassment and to pursue legal cases.
Uchaguzi wa Uganda 2026 umekuja na matukio na vioja kadha wa kadha ambavyo ni ishara mbaya kwa demokrasia ya uchaguzi, visivyopaswa kuigwa
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