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
Tanzania intensifies its war on narcotics, seizing tonnes of illicit substances and arresting hundreds in a series of targeted crackdowns across the country.
The sudden dismissal of the home affairs minister and the choice of divisive Paul Makonda for information lead some to question the government’s sincerity in mending national divisions.
These ambassadorial appointments come as President Samia also make first cabinet reshuffle, conducted less than three months after the cabinet was initially formed.
Perhaps the most unsettling realization of 2025 is this: democracy is no longer guaranteed by process alone. It requires constant vigilance, ethical leadership, and institutions courageous enough to resist power when it overreaches.
The comments come just days after Warioba held a private meeting with President Samia Suluhu Hassan at the State House in Dar es Salaam on December 17.
Nchemba argued that individuals independently collecting death-toll figures are doing so for monetary gain.