
Commission Probing Tanzania Election Unrest Bars Media From Witness Sessions
The Commission announces in will no longer allow media participation in witness testimonies due to privacy concerns

The Commission announces in will no longer allow media participation in witness testimonies due to privacy concerns

International law is being put to the test, not on the question as to whether it is effective or not, but of the status quo on superiority complex within its subjects.

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.