Gunmen, who had been tailing his car, opened fire at close range. Despite the danger, Ole Sendeka and his driver emerged unharmed. He returned fire, causing the attackers to retreat momentarily, allowing him to flee to safety.
The Ngorongoro conservation area is the only place in Tanzania where its residents have to be inspected to get to their homes from wherever they go. It’s as if NCA is a country within a country.
In our briefing today: Police brutality in Tanzania: A rogue Police Force or a few bad apples?; The World Bank abdicates its responsibility to human rights in Tanzania; Tanzania, Iran seek to partner in extraterrestrial farming;Mwanza confirms 28 cases of Cholera
In order to be truly accountable, the World Bank must immediately stop funding the REGROW project in Mbarali, which threatens to evict tens of thousands of people from their legally registered villages.
In our briefing today:
Tanzania re-selected to the MCC after a seven years hiatus; Personal Data Protection Commission board’s chairperson appointed; Joseph Oleshangay: Winner of Weimar Human Rights Prize shares future of his activism; AfDB approves over $600m for 650-kilometre Tanzania, Burundi rail infrastructure; History as MNH launches first-ever hyperbaric machine in East Africa; Remmy Ongala: The life, death and legacy of legendary musician.
He vows to continue the fight against authorities’ attempts to ‘evict’ his people from their ancestral land.
Tourism Minister Kairuki will grace a dinner gala at the famous Gran Melia Hotel in the tourist town of Arusha, where the event will launch.
The eight-day expedition in December 2023 is marketed as a “truly extraordinary experience to explore Africa’s most iconic landscapes.”
In our briefing today: Government seized 30,000 livestock in 2022. Outcry continues in Loliondo and Ngorongoro as more livestock are seized; Tanzania Police arrested cleric and ten others for organizing pro-Palestine demonstrations; He was a towering, multifaceted personality’: Happy posthumous 85th birthday, Benjamin William Mkapa
While authorities defend the arrangement, ongoing tensions between local communities and conservation authorities leave critics concerned.
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