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.
Wawili hao wanatafutwa kwa kujipatia fedha kwa njia ya udanganyifu
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
e-Utatuzi is designed to streamline the resolution of labor disputes in Tanzania.
These activities included tree-planting in Nkasi and branch-opening ceremonies in Mbeya.
The meeting comes as the country has engaged a lobbying firm to ease diplomatic pressure from the U.S following election crackdown incidents
As Tanzania reflects on his passing, figures from all sides praise Mtei’s integrity and courage in the struggle for political freedom.
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 announcement comes as CHADEMA marks its 33rd anniversary week, culminating on January 21, 2026, the date the party received its permanent registration certificate on January 21, 1993, one year after Tanzania reintroduced multiparty politics.
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.
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