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Tanzania squeezes Maasai by seizing livestock, report says

The Tanzanian government is ramping up its seizure of livestock from Indigenous Maasai herders in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area to clear way for safari tourism and trophy hunting, a report released Thursday said

The Independent UK

Tanzania: opposition rallies are finally unbanned – but this doesn't mean democratic reform is coming

In Tanzania, the political rally is back. Chadema, Tanzania’s leading opposition party, held mass rallies outside the official election campaign for the first time in six and a half years on 21 January 2023.

The Conversation

Tanzania's opposition leader returns after 5 years in exile

Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu has arrived home after five years in exile, three weeks after the country’s president lifted a ban on opposition rallies

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First opposition rally in six years excites Tanzanian politicians

President Hassan’s decision to end a six-year ban on political gatherings has been lauded by the opposition.

Al Jazeera

‘It’s becoming a war zone’: Tanzania’s Maasai speak out on ‘forced’ removals

Communities in Ngorongoro say government is shutting down vital services to remove them from ancestral lands to expand lucrative game reserves

The Guardian - UK

Tanzania’s tomato harvest goes to waste

Solar-powered cold storage technology is of prime significance in efforts to cut post-harvest losses

Salon

Tanzania opposition leader to end exile after rally ban lifted

Former presidential candidate Lissu says he will return home on January 25 and ‘get back to work’.

Al Jazeera

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Tanzania opposition leader says he will end exile after rally ban lifted

Tanzanian opposition leader and former presidential candidate Tundu Lissu said he will return home this month from exile in Europe, after the government lifted a ban on political rallies.

Reuters

Tanzania's tomato harvest goes to waste: solar-powered cold storage could be a sustainable solution

Feeding Africa’s growing population is a big development challenge for governments, policy makers and agriculture experts. Adding to the challenge is the high level of food loss and waste that most small-scale farmers experience.

The Conversation

Hopes rise for press freedom in Tanzania as number of censured journalists falls

Media council reports progress under progressive stance of President Suluhu following years of repression by former regime

The Guardian - UK

The pandemic has shown Southern Africa can do staycations: could this momentum hold in the long run?

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a dramatic effect on the tourism industry worldwide. International arrivals dropped by 74% globally in 2020 and tourist accommodations, businesses, borders and heritage sites had to close, resulting in a loss of income for those working in the tourism sectors. In Africa, the impact was…

The Conversation

Tanzania government lifts six-year ban on opposition political rallies

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has lifted a ban on opposition rallies imposed in 2016 by her strongman predecessor, in an overture to political rivals seeking the restoration of democratic norms.

Radio France Internationale

Tanzania’s President Hassan ends 6-yr ban on opposition rallies

Her predecessor John Magafuli banned political rallies by opposition groups in the country in 2016.

Al Jazeera

Tanzania president lifts six-year ban on political rallies

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan lifted a ban on political rallies on Tuesday, six-and-a-half years after her predecessor John Magufuli imposed the measure which caused frequent run-ins between opposition leaders and police.

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Manchester Evening News

Police search family of Tanzanian man who tragically died on Monday

Ndesanjo Massue was 65

Asharq Al-Awsat

Zanzibar’s Mwinyi: We Left Political Differences Behind, Are Heading to Economic Advancement

Eastern Africa’s Zanzibar is transforming from the largest slave trade center in the world into the largest African center for economic tourism with it accounting for about 30% of GDP. President Hussein Mwinyi confirmed that Zanzibar’s political parties have abandoned their differences to maximize economic and food security and accelerate…

Daily Mirror

6 amazing sustainable holidays for the bucket list - including penguins and giraffes

Strolling with giraffes in Tanzania, meeting penguins in the Antarctic, and walking across the majestic Patagonian wilderness are three bucket list trips you might be able to embark on in a more sustainable way

The Guardian - UK

‘He was brainwashed’: young men are disappearing from Zanzibar. Are extremists to blame?

At least 20 men have gone missing from the island since August. But a culture of concealment around terrorism means families have been left to guess at their fate

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The Independent UK

Chimpanzees in Tanzania help British scientists solve mystery of why humans walk on two legs

Early humans probably first walked upright in the trees, study finds

Evening Standard

Pemba: the secret island the It-crowd don’t want you to know about

Deserted beaches and endless turquoise sea — no wonder the style set want to keep this off-grid paradise near Tanzania to themselves, says Rosalyn Wikeley

The Guardian - UK

‘Means of survival’: Tanzania’s booming charcoal trade drives unchecked deforestation

As rising gas prices drive demand for the polluting fuel, illegal loggers depend on the trade to live – even as the forest disappears around them

WEKU

We're not lion: The 2022 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are a good laugh

Jennifer Hadley claimed the top prize for her photo of a 3-month-old lion cub tumbling out of a tree in the Serengeti region of Tanzania.

France 24

Reuters reveals alleged 'secret abortion programme' run by Nigeria's army

In tonight's edition: Reuters journalists find evidence of a systematic, illegal abortion programme run by the Nigerian army. It says thousands of terminations have been carried out, often without women's consent. Also, could Uganda be turning the corner in its battle against Ebola? No new cases have been detected for…

Radio France Internationale

TotalEnergies in court over massive oil projects in Uganda, Tanzania

The French energy giant TotalEnergies appeared in a Paris court after years of delay in a case in which six NGOs accuse it of "failing in its duty of vigilance" on two massive oil drilling and pipeline projects in Uganda and Tanzania.

The Guardian - UK

Discovered in the deep: the extraordinary sawshark with a weapon-like snout

With the help of fishers in Madagascar and Tanzania, scientists named two new species of rare sixgill sawsharks

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