Tanzania slips back into dark days as main opposition leaders are arrested for planning protests

Tanzania slips back into dark days as main opposition leaders are arrested for planning protests

President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who is serving out the late President John Magufuli’s term after he died in office in 2021, including the unbanning of rallies, but the recent killing of Kibao, which she was quick to condemn, sparked outrage.

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Iran President Pezeshkian expresses fears of a wider regional war with ‘irreversible’ consequences

Iran President Pezeshkian expresses fears of a wider regional war with ‘irreversible’ consequences

The European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, also in New York, described the situation as nearly a full-fledged war. He urged world leaders to do all they could to stop it, adding: “Here in New York is the moment to do that.”

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