Opposition, Church accuse police and army in Tanzania of secretly dumping bodies of thousands they killed in election violence
The main opposition party, Chadema, has claimed that more than 1,000 people were killed and said on Tuesday that security forces were trying to hide the scale of the deaths by secretly disposing of the bodies. The authorities have not responded to the claims.
Empty polling stations as voters in Tanzania give Suluhu Hassan ‘coronation’ a wide birth
Humphrey Polepole, a former CCM spokesman and ambassador to Cuba, went missing from his home this month after resigning and criticising Hassan. His family found blood stains in his home.
Fears Tanzania on cusp of Gen Z uprising after Kikwete turned President Suluhu into a ‘lapdog’ to muzzle Christians, retain Muslim hegemony
It is remembered that in 2005 as Mkapa served his last term, he was forced to deport Kikwete from New York after he went missing from the president’s delegation, only to be fished out of a Harlem brothel as Mkapa’s delegation waited for him to sign funding agreements with the World Bank and International Monetary (IMF). As is custom, such financial commitment are signed by finance and foreign affairs ministers.
Suspect in Kenyan marathoner’s murder causes panic as victim’s family lawyer asks court for protection
The lawyer expressed at how the suspect managed to access a mobile phone that he used to call him, while inside the highly protected correctional facility. He thus asked the Presiding Judge Reuben Nyakundi to order the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers to take up the matter and protect him as he expressed fear over his safety.
