Tanzania announces formation of commission of inquiry to investigate election protests killings
Young people in Tanzania began demonstrating on Election Day on October 29 to protest the exclusion of presidential candidates from the two main opposition parties. President Hassan was declared the winner with more than 97 per cent of the total votes.
Making of a Swahili Nation: How bloody repression in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya gave birth to quest for new dispensation
Tanzania is the result of the 1964 merger of two former states – Tanganyika, the mainland territory, and Zanzibar, the coastal archipelago. The merger followed Tanganyika’s independence from Britain in 1961 and the Zanzibar Revolution in January 1964 that led to a new government that sought unification with Tanganyika.
Human rights defenders equipped with modern forensic technics to unravel custodial deaths, torture in Kenya
As Kenya continues to record deaths linked to protests and detention, stakeholders agreed that improved forensic capacity and full legal implementation are essential to safeguarding human rights.
Over 100 protesters in Tanzania face death penalty for treason as it emerges 3,000 people were killed and buried by police
According to Section 39 (2) (d) of Tanzania’s Penal Code, treason is a non-bailable offence that carries an automatic death penalty upon conviction.
Forensic experts say Kenyan prisons are murder dens and bloodthirsty police let to go scot-free
The UN Sub-Committee on Prevention of Torture Member and Head of Forensic Medicine at the University of Belgrade, Dr Djordje Alempijevic, echoed the need for elevated forensic standards drawn g from global experience.
What to know about Tanzania president’s ‘white collar hit squad’ after bloody chaos
President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who took office in 2021 after the death of her predecessor, took more than 97 per cent of the vote, according to an official tally. Her main rivals, Tundu Lissu of Chadema and Luhaga Mpina of ACT-Wazalendo, were barred from running.
Tanzanian’s Idi Amin Dada incarnate: Curse of yellow flags and why East Africans are calling President Suluhu Hassan ‘Idi Amin Mama’
Notably, the inauguration of President Samia Suluhu Hassan was done without the participation of the people she claims gave him 97 per cent of the vote. The election body has been careful not reveal voter turnout that can help shed light on Suluhu Hassan’s sudden popularity. The unprecedented feat is “bettered” on by Paul Kagame of Rwanda who in the last presidential election garnered 99.1 per cent of the vote.
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.
Tanzania’s president accuses unnamed foreign nations of sponsoring nationwide post-election violence
Gas stations and grocery shops were still closed on Monday in the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, with streets nearly empty. In Dodoma, most people stayed home. The government has postponed the reopening of universities, which had been set for November 3.
Africa election thievery: Paradox of continent with world’s youngest population ruled by oldest presidents
A former vice president who rose to the presidency after the death of predecessor John Pombe Magufuli, Hassan’s emergence as Tanzania’s first female president in 2021, at first brought hopes to millions after the government’s repressive tactics against opposition leaders, civic groups, journalists and others.
