Domino effect: Arrest and release of Tanzania opposition leaders linked to youth protests in Kenya

“We won’t provide a chance to a few criminals to destroy peace by copying what is happening in neighbouring countries,” police commissioner Awadh Haji said late on Monday, a likely reference to weeks of youth-led protests in Kenya this year which inspired demonstrations in Nigeria and Uganda.

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500,000 conservationists in Africa petition Tanzania to ban sport hunting of elephants

500,000 conservationists in Africa petition Tanzania to ban sport hunting of elephants

In 1995, both the East African neighbours had agreed that Tanzania would stop issuing hunting permits on its side of the reserve after hunters killed Kenyan elephants on the Tanzanian side.

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