Tanzania’s government has deployed police to the streets after widespread protests against a “sham” election marred by a crackdown on dissent and the killing or disappearance of opposition figures.

Provisional results from Tanzania’s electoral commission showed President Samia Suluhu taking an early lead in the Oct. 29 polls, even as protests persisted over the blocking of opposition leaders from the ballot.

ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) — Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina is wrapping up two-days of talks in Tanzania that are aimed at breaking a three-year political stalemate in the Indian Ocean island country. The visit comes days after deposed Madagascar leader ...

Madagascar’s Nosy Be was recently identified as a hotspot for whale sharks, which could boost the island’s ecotourism to rival the likes of global whale shark hotspots in Tanzania and Mozambique. One woman – the lead author of the study that identified Nosy Be as a feeding hotspot-- has now introduced a code of conduct to protect the sharks,

Election monitors and members of the European Parliament have questioned the election’s integrity, and violent protests have rocked the country.

When an elite army colonel joined Madagascar's Gen Z protests earlier this month, forcing the president to flee the country, youth-movement leader Olivia Rafetison was happy to have

Tanzania's football fans gears the national team Taifa Stars during match against Central African Republic (CAR) on August 16, 2025. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] The battle for supremacy in Group B of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) came to an end in ...

As the violence continued for a third day, the United Nations said at least 10 people had been killed. Opposition leaders claimed the death toll could be in the hundreds.

The country has been gripped by uncertainty and violence since the vote held on Wednesday, October 29, after which Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan ran unopposed. Amnesty International reported 100 deaths,

Tanzania on Friday received its first shipment of a herbal concoction that Madagascar's government claims cures COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. People walk on a pedestrian bridge without adhering to social distancing in Dar es Salaam ...