Tanzanian Opposition Leader Killed After Being Abducted, Doused with Acid

A member of Tanzania’s opposition party, Chadema, has been found dead after being abducted, beaten, and doused with acid, party leader Freeman Mbowe announced on Sunday. Ali Mohamed Kibao, a member of Chadema’s national secretariat, was forced off a bus at gunpoint on Friday by suspected security agents while traveling from Dar es Salaam to … Read more

Tanzania To Lift Ban On Pregnant Schoolgirls

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The late Tanzania President John Magufuli reinforced the law initially passed in 2002… EKO HOT BLOG reports that a 19-year-old rule that banned pregnant students from attending school in Tanzania is to be scrapped, a minister says. Education Minister Prof Joyce Ndalichako said on Wednesday that primary and secondary school students who drop out of … Read more

JUST IN: Tanzanian President John Magufuli Dies

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Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has died at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, the country’s vice president announced in a televised address on Wednesday. He was 61. Hassan is now the acting president of Tanzania. While a date for her swearing-in has not yet been announced, she will be Tanzania’s first female president. Tanzania’s President … Read more