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  1. Tanzanian MP in custody after reportedly insulting president Magufuli

    MP in Tanzania in custody after allegedly insulting president John Magufuli

  2. Tanzanian elections: What issues are young people concerned about?

    Tanzanians head to the polls on 29 October to elect their next president

  3. Tanzanian doctors deny being overwhelmed by Covid-19

    The government is facing accusations it is mishandling the coronavirus pandemic

  4. Tanzania’s report on election violence sparks debate

    Tanzania report says more than 500 people dead in election violence but who is to blame?

  5. Tanzania’s president: ‘People should know that vaccinations are safe’

    The BBC’s Salim Kikeke spoke to President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who recently took the jab

  6. Tanzania’s new president charts new Covid-19 course for the country

    Tanzania's new President Samia Suluhu Hassan plans to set up a special COVID-19 taskforce

  7. Tanzania’s late president is laid to rest

    President John Magufuli was buried at his family home in the north-western town of Chato

  8. Tanzania’s ‘Mama Samia’ gets Covid jab

    Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has received her first Covid-19 vaccine

  9. Tanzania's Tundu Lissu: ‘Back where I belong’

    Lissu is a member of Tanzania's Chadema opposition party

  10. Tanzania's President criticised for banning pregnant girls from school

    Magafuli criticised for banning pregnant, state-school girls

  11. Tanzania's Maasai evictions continue

    The Tanzanian government says the relocation is necessary to protect wildlife

  12. Tanzania's health experts probe unknown illness

    Patients have experienced symptoms of fatigue, fever, and nose bleeding

  13. Tanzania's government starts a cervical cancer vaccine trial

    It is hoped it will be rolled out to over 600,000 teenage girls.

  14. Tanzania: hundreds missing as ferry capsizes

    At least 136 people have died after an overloaded ferry capsized in Lake Victoria.

  15. Tanzania: Government claims Covid-19 is under control

    The chief government spokesperson says traditional herbal remedies have been key

  16. Tanzania: Campaigning officially begins ahead of elections

    Campaigning has begun in Tanzania ahead of a general election due at the end of October

  17. Tanzania swears in its first female president

    Samia Suluhu Hassan becomes Tanzania’s new president after the death of John Magufuli

  18. Tanzania strengthens border surveillance against Ebola

    Tanzanian Authorities are placing measures amidst Ebola outbreak in Uganda and DRC

  19. Tanzania President's 100 days in office

    We ask Tanzanians what they think about the first 100 days of Samia Suluhu's presidency

  20. Tanzania President reboots relations with Kenya

    President of Tanzania Samia Suluhu travelled to Kenya to addressed the Parliament

  21. Tanzania opposition leader arrested

    The Chadema party said its leader, Freeman Mbowe and others were detained at a hotel

  22. Tanzania opposition figure Freeman Mbowe freed

    A Tanzanian court has ordered the release of opposition leader Freeman Mbowe

  23. Tanzania offers education to excluded pregnant students

    The previous government’s policy saw young mothers taken out of school

  24. Tanzania mourns death of President John Magufuli

    Sixty-one year-old President John Magufuli died of heart failure, the government said

  25. Tanzania crackdown on planned protests

    Why did Tanzania’s streets remain deserted on the day youth vowed to protest?

  26. Tanzania Bars Unveiling of Rights Group 'Abuse' Report

    Human Rights Watch says Tanzania domestic workers in Gulf states are subjected to 'abuse'

  27. Taiwan's president visits last African ally Eswatini

    Taiwan's president visits last African ally - Eswatini. Is Taipei's influence dwindling?

  28. Sweet remedy to fight malaria

    The sweet insecticide that could help tackle malaria-causing mosquitoes

  29. Suspects appear in court in Kenya as Somali owned businesses in the Eastleigh district of Nairobi shut down

    Somali Kenyans are often blamed for these kinds of attacks.

  30. Suicide bombs hit town in central Somalia

    Al-Shabab militants claim to have carried out the attack in the Somali town of Beledweyne

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