As Tanzanians prepare to vote on October 29, a wave of disappearances has gripped the nation. Opposition leaders, activists and even former insiders from the ruling party have vanished in what ...

Tanzania's First Female President Has Defied Early Hopes That She Would Ease Repression KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Less than six months after Samia Suluhu Hassan was inaugurated as Tanzania’s first woman ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — Less than six months after Samia Suluhu Hassan was inaugurated as Tanzania’s first woman president in 2021, the country’s most famous cartoonist depicted her in a military general’s ...

FILE - Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan delivers her remarks during the launch of the party's campaign for the upcoming general elections, at Tanganyika Packers grounds in Dar es Salaam, ...

More than 50 billboards featuring Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan were crammed into a stretch of road from the main airport on Friday as she arrived for a final election rally on the island ...

As Tanzania approaches its general elections on 29 October 2025, there is a significant risk that the polls will reinforce authoritarian practices rather than promote democratic governance. The ruling ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

No fences, no pylons, no concrete. That’s what allows the “Great Migration”, when more than a million wildebeest, zebra and gazelles cross the plains of the Serengeti in northern Tanzania, up to the ...

Dar es Salaam — THE University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) has launched an ambitious digital learning initiative to modernise Tanzania's higher education system. This forward-looking effort aims to ensure ...

Tanzania’s police opened an investigation into the abduction of a former diplomat and senior ruling party official who’s become a fierce critic of President Samia Suluhu Hassan, as the East African ...

Dan Paget is a member of the British Labour Party. He is in receipt of a research funding grant from the British Academy and the Leverhulme Foundation. He is will be in receipt of a Starting Grant ...

CRDB Bank Plc, Tanzania’s largest lender by assets, is weighing a return to the debt market after robust investor appetite for its oversubscribed bonds. Last week, the lender closed its latest offer — ...