Updated at 21:05 EAT Tuesday 04 March 2025 Coach Benni McCarthy has officially been named the new head coach of the Kenya national football team, also known as the Harambee Stars. This announcement was made by the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) during a formal media launch at the Serena Hotel in Nairobi. McCarthy, a South…
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Tundu Lissu Elected Chairman of Tanzania’s Main Opposition Party, Chadema.
Prominent Tanzanian politician Tundu Lissu has been elected as the new chairman of Chadema, the country’s main opposition party. In a tightly contested election, Lissu ousted Freeman Mbowe, the party’s long-serving leader, who had held the position for over two decades. The election highlighted significant internal divisions within Chadema, with Lissu campaigning for changes in…
Kidnapped Tanzanian Activist Maria Sarungi Tsehai Found Hours After Abduction in Nairobi.
Prominent Tanzanian activist Maria Sarungi Tsehai was found and released hours after being abducted by armed men in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on Sunday afternoon. Tsehai, a fierce critic of Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan and a staunch advocate for land rights and freedom of expression, shared a video on her social media platform, X…
African court gives Tanzania ultimatum to scrap death penalty.
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has reiterated its longstanding order to Tanzania to revoke the death penalty in line with the continental charter on the right to life. Delivering judgment on two separate cases, the court sitting in Arusha emphasised again that mandatory capital punishment was a violation of the African Charter…
Tanzanian soldiers killed in DR Congo by missile attack.
A mortar attack in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed three soldiers from a southern African military force. All of those who died were from Tanzania. Three others were hurt. “Hostile” missile fire “fell near the camp where they were staying,” said the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) on Monday. None…
Tanzanian VP threatens to resign over water shortage.
Tanzania’s Vice-President Philip Mpango has threatened to resign over a prolonged water shortage affecting residents from the northern Mwanga district. Mr Mpango on Thursday accused contractors working on a major project aimed at supplying water in the region of taking too long time to complete it. The project worth over $100,000 (£79,000) was started close…
Tanzania records 62.7 percent increase in tourists in seven months
The number of foreign tourists that visited Tanzania from January to July this year rose by 62.7 percent year on year, the east African nation’s statistics watchdog said on Wednesday. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) director for economic statistics, Daniel Masolwa, said 742,133 foreign tourists visited Tanzania during the period under review compared to…
Rwanda, Tanzania sign four bilateral agreements
By Collins Mwai & E K Benj Updated at 1103 GMT on Tuesday 03rd Aug 2021 KIGALI- Rwanda and Tanzania on August 2, signed four bilateral agreements during a two-day state visit by Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on the invitation of her counterpart President Paul Kagame. On the first day of the visit, the two leaders…
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