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African Court rejects bid to overturn 30-year rape conviction

Tanzania, June 7 -- Arusha. Efforts by Idd Kiture to overturn a 30-year jail term after being convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl have failed at the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (AfCH... Read More


Court grants conditional release after machete attack case ends in reconciliation

Tanzania, June 7 -- Arusha. The High Court of Tanzania, Sumbawanga Sub-Registry, has conditionally discharged Mr Ng'umbu Kapeza, popularly known as Masanja, after noting a reconciliation reached with ... Read More


Arusha businessman acquitted after 2,465 days in drug case

Tanzania, June 7 -- Arusha. Businessman Taqabbal Mwasha has been acquitted after spending 2,465 days behind bars while facing allegations of trafficking narcotic drugs, specifically khat (miraa), from... Read More


How Tundu Lissu's son gave emotional testimony before US Congress, Senate

Tanzania, June 7 -- Dar es Salaam. Augustino Lissu, son of Chadema national chairman, Mr Tundu Lissu, has testified before officials of the United States Senate and Congress, describing how his family... Read More


Samia dismisses East-West divide, says Tanzania chooses partners, not blocs

Tanzania, June 7 -- St Petersburg. President Hassan has dismissed suggestions that her state visit to Russia signals a shift in Tanzania's foreign policy orientation, insisting that the country remain... Read More


Tanzania's Sh146.6 billion southern safari investment targets tourism growth shift

Tanzania, June 7 -- Arusha. Tanzania has invested Sh146.59 billion ($56 million) in tourism infrastructure across its southern safari circuit, in a strategic push to ease pressure on northern parks an... Read More


A simple request that changed the lives of more than 100 girls

Tanzania, June 7 -- Mara. What began as a simple request at a medical camp in northern Tanzania has grown into a remarkable story of compassion, resilience and global solidarity that is transforming t... Read More


Yanga, Simba, Azam set for FIFA cash boost as World Cup 2026 club benefits programme expands payouts

Tanzania, June 7 -- Dar es Salaam. Tanzania Mainland big guns, Young Africans (Yanga), Simba SC and Azam FC are among Tanzanian clubs set to benefit from FIFA's expanded Club Benefits Programme (CBP),... Read More


Tanzania ordered to remove 'death by hanging' from criminal justice system

Tanzania, June 7 -- Arusha. The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (AfCHPR) has ordered the Tanzania government to amend its Penal Code and abolish the mandatory death penalty for persons conv... Read More


Fake PCCB officer arrested in Arusha sting operation

Tanzania, June 6 -- Arusha. The Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) in Arusha Region is holding a 48-year-old man, Mr Ashley Said Babu Mrangi, on allegations of impersonating a PCCB o... Read More