DAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 28 -- THE recent deadly clashes between farmers and herders in Ruvuma Region serve as a painful reminder that mob justice and deliberate lawbreaking pose a serious threat to peace, national unity and the rule of law.

Prime Minister Dr Mwigulu Nchembas warning against taking the law into ones own hands is timely and deserves the support of every peace-loving Tanzanian.

The loss of lives, including that of Misechela Ward Councillor Zuberi Binamu, alongside injuries and destruction of property in Chiungo, Mkotamo, Mbesa and Semeni villages, is deeply regrettable.

No disagreement over land, crops or livestock should ever justify violence, revenge or the killing of fellow citizens.

Such actions only deepen divisions and...