Tanzania, April 9 -- Dar es Salaam. The Tanzania Court of Appeal has annulled part of the judgment in the defamation case in which former Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, the late Benard Membe was awarded Sh6 billion.

A three-judge panel - Ferdinand Wambali, Lucia Kairo and Dr Deo Nangela - ordered that the case file be returned to the High Court in Dar es Salaam, to be reheard from the point where witnesses began giving their testimony.

The ruling, issued on April 2, 2026, and posted online yesterday, followed an appeal by Cyprian Musiba, the respondent and the editor of the Tanzanite newspaper, which Musiba owns.

The case involved CZ Information and Media Consultant Ltd, publishers of Tanzanite. Membe, who d...