Tanzanian police were moving Monday to shut down protests called by the main opposition party over the alleged kidnapping and killing of its members.

Despite an official ban, the opposition Chadema party had vowed to go ahead with the rally over the alleged kidnapping and ...

Police blocked access to the homes of two opposition leaders in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam on Monday, their party said, ahead of planned protests which authorities have banned. Police ...

Top opposition figures were jailed in Tanzania as planned protests were blocked and halted by the police in the capital, Dar ...

The action comes in response to Chadema’s vow to protest against the alleged kidnapping and killing of its members.

Police arrested Tanzania's top opposition figures on Monday, their party said, as the authorities moved to block a mass ...

Lissu, an opposition stalwart, has been arrested countless times and was shot in an assassination attempt in 2017 ...

Police in Tanzania have detained leading leaders of the main opposition Chadema party, and about a dozen others, ahead of a banned demonstration on Monday (September 23) called to protest alleged ...

Samia Suluhu Hassan has been president of Tanzania since 2021, having taken office after the sudden death of her predecessor, John Magufuli. Hassan has shown a more liberal approach than Magufuli, ...

Police have cracked down on a planned protest against the government organised by Tanzania’s main opposition party.

Leaders arrested following police chief’s warning of tough measures to block protest. Police have cracked down on a planned ...