Tanzania

One of the main issues is the status of Zanzibar’s union with mainland Tanzania.

Incumbent leader promises economic growth in address marking launch of his re-election campaign.

President John Magufuli is seeking a second and final five-year term in office in October vote.

Tanzania’s government cracks down on what journalists can report on the coronavirus pandemic.

Exclusion comes after Nairobi announced passengers from Tanzania would not be allowed to enter Kenya.

Opposition leader who survived an attack in 2017 returns home three months before the country heads to the polls.

Lissu, who was shot 16 times in a 2017 attack, says he intends to contest October’s presidential election.

Family of former leader say he contracted malaria and died of heart attack, seek to dispel coronavirus rumours.

Tanzania’s presidency said Benjamin Mkapa, 81, died while receiving treatment at a hospital in Dar es Salaam.

Electoral commission says campaigns to kick off on August 26 and end October 27.

Leader and several members of Wazalendo Alliance for Transparency and Change held over unlawful assembly, party says.

Government hands cheque to subsistence miner who found the two dark violet-blue gemstones.

Foreign minister says Khartoum will soon compensate victims of the al-Qaeda attacks in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998.

Dissolution comes days after opposition leader Freeman Mbowe was allegedly beaten in a ‘politically-motivated’ attack.