Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan received her Covid-19 jab Wednesday as the country launched its vaccination campaign. She led members of her Cabinet in receiving Johnson&Johnson’s vaccine that was donated by the US government. The vaccine rollout was broadcast live from the State House in Dar es Salaam. Tanzania received 1,058,400 doses of the Janssen…
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s government has suspended new internet data packages issued on Friday by telecommunication firms, saying they are expensive and need to be revised. The Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) issued a statement late on Friday, stating that it made the decision following complaints from consumers that the cost of data, in…
Tanzanian government officials have dismissed speculation about the health and wellbeing of President John Magufuli two weeks after he was last seen in public. President Magufuli’s last known official engagement came about two weeks ago when he briefly attended a virtual East African Heads of State Summit before leaving Vice President Samia Suluhu to represent…
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has won re-election with a landslide victory in a poll that the opposition has described as fraudulent. Mr Magufuli’s main rival, Tundu Lissu, has said his party’s agents were prevented from entering polling stations during Wednesday’s election. The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has dismissed the claims of fraud. In its final…
At least 20 people have been killed and more than a dozen injured in a stampede during a church service at a stadium in northern Tanzania, a government official said on Sunday. Hundreds of people packed a stadium on Saturday evening in Moshi Town near the slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro and crushed each other as…
