Tanzania announces outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease
Five deaths and three further cases of the Ebola-like virus have been reported in the country’s north-west Tanzania has announced its first outbreak of the...
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Hopes rise for press freedom in Tanzania as number of censured journalists falls
Media council reports progress under progressive stance of President Suluhu following years of repression by former regime The number of journalists being censured for their...
Bipedalism in humans may have come from foraging in treetops, research suggests
Walking on two legs may not have been linked to environmental shifts, as previously thought The ancestors of humans may have begun moving on two...
Tanzania drops murder charges against 24 Maasai leaders
The pastoralists had been detained over the death of a police officer during protests against government plans to evict them from ancestral land Prosecutors in...
Firefighters tackle blaze on Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro
Police and locals help firefighters attempt to put out fire that was spread by strong winds overnight A fire has broken out on the slopes...
Rare ‘fancy vivid pink’ diamond sells for £52m in Hong Kong auction
Williamson Pink Star sets world record highest price per carat for a diamond sold at auction An extremely rare “fancy vivid pink” diamond has sold...
‘Shocking blow to Indigenous land rights’ as court dismisses Maasai herder claim
Herders lodge appeal against ruling in their case against the Tanzanian government, which they say is violently evicting them from ancestral land Lawyers for Maasai...
Peak social media: Mount Kilimanjaro gets high-speed internet so climbers can Instagram ascent
Tanzanian government hails high-speed broadband connection as boon to tourists and porters Tanzania has installed high-speed internet services on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, allowing...
Tanzania’s Maasai appeal to west to stop eviction for conservation plans
Thousands of Indigenous people sign letter to UK, US and EU protesting at appropriation of land for tourist safaris and hunting Thousands of Maasai pastoralists...
Harry and Meghan add voices to fierce critique of west’s Covid vaccine policies
Pair join Gordon Brown and 126 others in attack on ‘self-defeating nationalism, pharmaceutical monopolies and inequality’ Prince Harry and Meghan, the actor Charlize Theron and...
