Tanzania's opposition leader Tundu Lissu has been charged with treason a day after he was arrested following a rally he held in the south of the country.
Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu arrived in Belgium on Wednesday, he told AFP, after losing last month's presidential election in a disputed vote.
UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said Tuesday that at least 150 members of Tanzania's opposition had been arrested over the country's fiercely disputed elections.
Rescuers efforts are under way at a gold mine in the east of Tanzania after five miners died when it collapsed at the weekend. Five others are being treated in hospital.
Tanzania's government has said that a call by a local official to create a surveillance squad to track down homosexuals "does not represent" official policy.
DAR ES SALAAM - A Tanzanian opposition leader was charged on Friday with sedition and inciting hatred days after he said scores died in clashes between security forces and herdsmen in his western home district - a statement dismissed by authorities.
ARUSHA. — Tanzania has sacked 46 education officer who were allegedly involved in the recent Standard Seven national examinations cheating scandal, a senior official said recently.
DAR ES SALAAM. — A Tanzanian government senior official on Sunday directed the Tanzania Sisal Board (TSB) to assess sisal plantations across the country and revoke ownership from the investors who have failed to develop them.
