2026.2.12 Watoto wawili wauawa Mara, chanzo imani ya kishirikina
Watoto wawili wa familia moja wamefariki katika tukio la mauaji lililotokea Kijiji cha Rung’abure, Wilaya ya Serengeti, mkoani Mara, ambapo chanzo kinadaiwa ni imani za kishirikina.
Watoto hao ni Mwikwabe Saina (10), mwanafunzi wa darasa la tatu, na Joseph Saina (4). Tukio hilo lilitokea Februari 10, 2026 majira ya saa 11 alfajiri katika Kitongoji cha Getasamo, Kata ya Rung’abure.
Kwa mujibu wa Jeshi la Polisi Mkoa wa Mara, watoto hao walishambuliwa kwa kuchomwa na kitu chenye ncha kali, huku mtuhumiwa akitajwa kuwa Joseph Marwa (18), mkazi wa eneo hilo.
Uchunguzi wa awali umeeleza kuwa mtuhumiwa alimtuhumu mama wa watoto hao kujihusisha na vitendo vya kishirikina, akidai anawaloga ndugu zake.
Baada ya tukio, wananchi walimkamata mtuhumiwa na kuanza kumshambulia kwa fimbo na mawe kabla ya kuokolewa na Polisi. Alipata majeraha makubwa na kupelekwa Hospitali ya Rufaa ya Wilaya ya Nyerere (DDH) Mugumu kwa matibabu, ambako alifariki dunia.
Jeshi la Polisi limesema linaendelea na uchunguzi wa kina na kwamba hatua za kisheria zitachukuliwa kwa yeyote atakayebainika kuhusika.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzania’s opposition leader charged with treason appeared in court for the first time in months on Monday, but the hearing was adjourned yet again after he opposed the prosecution’s plan to have secret witnesses appear in a special enclosed cell.
Opposition leader Tundu Lissu has been in prison for 10 months after he was arrested following an opposition rally in which he called for constitutional and electoral law reforms before last year’s disputed election.
Lissu, who is representing himself in the case, said the punishment for treason is death and that secret witnesses in enclosed cells pose a huge risk and are likely to result in an unjust outcome for the case.
Judges said a decision on the objection would be delivered to the court on Wednesday.
Tanzania’s October 2025 election led to days of protests, the internet was shut down for days, hundreds of people were killed, and thousands of protesters were arrested.
The East African country, a largely peaceful nation, saw its first major wave of violence, which was blamed on foreigners by President Samia Suluhu, who won a second term with more than 97% of the vote, with no major opposition candidate in the running.
Suluhu apologized to diplomats for the internet shutdown and said it would never happen again. She then formed a commission of inquiry, which she said would champion reconciliation, but the main opposition party, Chadema, has been calling for justice for the families whose kin died in the protests.
Chadema deputy party leader, John Heche, on Monday called for the “unconditional release” of Lissu, alleging that Tanzanian authorities had proposed releasing him from prison on condition that he leave the country.
Lissu, whose party did not participate in the October election, has been protesting the slow judicial process, with his case yet to be determined despite his arrest in April 2025.
Last year, he told the court he would represent himself because of frustration with prison authorities, who he said were not allowing him to confer with his lawyers in private.
Lissu is the most visible of Tanzania’s fierce critics of the ruling CCM Party, which has been in power since independence. He survived an assassination attempt in 2017 and was in and out of exile until last year, when he campaigned for reforms ahead of the election.
2026.2.4 ‘Notorious Tanzanian drug trafficker’ arrested during raid in Zambia
A “notorious” Tanzanian drug-trafficking kingpin has been arrested in Zambia during a raid, the Zambian Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has announced.
Ahmed Muharram was among several suspects detained in Zambia’s capital, Lusaka, along with large quantities of marijuana and cough syrup containing codeine in several drug busts on Tuesday, the authorities said.
“The suspect is a known transnational drug trafficker,” the DEC said, adding that the 40-year-old had long been on the anti-drug agency’s watch-list.
The arrest of Muharram, who has not yet commented, was made possible thanks to a series of intelligence-led operations, the agency said.
Under Zambian law, marijuana is classed as a dangerous drug and is illegal to possess.
The trafficking, possession and use of illegal drugs such as cannabis is punishable by a fine or a prison sentence.
The southern Africa country struggles with drug abuse and trafficking, especially cannabis and heroin.
Police in Mbeya have detained the Secretary of the opposition Chadema in Rungwe District, Mr Award Karonga, over allegations of criminal offences, including incitement.
Karonga, who also serves as Deputy National Chairperson of the party’s youth wing, was reportedly arrested Friday, 30 January, in Katumba, Ibighi-Tukuyu Ward, Rungwe District.
According to a statement by Mbeya Regional Police Commander Benjamin Kuzaga, Karonga is being held on multiple charges, including incitement.
“The suspect was arrested at 4:00 a.m. in Katumba. Investigations are ongoing and will inform further legal action against him,” the statement said.
The statement further read: “The Mbeya Regional Police have arrested and detained Award Karonga, a resident of Katumba, who serves as Chadema Secretary for Rungwe District and Deputy National Chairperson of the party’s youth wing, on multiple charges including incitement. He was arrested on 29 January and investigations are being finalised to enable legal proceedings.”
Speaking on the matter, Chadema Mbeya Regional Secretary Hamad Mbeyale said the party received news of the detention and condemned what he described as a continued pattern of arbitrary arrests of party leaders.
“After his detention, he was searched at his home in Tukuyu before being taken to the central police station. His family, relatives, friends, and party officials are closely following up,” Mbeyale said.
He added: “We have met with him but are yet to be informed of the reasons for his detention. We strongly condemn these recurring acts of arresting our leaders. It should be noted that he is a National Youth Chairperson.”
2025.12.10 Buffalo kills villager in Serengeti
An angry buffalo is reported to have stomped a farmer to death in a horrid incident which occurred at Wegete Village of Serengeti District in Mara Region.
The deceased was identified as Marungu Chacha Ruhuro, a local male peasant and former resident of Manuna Village in Serengeti, within the Lake Victoria Zone of Tanzania.
He was, reportedly, the second victim of the animal which earlier on had attacked and wounded another person in a nearby village.
The buffalo which attacked and killed the farmer, was later hunted down by game rangers who killed it, leaving the irate villagers to divide the animal’s carcass among themselves for meat.
Juma Samuel Sabuda is the Chairperson of Wegete, the village where the incident occurred and who confirmed that, the deceased, Chacha Ruhuro met his fate on the Independence Day of 9th December 2025.
According to the Chairperson, a buffalo which possibly could have strayed from the nearby Serengeti National Park, invaded the nearby villages and the local residents were trying to drive the animal away.
“It was about 11.00 am in morning when the large buffalo appeared in the village, causing panic among residents, especially women and children who shouted for help,” said Sabuda.
During that instance a group of men organized themselves in a team which then started to chase the animal away from the residential areas, attempting to drive it back to the reserve.
However, the irritated buffalo fought back by hitting one of the men, Marungu Chacha with its horns, lifting him up before throwing the victim on the ground and proceeding to trudge him.
Chacha was still alive when the buffalo finally left him, but he died later while receiving medical treatment at the Village Dispensary.
The village chairperson later phoned the Serengeti District Wildlife officers, who hunted down the buffalo and managed to shoot it to death.
The Serengeti District’s Wildlife Department promised to foot the bills related to the burial process for the deceased, the late Marungu Chacha.
2025.10.31 Protests in Tanzania spread after a disputed election, with the military on the streets
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Hundreds of protesters took to the streets for a second day of demonstrations in Tanzania on Thursday after a disputed election, while Amnesty International reported that two people have died.
After the protests broke out on Wednesday, the government shut down the internet, imposed a curfew and deployed the military to the streets.
The ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi or CCM party, which has been in power since independence in 1961, sought to extend its rule in Wednesday’s election, with presidential candidates from the two main opposition parties barred from running.
The incumbent, President Samia Suluhu Hassan, faced 16 other candidates from smaller parties who barely campaigned.
The electoral body on Thursday announced through state television that President Hassan had taken an early lead, garnering 96.99% of the votes in 8 out of 272 constituencies tallied early Thursday.
Lawmakers from the European Parliament said in a statement Thursday that the elections in Tanzania were “neither free nor fair” and urged democratic partners to “stand firm in the defense of democracy and human rights.”
Turnout during Wednesday’s election was low, and chaos broke out in the afternoon as protesters burned a bus and a gas station, attacked police stations and vandalized polling centers.
Two people, a civilian and a police officer, died in Wednesday’s protests, according to Amnesty International. The government has yet to comment about casualties in the ongoing protests.
Tanzania’s government imposed a curfew Wednesday evening in the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, where most protests had occurred, but protests continued late into the night.
The government asked public servants to work from home on Thursday to limit the movement of nonessential staff.
Roadblocks manned by the Tanzanian army were erected across the country, with those approaching them turned away if they could not prove they were essential workers.
Hundreds of protesters breached security barriers to access a road leading to the country’s main airport but were unable to enter.
Amnesty International called for investigations into the use of force on protesters by police.
Several protesters were injured in the town of Namanga, on the border with Kenya, as demonstrators lit bonfires on the highway and police fired tear gas to disperse them.
Business people said the protests had halted business operations in the usually busy border town.
Ferry services from the Tanzanian mainland to the semiautonomous archipelago of Zanzibar, whose electoral body is expected to announce results Thursday, were also suspended.
Tanzanians cast ballots for a president, members of parliament and ward councilors.
The main opposition leader Tundu Lissu remains in prison after he was charged with treason for calling for electoral reforms. The presidential candidate for the second largest opposition party, Luhaga Mpina, was barred from running.
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2025.10.28 Tanzanian journalist Erick Kabendera, author of ‘In the Name of the President’, leaves Tanzanian court after being accused of money laundering, tax evasion and organised crime.
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