Tanzania is reeling from violence surrounding elections on Oct. 29 that some international observers say fell short of a free ...

Authorities in Tanzania charged hundreds of people with treason over demonstrations around disputed polls last month, in a major escalation of political tension as the ...

Tanzania's First Female President Has Defied Early Hopes That She Would Ease Repression KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Less than six months after Samia Suluhu Hassan was inaugurated as Tanzania’s first woman ...

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who rose from the vice presidency to become the country’s first female leader in 2021, is seeking her first elected term in office in a vote set for Oct. 29 ...

He was born in the forests that would later define his life. In Tanzania’s Kilombero Valley, where mist drifts down from the Udzungwa Mountains, young Aloyce Mwakisoma learned the names of plants ...

As Tanzania approaches its general elections on 29 October 2025, there is a significant risk that the polls will reinforce authoritarian practices rather than promote democratic governance. The ruling ...

Tanzania is days away from a general election. Here are five things to watch as East Africa's biggest nation decides. Tanzania has a first-past-the-post system, with the president and vice president ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A former Irish Examiner columnist and author was abducted and threatened with death while travelling in Tanzania. Dan MacCarthy was held hostage by five men in the "kidnappers' paradise" of Dar es ...

Kilimanjaro is a tantalising prospect: an enormous, continent-topping high that even ordinary hikers can reach once steeled ...

Image — A supporter of Tanzania's ruling CCM party holds a banner bearing the portrait of President Samia Suluhu Hassan during a rally to launch the party's election campaign in Dar es Salaam on 28 ...

Domestic observers may not improve the quality of polls on 29 October, but could increase transparency and public awareness. Tanzania's general elections on 29 October will not just reveal the extent ...