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Victory for press freedom in Tanzania, but DRC bans newspaper

A newspaper banned in Tanzania five years ago, has been allowed to publish again, while in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), another newspaper has been suspended for the next six months.
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About 200 000 children exposed to online sexual exploitation, abuse in Tanzania - report

An estimated 200 000 children were victims of online sexual exploitation and abuse in Tanzania in the last year, a new study found. According to the study, titled "Disrupting Harm in Tanzania", the children were subjected to harmful experiences and were blackmailed to engage in sexual activities or grooming.
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Tanzania bus and lorry collision kills at least 22 - presidency

At least 22 people died after a bus crashed into a lorry in eastern Tanzania on Friday, the presidency said. The accident also injured 38 people, the presidency said in a statement.
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Elephant kills Maasai man in Tanzania's Ngorongoro

Elephants in Tanzania's famed Ngorongoro conservation area have killed a Maasai man who had gone there hunting for firewood, police said on Thursday.
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Tanzania president, freed opposition leader vow to 'build trust'

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan and opposition leader Freeman Mbowe pledged to heal rifts and buttress democracy as they met hours after Mbowe was freed from jail in a surprise move. Mbowe, chairman of the Chadema party, was arrested last July to face terrorism charges in a case his supporters said was politically motivated and aimed at crushing dissent.
#mbowe #tanzania #samiasuluhuhassan

SADC sets up counter-terrorism centre in Tanzania

The fight against insurgency in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, received a timely boost from the Southern African Development Community (SADC), which now has a Regional Counter-Terrorism Centre (RCTC) in Tanzania.
#sadc #cabodelgado #mozambique

Campaign lobbies Tanzania President Hassan to protect 70 000 Maasai from resettlement

A petition to stop the forced resettlement of more than 70 000 Maasai people from northern Tanzania was handed to the country's president on the sidelines of the recently ended European Union-African Union Summit in Brussels, Belgium.
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Tanzanian-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah wins Nobel Literature Prize

Tanzanian-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, whose work focuses on colonialism and the trauma of the refugee experience, on Thursday won the Nobel Literature Prize.
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