Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has declared the country “coronavirus-free” thanks to prayers by citizens. “The corona disease has been eliminated thanks to God,” Mr Magufuli told worshippers in a church in the capital, Dodoma. The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern over the government’s strategy on Covid-19. The government has stopped publishing data on […]
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Tanzania: Comedian in court for laughing at president John Magufuli
Tanzanian comedian Idris Sultan has appeared at a magistrate’s court this morning in the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, eight days after he was arrested. Sultan was expected to be charged with cybercrimes offences, tampering with evidence and using a Sim card registered in someone else’s name, a police spokesperson told the BBC on Monday. […]
COVID-19: Opposition MPs in Tanzania to boycott Parliament after 3 MPs die in 11 days
Tanzania’s leading opposition party has called for a suspension of Parliament after three legislators died of unknown causes in the past 11 days. Freeman Mbowe, chairman of the opposition Chadema party, has repeatedly accused the government of covering up the true extent of the coronavirus pandemic and implied the MPs had died from COVID-19, the […]
Tanzania: President cancels $10billion Chinese loan; says terms and conditions can only be accepted by a drunkard
Is Magufuli a demigod or the general African leadership has started stepping up to Chinese Killer loans? Let’s digest it. A few years back, African leaders developed a sudden inexplicable craze for Chinese killer loans with terms and conditions that beats logic. They sign Chinese loan agreements that they know very well they cannot pay back […]
Coronovirus: Tanzania President caught greeting opposition politician with is foot
President John Magufuli of Tanzania has been caught in a picture exchanging greetings with an opposition politician with his foot amid fears of Coronavirus. Tanzania’s State House which shared the picture, captures President John Magufuli exchanging the foot greeting with Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad, a politician from the opposition. The move, BestNewsGH.com is informed, forms […]
‘’I won’t run for a third term, my party has many qualified hands to succeed me’’-Tanzania President
President John Magufuli has informed his party members and supporters that he does not have the intention of running for presidency after his very-likely second tenure which ends in 2025. The president also admitted that the job of president was more difficult than he had anticipated. “Our party CCM is like an industry which produces […]
Tanzania: Governor of Dar es Salaam to effect mass arrest of all gays and lesbians from Monday November 5 2018
The regional governor of Tanzania’s largest city, Dar es Salaam Paul Makonda has vowed to arrest people suspected of being gay this week in an escalating crackdown on LGBT communities in the East African nation. “I have received reports that there are so many homosexuals in our city, and these homosexuals, are advertising and selling […]
Tanzania: parliament bans fake nails and eye lashes
The speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania has banned lawmakers from entering parliament with fake nails and eye lashes. The ban has been extended to visitors who go to the legislature. The speaker, Job Ndugai announced the ban on Monday during a session of the house in Dodoma, Tanzania Short dresses and jeans have […]