Tech giant Meta has revealed that Tanzanian authorities threatened to block Facebook and Instagram nationwide if the company refused to delete posts and accounts critical of the government during the recent election period. Transparency report details pressure from TCRA The disclosure appears in Meta’s latest transparency report released this week. It shows how the Tanzanian…
The United States has warned that it is reviewing its entire bilateral relationship with Tanzania following a violent post-election crackdown that has killed hundreds of civilians and triggered global outrage. Washington said on 4 December the future of ties with President Samia Suluhu Hassan government now depends entirely on its actions. Crackdown triggers review “The…
Former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua’s push to lead the opposition has hit turbulence as allies raise alarm over blunders that now threaten the United Opposition coalition ahead of the 2027 elections. Insiders and analysts say Gachagua’s domineering style and repeated public gaffes are pushing away key partners, casting fresh doubt on whether the alliance can…
President Samia Suluhu Hassan spent millions of shillings on a Kenyan public relations firm to repair her image after deadly post-election violence, but the campaign has collapsed and deepened public anger. Failed attempt to rewrite the narrative The contract went through Tanzania Intelligence and Security Service soon after the 29 October vote that sparked nationwide…
Veteran politician Anicet Ekane, 74, died in Yaounde military custody on Monday, 38 days after his arrest in Douala. His family and lawyers accuse authorities of medical neglect amid post-election crackdown. The leader of the African Movement for New Independence and Democracy died on 1 December 2025, weeks after security forces detained him for backing…
David Kimutai Too, the newly elected Orange Democratic Movement member of parliament for Ainamoi, was shot dead in Eldoret on 31 January 2008 in what police described as a crime of passion involving a traffic police officer. Coming only 48 hours after the killing of another opposition MP, the incident deepened the post-election crisis and…
Former Kenyan Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Sunday declared the end of an era for the Orange Democratic Movement in the capital’s cutthroat politics. Speaking at a thanksgiving service for his Democracy for Citizens Party recent by-election win, Gachagua painted a bold vision of his upstart outfit, allied with veteran politician Kalonzo Musyoka Wiper party,…
The African Union has suspended Guinea-Bissau from all its activities with immediate effect after soldiers seized power in the West African state on Wednesday. AU and ECOWAS act swiftly The African Union Peace and Security Council announced the suspension on Friday, citing its zero-tolerance policy on unconstitutional changes of government. The 15-member council demanded the…
General Horta Inta-A Na Man has appointed a close ally of deposed president Umaro Sissoco Embalo as prime minister, deepening questions over whether the recent coup was genuine or staged. General Horta Inta-A, who declared himself transitional president on Thursday, on Friday named Ilidio Vieira Te – Embalo’s former finance minister and campaign director –…
In a fiercely contested by-election that doubled as a battle for supremacy in Mount Kenya region, Deputy President Kithure Kindiki masterminded a dramatic comeback for United Democratic Alliance, snatching victory from a formidable coalition led by his impeached predecessor Rigathi Gachagua. The 27 November poll in the semi-arid Mbeere North constituency saw UDA candidate Leonard…
