John Magufuli

A Tanzanian Member of the Parliament nominated for a ministerial position has been dropped and replaced after he hesitated and struggled to take the oath of office.Francis Ndulane, who was to become assistant minister in the mines ministry, attempted...

Tanzanian police have arrested several opposition figures including Freeman Mbowe, leader of main opposition party Chadema, and sealed off areas where a demonstration was to begin Monday morning over last week’s election that they claim was flawed.Emmanuel Mvula, campaign...

Tanzania’s populist President John Magufuli has accepted the official certification of his victory in the country's election last week and promised to work with his rivals after securing a landslide victory.Magufuli, 61, was declared the winner with 12.5 million...

Tanzania’s government is hoping helicopters and planes will help put out a fire raging on Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa’s tallest mountain at 19,443 feet (5,926 meters).Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism Hamisi Kigwangalla said on Twitter Thursday that he has...

VOAA convoy carrying Tanzania's leading opposition candidate was blocked for at least several hours Tuesday, days after the country's National Electoral Commission ordered a temporary halt to his campaigning because of alleged violations.Tundu Lissu, candidate for the Party for...

Lightning has struck again for a small-scale miner in Tanzania Laizer Saninu, who became an overnight millionaire over a month ago when he unearthed two of the biggest rough tanzanite gemstones ever found.The now famous miner, Saninu struck it...

Tundu Lissu, a fierce critic of President Magufuli, clinched the nomination for the leading opposition Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA) party ahead of the October elections.Lissu, who survived being shot 16 times in an apparent assassination attempt on...

Tanzanian opposition politician and presidential hopeful Tundu Lissu returned to the country on Monday, three years after being shot 16 times. The gunmen have never been found.Immediately upon his arrival at the international airport in Dar es Salaam, the...

A Tanzanian small-scale miner has become multi-million dollars richer after uncovering two of the biggest of the country's precious tanzanite stones ever found and selling them to the government.Saniniu Kuryan Laizer, 52, found the stones weighing 9.27 and 5.1...

Tanzania's main opposition party on Tuesday said its chairman had been hospitalised after being beaten up in a "politically-motivated" attack as police said they would investigate the assault.Freeman Mbowe was ambushed by unknown assailants as he returned home late...