Tanzania News News Tanzania: Tanzania celebrates first natural gas discovery in more than 10 years
The energy minister described it as a "major milestone" for the East African nation.
News Tanzania: Tanzania's post-election violence: No justice after a year
A year after Tanzania's deadly 2025 post-election crackdown, investigators have identified police units involved and documented apparent abuses. But accountability remains absent and command ...
News Tanzania: Tanzania: Authorities weaponize counterterrorism laws to restrict civic space amid pervasive impunity over violent election crackdown
Tanzanian authorities have failed to hold anyone accountable for the violence security forces inflicted on protesters, which left hundreds of people dead and thousands of others injured in the wake of ...
News Tanzania: Tanzania discovers 223bcf of gas first time in a decade
The discovery was made at the Kasa-1X ST2 well in the southern Mtwara region through a partnership between state-owned Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) and French oil and gas company ...
News Tanzania: Tanzania issues 23.7M national ID numbers as card collection challenges persist
Tanzania has issued 23.7 million national ID numbers, but millions of uncollected cards remain a challenge as biometric ID services expand.
News Tanzania: Tanzania targets 1.7 million new jobs in 2027: official
DAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania expects to generate an average of 1.7 million new jobs in 2027 and attract 70 percent of its long-term development investment from the private sector, ...
News Tanzania: Tanzania announces new gas discovery worth billions of shillings in potential revenue
Tanzania has announced Mnazi Bay gas reserves discovery, its biggest find in over a decade, with first production expected as early as November 2026.
News Tanzania: Tanzania’s jailed opposition leader Tundu Lissu ends brief hunger strike
Lissu, who faces treason charge carrying a possible death sentence, refused food after being denied access to lawyers.
News Tanzania: Tanzania’s Economic Ascendance: The New Business Ecosystem
In the heart of East Africa, Tanzania is scripting a tale of economic ascendance under President Samia Suluhu Hassan's leadership. From 2021 to 2023, Tanzania witnessed an economic surge, with ...
News Tanzania: Tanzania’s jailed opposition leader ends hunger strike after meeting with his brother
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzania’s jailed opposition leader Tundu Lissu ended a brief hunger strike Tuesday after prison authorities allowed him to meet privately with his younger brother, his lead ...
News Tanzania: Tanzania’s jailed opposition leader Lissu plans hunger strike over denied legal access
Tanzania’s jailed opposition leader Tundu Lissu will begin a hunger strike Monday to protest prison authorities’ alleged refusal to allow court-ordered private consultations with his lawyers, his ...
News Tanzania: Tanzania announces first gas discovery in more than 10 years
DAR ES SALAAM, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Tanzania has discovered an estimated 223 billion cubic feet of natural gas in the Mnazi Bay area in the south of the country, its energy minister announced on Tuesday ...