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Idhaa ya Kiswahili ya Deutsche Welle inayorusha matangazo yake kutoka mjini Bonn, Ujerumani, imeanzisha ukurasa maalum kwa ajili ya uchaguzi wa Tanzania wa mwaka huu kwenye mtandao wake. Ukurasa huo...
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View ArticleThe Prevention of Terrorism Act of 2002
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In 2013 two British volunteer teachers, Katie Gee and Kirstie Trup – both at the time teenagers – suffered a horrific attack while in Zanzibar, part of Tanzania in East Africa, when two men on...
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Idhaa ya Kiswahili ya Deutsche Welle inayorusha matangazo yake kutokea Bonn, Ujerumani, imekanusha vikali taarifa zilizosambazwa kwenye mitandao mbalimbali ya kijamii nchini Tanzania kwamba imekuwa...
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View ArticleSeif’s appeal to international community: “Don’t allow CCM to steal election...
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View ArticleCCM, UKAWA zachuana vikali
Ikiwa zimebakia wiki tatu kufanyika uchaguzi mkuu nchini Tanzania, wasiwasi unaongezeka kuelekea kile kinachoangaliwa kama uchaguzi wenye ushindani mkali zaidi kwenye historia ya nchi hiyo, huku kwa...
View Article*Tanzania cannot be allowed to be the new front for state-led Islamophobia
For over 20 years, Tanzania’s ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), has attempted to maintain control of the islands of Zanzibar by linking local oppositional activity to the idea of “Islamic...
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