Tanzania

Tanzania faces uproar for detaining critics of controversial UAE port deal

NAIROBI (KAAB TV) – Tanzanian authorities are condemned as they detain prominent individuals for speaking out against a controversial port deal between the country's president Samia Suluhu and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

IGAD and WFP Consult on Water Resource Management for Fragile Food Systems

(NAIROBI, Kenya): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in partnership with the World Food Programme yesterday inaugurated a consultative symposium on water resources management for food and nutrition security.

African Court to give verdict on case challenging Tanzania's ban on pregnant girls and adolescent mothers attending school

ARUSHA (HORN OBSERVER) The African Court on Human and Peoples Rights will issue its final judgment on the Equality Now and Tike Mwapimbile case against the United Republic of Tanzania regarding the Government of Tanzania's policy of permanently expelling pregnant girls from school, and banning adolescent…

CAJ Attains Legal Status, Establishes Secretariat in Nairobi, Kenya

The Congress of African Journalists (CAJ) has officially been registered under Kenyan laws and has set up its continental headquarters in Nairobi.

Amnesty International: Tanzania should halt brutal security operation in Loliondo

NAIROBI (HORN OBSERVER) Tanzanian authorities must immediately halt the violent forced eviction of the Indigenous Maasai community in Loliondo, and launch an urgent investigation into the security crackdown which has left dozens of people injured, many missing and a police officer killed, Amnesty International…

Sub-Saharan Africa: Millions denied vaccines, deepening inequality and human suffering from conflicts sum up 2021

NAIROBI (HORN OBSERVER) Wealthy states colluded with corporate giants in 2021 to dupe people with empty slogans and false promises of a fair recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic while many people from Africa were denied life-saving vaccines, in what amounts to one of the greatest betrayals of our times,…

African Union and European Union step up digital cooperation following EU-AU Summit

BRUSSELS (HORN OBSERVER) Digital cooperation is a cornerstone of the Africa-EU strategic partnership. This was underlined by representatives from the European Union and the African Union on the 18th of March 2022 at the Africa-Europe Digital for Development (D4D) Hub Multi-Stakeholder Forum.

Journalists Leaders Launch The Congress of African Journalists, CAJ

Leaders of African Journalists organisations have today launched the Congress of African Journalists (CAJ) to face the current challenging effects of COVID-19 and the collateral impacts on press freedom, the safety of journalists, access to information, affecting journalists in the course of their work.

Kenya shuts border with Somalia, Tanzania to stop increased import of COVID19 cases

NAIROBI (HORN OBSERVER) Kenya has on Saturday announced a new directive to close down its international border with Somalia and Tanzania following increased import of COVID19 cases.

Africa: Armed conflicts and state repression fuel cocktail of human rights violations

Protesters across sub-Saharan Africa have braved bullets and beatings to defend their rights in the face of continuing conflict and state repression, Amnesty International said today as it published its annual review of human rights in the region.