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Unanswered questions mount over Moshi teenager’s death in police custody

As the burial of 19-year-old Michael Rambau takes place today, Saturday, January 17, 2026, questions continue to mount over the circumstances surrounding his death while in police custody in Moshi.

  1. New project improves WASH infrastructure and practices in Dar

  2. Museveni dominates race with 71 percent as vote tally nears completion

  3. Bus Rapid Transit monopoly bid sparks backlash from Kilwa Road minibus operators

  1. Death toll in Iran protests over 3,000, rights group says

  2. Machado sees eventual elections, warns of complex path ahead

  3. Trump accepts Machado's Nobel Peace Prize medal

  4. Tanzania bets on local capital to power DIRA 2050

  5. 12 killed in Uganda as running battles erupt over poll results fury

  6. Suspect held over killing of three children in cattle theft plot in Tanzania

Africa

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Ugandans to know next president on Saturday

The Electoral Commission has pledged to uphold the constitutional requirement to declare the duly elected president within 48 hours.

  1. Museveni sure of win in fraught election amid internet blackout

    Uganda elections

  2. South African rand buoyed by gold prices as markets mull US inflation prints

  3. China, Russia, Iran start 'BRICS Plus' naval exercises in South African waters

  1. Ethiopia begins $12.5 billion construction of 'Africa's biggest airport'

  2. South African factory activity slumps further in December, Absa PMI shows

  3. China's top diplomat heads to key strategic points in Africa

  4. AU Vs Israel: Why is Somaliland strategically important?

  5. Israeli foreign minister visits Somaliland, angering Somalia

  6. At least 30 killed in Nigeria market attack, police say

World

Death toll in Iran protests over 3,000, rights group says

More than 3,000 people have died in Iran's nationwide protests, rights activists said on Saturday, while a "very slight rise" in internet activity was reported in the country after an eight-day...

  1. Machado sees eventual elections, warns of complex path ahead

  2. Trump accepts Machado's Nobel Peace Prize medal

  3. European military heads to Greenland as Trump's ambitions for island undeterred by talks

  4. Iran warns neighbours it could hit US bases if Washington strikes

Business

How to increase coffee production as risks grow

Smallholder farmers, who produce about 90 percent of Tanzania’s coffee, are increasingly exposed to climate shocks, volatile prices and a buyer-driven global value chain

  1. Healing Earth brings transformative wellness to Zanzibar's Shah Palace

  2. Tanzania renews copper aim amid record prices

  3. Kyela eyes Sh100bn from four crops as farmers assured of market, prices

  4. Udart out to revamp first phase of BRT with 100 new buses

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