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The recent wave of abductions, arrests and the brutal killing of an opposition official in Tanzania seems to be dimming the ray of political hope that came with President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s rise to power in 2021. There was huge relief when Samia – Tanzania’ first female president – took office, with opposition parties allowed […]

Two leaders of Tanzania’s main opposition Chadema party are among 14 members who were briefly detained on Monday, as police attempted to block a banned demonstration in the main city, Dar es Salaam. Chadema said on X that its chairman, Freeman Mbowe, was taken into custody as he was preparing to “lead a peaceful protest”. […]

An American woman who disappeared while hiking on South Africa’s Table Mountain has been found dead, officials said. Brook Cheuvront, a student from North Carolina, was in Cape Town doing an internship at an NGO. The 20-year-old student was reported missing on Saturday after a tracking app she was using while on a solo hike […]

At least 30 decomposing bodies have been found on a boat off the coast of Senegal, military authorities say. The navy was informed of a vessel that was adrift about 70km (45 miles) from the capital Dakar, according to a military statement on X. They brought the wooden canoe, or pirogue, into port on Monday […]

An Egyptian ship has delivered a significant consignment of military equipment to Somalia, security officials in the capital, Mogadishu, are quoted as saying. Somali Defence Minister Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur thanked Egypt in a social media post without specifically mentioning the weapons. This is the second such delivery from Egypt in a month as relations deteriorate […]

Cathay Pacific has banned a Hong Kong couple from its flights after their row with a mainland Chinese traveller over her reclining seat. The Chinese woman had complained on social media that she was harassed by the couple seated behind her on a Cathay flight after reclining her seat. The Hong Kong flag carrier said […]

Australia’s consumer watchdog is suing the country’s two biggest supermarket chains, alleging they falsely claimed to have permanently dropped the prices of hundreds of items. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) claims Coles and Woolworths broke consumer law by temporarily raising prices before lowering them to a value either the same as or higher […]

Former President Donald Trump has said he does not expect to run for election again in 2028 if he is defeated in this November’s US presidential poll. Trump, 78, has been the Republican candidate for three national elections in a row and has reshaped the party greatly over the last eight years. In an interview […]

Six people have been killed and 10 others are missing after record rainfall caused floods and landslides in parts of Japan’s Ishikawa prefecture. The cities of Wajima and Suzu, which are still recovering from a deadly earthquake that devastated the area on 1 January, are among the hardest hit by the deluge, which began on […]

Former Defence Secretary Sir Ben Wallace is facing questions about a change made to a draft bill that would have protected the SAS from prosecution. At the time the changed bill was presented to Parliament, Sir Ben was already aware of war crimes allegations against the elite regiment, senior government sources told BBC Panorama. The […]