Nairobi, Oct 27, 2025 (AFP) - Murder, kidnap, censorship: the 'new normal' of Tanzania politics

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2025-10-27

A priest attacked after a meeting about democracy with faith leaders, an opposition official's corpse found doused in acid, an ex-ambassador missing from his blood-stained home -- this is the "new normal" in Tanzania, say critics. The grim assessment comes as the country readies to hold presidential and parliamentary elections on Wednesday, amid what Amnesty International has called a "wave of terror". President Samia Suluhu Hassan, 65, is said t......

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