A Gabon court on Wednesday sentenced former first lady Sylvia Bongo and her son, Noureddin Bongo, to 20 years in prison after a swift two-day corruption trial that found them guilty of embezzlement ...

The International Criminal Court in the Hague has been asked to investigate alleged mass killings during a crackdown on post-election protests in Tanzania last month. Lawyers for the alleged victims ...

Police in Tanzania have released several senior opposition leaders detained following the deadly protests that followed last month’s disputed elections, according to the main opposition party, Chadema ...

Gabon’s former president’s wife and son were found guilty of embezzlement. Both Sylvia Bongo and Noureddin Bongo were tried in absentia. Ex-president Ali Bongo was toppled in a coup on 30 August 2023.

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan says her government will launch an inquiry into the deadly unrest that erupted following her controversial re-election last month, as claims of an undemocratic ...

Post-election violence has tarnished the country’s reputation for stability, and the crackdown may have backfired on the government, as officials in Washington call for a re-examination of U.S. ties.

The wave of antigovernment protests that has seen young Gen Z protesters rise up against their countries’ old ruling classes this year has hit a roadblock in Tanzania: a government willing to use ...

President Samia Suluhu Hassan was re-elected president in a vote that excluded the two main opposition leaders Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced an official investigation the ...

Nov 13 (Reuters) - Tanzania's leader chose a longtime loyalist as prime minister on Thursday, after a disputed presidential election in the East African country prompted clashes in which rights groups ...

NAIROBI, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday named the East African country's ambassador to China, Khamis Mussa Omar, as the finance minister in her new cabinet after ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story contains disturbing images. In the chaotic aftermath of Tanzania’s disputed presidential election last month, police and gun-wielding men on patrol shot at groups of ...