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Nov
02
2023
By NUZULACK DAUSEN
Germany and Tanzania to open talks on colonial legacy 

Germany and Tanzania to open talks on colonial legacy 

NEWS
GERMANY will open talks with Tanzania about the legacy of its three decades of colonial rule in the East African nation, the two countries presidents said. Tanzanian politicians and activists have long pushed for reparations and the return of human remains from their country that is displayed in German museums. “We have discussed this in detail and we are ready to open negotiations to see how we are going to agree on the German colonial legacy," Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan said at a news conference with her German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier. "I know there are families that are waiting…
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Jul
29
2021
By The African Mirror
Tanzania launches vaccination drive

Tanzania launches vaccination drive

COVID-19
TANZANIA’S President Samia Suluhu Hassan received her COVID-19 vaccine in public, in the most decisive signal yet of a break from the policies of her late predecessor who repeatedly dismissed the threat of the pandemic. Hassan took office after the death in March of former President John Magufuli, who had warned citizens against COVID-19 vaccines and recommended at-home remedies such as steam inhalation. Since then, the government has changed tack: officials now call for social distancing and emphasise mask-wearing in public. In June, Tanzania also joined the global COVAX scheme for sharing vaccines with poorer nations, culminating in the delivery…
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May
10
2021
By The African Mirror
Tanzanian president’s COVID-19 u-turn

Tanzanian president’s COVID-19 u-turn

COVID-19
TANZANIA’S new president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, has stressed the importance of face masks in fighting COVID-19, ditching one of the most controversial policies of her late coronavirus-sceptic predecessor. Hassan took office in March after the death of John Magufuli, who had urged Tanzanians to shun masks and denounced vaccines as a Western conspiracy, to the frustration of the World Health Organization. Last month, she formed a committee to research whether Tanzania, which under Magufuli stopped reporting coronavirus data, should follow the course that the rest of the world has taken against the pandemic. Wearing a face mask and flanked by…
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