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Tanzanian government says rescue efforts will continue at collapsed building where 13 died

Nov. 18, 2024 09:45 AM EST

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — Rescue efforts continued for a third day Monday after a building collapsed and killed at least 13 people in Tanzania’s commercial capital, with the government saying it will push on until all those trapped inside are saved. The number of people...

Carbon pollution from high flying rich in private jets soars

Nov. 07, 2024 11:09 AM EST

Carbon pollution from private jets has soared in the past five years, with most of those small planes spewing more heat-trapping carbon dioxide in about two hours of flying than the average person does in about a year, a new study finds. About a quarter million of the super wealthy...

Police arrest 8 of Tanzania's main opposition figures ahead of planned protests

Sep. 23, 2024 10:40 AM EDT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police arrested Tanzania's most prominent opposition figures Monday whose party has called for protests against what it says is a crackdown targeting its supporters. Hundreds of backers of the country’s main opposition party, CHADEMA, were arrested last...

A Tanzanian opposition official is found dead with signs of beating and acid attack

Sep. 09, 2024 08:57 AM EDT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzania's most prominent opposition party says an official who went missing last week has been found dead with signs of beatings and acid poured on his face. President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who has loosened past restrictions on the opposition in the East...

US rights watchdog cites "a climate of fear" in Uganda oil development project

Sep. 02, 2024 07:19 AM EDT

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Oil activities on the shores of Uganda’s Lake Albert have triggered widespread suffering among locals facing forced displacement and other violent abuses, a U.S. climate watchdog said Monday. The report by Climate Rights International says banks and...