Africa Matters

Tanzanians living in Sudan are safe, says Foreign Affairs Minister

Summary Dr Stergomena Tax, the minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, said so far no Tanzanian living in Sudan has been affected by the fight Dodoma. The government yesterday allayed fears over the safety of Tanzanians in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. Dr Stergomena Tax, the minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, said so far no…

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UK seems ready to return its ‘last African colony’

Aggrieved Chagossians must be heard in negotiations between the UK and Mauritius over who owns the Chagos Archipelago. Could the protracted dispute over the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean finally be drawing to a close? Britain steadfastly insisted for decades that it was the rightful owner of what it called the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). But it…

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