Arusha terror ‘is beyond tourism, politics’

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said yesterday the deadly attacks on the country’s coast are not the work of the Somali militant group al Shabaab, instead blaming local political networks for the killings.

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Elephant poaching, tourism and politics in Tanzania
eTurboNews
TANZANIA (eTN) - Ahead of Tanzania's general election in late October, opposition presidential hopeful, Edward Lowassa, has vowed to end poaching of elephants and trade in blood ivory. Mr. Lowassa, who is vying for the Tanzania presidential post under ...

>International tourism dropped by seven per cent in the last one year due to terror attacks in Kenya.

>The heart of Tanzania’s tourism industry was hit again on Monday, leaving eight people wounded—one seriously—in a bomb blast in a restaurant.  This raises two burning questions:  Why Arusha and who is behind these attacks?

Capital FM Kenya
Terror attacks hit Lamu, Arusha
iAfrica.com
Conservation offices were torched in the gun battle outside Lamu, once a popular tourist destination in northern Kenya. AFP. Tanzania and Kenya were targeted in separate attacks in key tourist sites in the east African nations, police said on Tuesday, the ...
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Radio Tamazuj
Politics: Arusha initiative planned without IGAD involvement
Radio Tamazuj
Facilitators of the recent Arusha initiative for intra-SPLM dialogue failed to notify IGAD mediators of their initiative until after it had already started, a diplomatic source told Radio Tamazuj. Tanzanian ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) hosted a ...

Police gun down terror kingpin in Arusha City
Daily News
ONE of the most wanted persons in the country, believed to be the kingpin behind a series of bombing incidences that have been plaguing Arusha for the last two years has been gunned down by the police. The arrested person, Yahaya Hassan Omari Hela, ...

Arusha police still searching for key terror suspect
Daily News
POLICE in Arusha Region still do not know the whereabouts of a local martial arts instructor, Mr Yahaya Hassan Hella, popularly known as 'Sensei,' an alleged key suspect behind a series of bomb attacks in the city. The Mianzini resident succeeded to ...

>Tourism stakeholders will meet next month in Arusha to discuss ways of unlocking the industry potential in Tanzania.