Tanzania AG quits amid fraud claims

The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
Tanzania's new leader calls for unity amid opposition fraud claims
The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
John Pombe Magufuli. Photo: uchaguziccm Tanzania's new leader John Magufuli called for unity Friday after winning hotly contested polls the opposition claimed to have won, and amid tensions after Zanzibar annulled polls. “I promise to deliver my ...
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Vanguard
Tanzania counts votes as opposition claims fraud
Vanguard
Votes were being counted Monday in what is expected to be Tanzania's tightest election race ever, with the governing party facing the first major challenge to its dominance in decades. But the opposition Chadema party have alleged fraud in Sunday's ...
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Daily Times Nigeria
Tanzania's AG, Frederick Werema, quits amid corruption row
Daily Times Nigeria
Tanzania's At-torney Gen-eral Frederick Werema has re-signed, making him the first casualty of a corruption scandal that has rocked the government. MPs last month ac-cused him of authorising the fraudulent transfer of about $120m (£76m) to an energy firm.
Tanzania Attorney General Resigns Over Graft ScandalAllAfrica.com
Tanzania AG Frederick Werema quits amid corruption rowGhana Broadcasting...

BBC News
Tanzania AG Frederick Werema quits amid corruption row
BBC News
Tanzania's Attorney General Frederick Werema has resigned, making him the first casualty of a corruption scandal that has rocked the government. MPs last month called accused him of authorising the fraudulent transfer of about $120m (£76m) to an energy ...
Tanzania's attorney general resigns over graft accusationsReuters Africa
UPDATE 1-Tanzania's attorney general resigns over graft accusationsReuters
Tanzanian attorney...

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Bunda pupils study under trees amid nation`s BRN education success claims
IPPmedia
Over 300 pupils of Kinyambwiga A and B primary schools in Bunda District Mara Region study under trees while sitting on logs and stones for lack of classrooms. The schools also lack basic equipment at a time the government claims it has successfully ...

Donors to Tanzania’s general budget support programme include the UK, Canada, Denmark, the European Commission, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Sweden and the World Bank. Photograph: Daniel Hayduk/AFPInternational donors have suspended nearly $500m (£311m) in budget support to Tanzania in response to claims that senior government officials siphoned off funds from the country’s central bank under the guise of energy contracts.
The chair of Tanzania’s public accounts committee, Zitto...

Tanzania opposition quits constitution-drafting body
Turkish Press
DAR ES SALAAM – Tanzania's opposition coalition said it would boycott a commission tasked with writing the country's new constitution and said it would hold a series of protests against the draft. “We have had enough insults in this assembly. The process ...