A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck southwest Tanzania early on Sunday morning but does not appear to have caused any damage, a regional police chief said.
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Four albino killers sentenced to hang in Tanzania
Tanzania’s high court has sentenced four men to death by hanging for killing a 50-year-old albino man, local media reported late on Monday. Television footage showed the men, who killed Lyaku Willy and removed his head and legs, leaving the courtroom in Shinyanga region under heavy police escort. Willy’s killing was one of a spate [...]
Tanzania ‘finds Comoros victims’
Debris and bodies thought to be from the plane that crashed off Comoros in the Indian Ocean last week have washed up on a Tanzanian island, police say.
A regional police commander said crash investigators in the Comoros had been informed of the find.
Security forces have been deployed to Mafia Island, several hundred miles north-west [...]