CHAMA Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) national chairperson, who doubles as Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan is currently presiding over a meeting of the Central Committee of the party’s National Executive ...

26 suspected cases were tested of which one came back positive for Marburg Virus. Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan confirmed on Monday that there was a new outbreak of the deadly Marburg ...

Lissu is poised to be the presidential candidate for the Chadema party and is expected to compete against the incumbent president, Samia Suluhu Hassan. So who is Tundu Lissu? And what are his ...

Lissu then spent years in exile until he returned in 2023, after President Samia Suluhu Hassan had taken over following Magufuli's death in 2021. He has since accused President Samia of repression ...

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the northwest of the country, with one confirmed case so far.

One “confirmed case of Marburg virus marks the second outbreak” in Tanzania since 2023, the president told a press briefing broadcast from the capital Dodoma on Monday. Marburg causes a highly ...

President Samia Suluhu Hassan said on Monday that at least one person in the northwest of the country had been infected. The confirmation comes after the World Health Organization (WHO ...

A medical worker carries a meal to an isolation tent housing a man being quarantined after coming into contact with a carrier of the Marburg Virus - Tanzania's president, Samia Suluhu Hassan ...

The outbreak comes almost two years after the first outbreak in March 2023, when nine cases and six deaths were reported. A total of 25 suspected cases have been reported as of January 20, 2025 ...

Dar es Salaam: Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday confirmed the country's second outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in two years. Speaking at a joint news conference with ...

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