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A year after Tanzania's elections: families of the dead await truth and apologies

A year after Tanzania's October 2025 elections, relatives of those killed during the crackdown on protests have still received no official answers. The Chande Commission counted at least 518 dead, a DW investigation points to a likely excessive use of force by the police, and a second investigation is ongoing. A year after Tanzania's October 2025 elections, relatives of those killed during the crackdown on protests have still received no official answers. The Chandaria Commission counted at least 518 dead, a DW investigation points to a likely excessive use of force by the police, and a second investigation is ongoing.

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Tanzania Legally Protects an Elephant Migration Corridor for the First Time

Up to a thousand elephants climb the Udzungwa Mountains to an altitude of about 2,000 meters in search of bamboo and minerals. In April 2025, the government of Tanzania designated the roughly 14-kilometer Nyerere–Udzungwa corridor as the country's first legally protected wildlife corridor. In the first 15 months, cameras recorded at least 1,400 animal crossings, 529 of them by elephants.

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