The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights has directed Tanzania to revise its witchcraft laws to clearly distinguish between traditional healers and witch doctors.

Tanzania's president has announced an outbreak of Marburg virus, an Ebola-like virus, just a week after her health minister denied that there were any cases in the country. President Samia Suluhu ...

Fighters from the M23 armed group recently captured the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo during a rapid offensive. A video shared on X is purported to show Tanzanian soldiers ...

DAR ES SALAAM, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Tanzania's government said no-one in the country had tested positive for the Marburg virus after the World Health Organization (WHO) said at least eight people in ...

Marburg virus can spread between people through direct contact or via blood and other bodily fluids of infected people.

Tanzania ’s president has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease (MVD), a highly infectious virus like Ebola that can be fatal in up to 88 per cent of cases without treatment.

The source of the outbreak is still unknown and additional cases are expected, health officials said. View on euronews ...

Yesterday the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tanzania has 1 confirmed case of Marburg and 25 suspected cases all from the northwestern Kagera region. So far all 25 suspected case-patients have ...