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Cleric urge Ireland to halt aid to Tanzania over activists' detention

Activists Boniface Mwangi and Agather Atuhaire Narrating their harrowing experiences in the hands of Tanzanian Authorities last Month.. [Benard Orwongo, Standard] Former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga comforts Boniface Mwangi after the press conference on June 3,2025. [Benard Orwongo,Standard]

A cleric has urged Ireland to stop foreign aid to Tanzania should it fail to apologise over detention and allegations of torture and sexual abuse activists Boniface Mwangi and Ugandan activist and lawyer Agather Atuhaire.

According to Father Gabriel Dolan, Tanzania has been a principal beneficiary of Irish Aid for almost half a century and that the President Samia Suluhu should promote the principles of democracy which Irish upholds in high regard. 

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