On November 4, 2025, police in the northern Tanzanian city of Arusha arrested broadcast journalist Alphonce Kusaga, amid a violent post-election crackdown, according to news reports and a person familiar with the case, who requested anonymity for safety concerns.
Police also searched Kusaga’s home that day and questioned him about his journalistic work, that person added. Kusaga founded and runs the online outlet Kusaga TV and works at privately owned, Arusha-based Sunrise Radio.
On November 5, Kusaga was released on bail without charge those sources said.
CPJ reported a climate of fear among the media, with at least three journalists among hundreds or more Tanzanians killed during protests over a disputed election on October 29, 2025. Authorities said that 2,045 people were arrested over the election chaos, many accused of treason, which carries the death sentence in Tanzania.
CPJ did not receive responses to November 2025 emails sent to the office of the government spokesperson and the Tanzanian police or to queries sent via messaging app to chief government spokesperson Gerson Msigwa and police spokesperson David Misime.