On October 9, the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court at Dar es Salaam arraigned Samson Mahimbo (68) an assistant lecturer at the National Institute of Transport (NIT) in Dar es Salaam for allegedly demanding sex in order to give a female student good marks in her re-sit exam.

In an opinion piece on the 11th of October, 2019, a Washington Post headline read, “U.S. foreign policy is for sale. Who else is buying?” The Washington Post was reporting on the Congressional testimony of Marie Yovanovitch, former ambassador to Ukraine, who was sacked and told to go home “on the next plane” because “her campaign against corruption in Ukraine ...

The clash within the United States government continues between senior establishment figures and the US President Donald Trump over his decision to pull American troops out of Syria, allowing Turkish forces to take their place. According to the Washington Post:

Turkish forces were given the greenlight by the United States on Monday 7th of October 2019 to enter Syria. Where the US forces have been pulled out for their return to the United States, despite the warnings of genocide that will take place and the resurgence of ISIS due to the retreat.