US sanctions Tanzania police boss Faustine Mafwele over alleged human rights abuses linked to torture of activists Boniface Mwangi and Agather Atuhaire in May 2025, bars him from entering US.

The move is linked to allegations of "torture and sexual assault" of two East African rights activists last year.

The United States Department of State has designated a senior officer of the Tanzanian Police Force, Senior Assistant Commissioner Faustine Jackson Mafwele, over alleged…