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Top global metal companies to use Dar es Salaam port as key African trade hub
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 24, 2025

As Dar es Salaam port strengthens its role as a hub for regional trade, it is expected to become increasingly important in Africa’s economic future.

Tanzania to redraw national map to curb land disputes
Margaret Wanjiru  |  Mar 19, 2025

Land disputes have been a longstanding issue in Tanzania, particularly in rural and semi-urban areas where unclear boundaries and overlapping claims h...

Attacks on people with albinism in Tanzania: African court holds government responsible – Why it matters
The Conversation  |  Mar 16, 2025

They are additionally subjected to extreme forms of violence that include killings, abductions, mutilations and infanticide.

WHO says Tanzania Marburg virus disease outbreak resolved after no new cases in 42 days
Margaret Wanjiru  |  Mar 14, 2025

Thanks to lessons learned from the 2023 Marburg outbreak, Tanzania’s public health system was better equipped to handle this crisis.

Kenyan youth ranked among world's most mentally strong, better than many in Western nations
Amina Wako  |  Mar 07, 2025

The study, which analysed more than one million responses from internet-enabled populations in 76 countries, reveals a stark contrast between Africa a...

Mohammed Iqbal Dar, scholar who gave Tanzania its name, dies in UK aged 80
Lucy Mumbi  |  Mar 04, 2025

His contribution to the country's identity remains an enduring part of Tanzania’s history, ensuring his name lives on through the nation he helped def...

Tanzania ex-minister Makamba reconciles with President Samia months after Cabinet dismissal
Mwangi Maina  |  Feb 25, 2025

The public display of warmth between the two suggests that the rift may now be resolved, thereby restoring his standing within the government.

Tanzania surpasses tourism target, attracts record 5.36 million tourists in 2024
Eastleigh Voice Reporter  |  Feb 05, 2025

Chana attributed the impressive growth in tourist numbers to the government's strategic initiatives aimed at rejuvenating the sector after the setback...

Tanzania surpasses Nigeria to become Africa’s second-largest maize producer
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 04, 2025

South Africa remains the continent’s top maize producer, with an annual yield of between 13 and 15 million tonnes.

Two Tanzanian soldiers killed in DRC, defence department says
Amina Wako  |  Feb 02, 2025

According to the statement, JWTZ has been actively involved in various international missions, including those in Lebanon, Sudan, Central African Repu...

Tundu Lissu: Tanzania President Samia Suluhu's likely challenger in October polls
Barack Oduor  |  Jan 23, 2025

In October, Chadema will get another opportunity when Tanzanian voters go to the polls to elect their president and members of parliament.

Tundu Lissu elected new leader of Tanzania’s Chadema party, succeeding Freeman Mbowe
Mwangi Maina  |  Jan 22, 2025

A lawyer and former lawmaker, Lissu survived a near-fatal assassination attempt during the regime of the late President John Magufuli.

Tanzania’s CCM endorses Samia and Zanzibar’s Hussein as presidential candidates for October elections
Mwangi Maina  |  Jan 20, 2025

Samia, Tanzania's first female president, named Chama Cha Mapinduzi Secretary-General Emmanuel Nchimbi as her running mate for the upcoming elections.

How Tanzania’s Maasai are being forced off their ancestral land
The Conversation  |  Jan 17, 2025

The evictions have become more frequent, more violent and more widespread under Samia Suluhu Hassan, who assumed the presidency in 2021.

WHO says 8 dead in suspected outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Tanzania's Kagera region
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Jan 15, 2025

The outbreak of MVD in Kagera poses a significant health concern not only for Tanzania but also for neighbouring countries, including Kenya.

Political test for Tanzania's Chadema as Mbowe and Lissu seek top party position
Mwangi Maina  |  Dec 31, 2024

Lissu has previously expressed concerns over what he described as a "huge and unprecedented" amount of "dirty money" within the party.

Somalia and Tanzania sign landmark agreements to strengthen bilateral relations
Hassan Mohamed  |  Dec 21, 2024

The agreement also included health sector collaboration to improve healthcare systems in both countries, tourism development to boost tourism, a defen...

Air Tanzania banned from flying in European Union airspace over safety concerns
Mwangi Maina  |  Dec 16, 2024

The decision was made following serious safety concerns identified by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.

Kenya and Tanzania to launch cross-border electricity transmission line
Eastleigh Voice Reporter  |  Dec 08, 2024

This collaboration positions Tanzania as Kenya's third electricity trade partner after Ethiopia and Uganda.

Tanzania’s President takes on forced evictions of Maasai community
Human Rights Watch  |  Dec 07, 2024

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced the establishment of two committees to address land disputes in the country’s northern Ngorongoro di...

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