For Asha Furaha, construction of a 24 km road from Bago on the Bagamoyo to Msata main road to her village at Ludiga, is bringing expectations, she said yesterday as Del Monte contractors raced against time to finish the project by next August.

The...

Going down the winding sharp road between Kizungu village and Muze village on the shores of Lake Rukwa, one holds their breath at the advancing sight of steep rocky sets of mountains as the car struggles to decelerate.

Boarding a powerful Japanese...

I once considered travelling between Ndundu and Somanga road stretch in Lindi region, hell. The 60kms piece of road is rough, occasionally potholed and dusty as United Arab Emirates based MA Kharaffi & Sons continues construction of the road to...

It’s evening at Msimbati village of Mtwara rural district and oil lamps can been seen all over the place. A few well off families use electric charged lamps. The majority of villagers here live below the poverty line, even by Tanzanian standards.

Their...

I last flew from Mtwara airport to the then Dar es Salaam International Airport over a decade ago. Things have improved slightly since then, thought not so impressive.

The run way has been upgraded, the waiting lounge not so impressive but something...

Mto wa Mbu is a rapidly flourishing township of Monduli district. Most of the beautiful and modern houses here are owned by women, to be precise, pretty girls who make their money from tourists and travel agencies’ drivers who take visitors on safaris...

Ugandans are mourning after a dastardly terrorist attack in Kampala left more than 70 people dead and several others injured. Somali terrorist organization linked to Al Qaeda, Al Shabab claimed responsibility and blamed the attack on Uganda’s decision...

Last Friday I visited Kikole village of Kilwa district in Lindi region, one of the richest in terms of natural forest cover and biodiversity. The village which has an area of over 21,000 square kilometers of which approximately two thirds is natural...

Despite stories of the country’s two southern regions of Mtwara and Lindi being easily accessible by road throughout the year after major road works and construction of Mkapa bridge, the ugly truth of the matter is that, access remains restricted...

In 2005, I was assigned by my editors at The EastAfrican to follow up with government officials what they made of an Egyptian threat to declare war on Kenya or any other Nile Basin country that unilaterally violated a archaic 1929 British Treaty giving...