News & Current Events

Shocked onlookers at the scene of incident. Police in Kagera region on Tuesday discovered a body of a young man believed to be 30 to 35 years dumped near a police barracks. Speaking to...

Osama bin Laden The United States yesterday refused to be drawn into a discussion on claims that information on the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden was first relayed to its embassy in Dar es...

Kigoma: Four people died and one survived death after eating poisoned food at Kibambila village, Kakonko district. On duty Doctor at Kakonko Health Center, Ndalikunda Kweka said the victims are...

State House Tomorrow, more than 1500 ex-National Service volunteers plan to hold peaceful demonstrations to the State House in Dar es Salaam. "It should be noted that the demonstrations are...

The European Union has expressed its concern about press freedom in Tanzania after the government banned the circulation of the regional weekly The EastAfrican last week. "It is the duty of the...

Mzee Kipeyan poses for a photo soon after the ceremony in Dodoma where he was conferred with an LLB. Even at the age of 74, his craving for higher education was not over. And his long dream...

"The people must be thoroughly educated and sensitised so that they will be in a position to make informed decisions" MR JOSEPH BUTIKU, MWALIMU NYERERE FOUNDATION CHAIRMAN The...

Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority (TFDA) has issued a ban on importation, distribution, selling and use of five human drugs after realising that they caused adverse effects, including causing...

A modern concrete mixer belonging to Lake Gas Company at Mikocheni in Dar es Salaam. Photo: Joseph Mchekadona. The largest liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) terminal able to accommodate 2,000 metric...

Elsie Eyakuze is an independent consultant and blogger for The Mikocheni Report. I swear, this year just blew on by so quickly. Because ‘tis the season to make profound...

A mission that was meant to arrest a suspected poacher ended in a tragedy yesterday after a game warden with the Kilimanjaro National Park (Kinapa) was mistakenly shot dead by a colleague. The...

Security fears in neighboring Kenya have inadvertently worked in Tanzania's favor, as far as tourism goes: Its luxurious new lodges are enticing diverted visitors. The ever-popular Serengeti...

Five injured in bomb explosion in Tanzania's coastal Tanga region [ 17 January 2015 07:03 ] Baku-APA. Five people were injured on Thursday night after a hand grenade exploded inside a cinema...

Tusahau ESCROW kiduchu tu...here is something positive to say about the land of my adoption........:popcorn:.....:msela: EAC secretary general Richard Sezibera In Summary "This calls for...

Following a long career in international development, including a stint as executive director of UN-HABITAT – the first African woman to hold the title – as well as chairing the Water Supply and...

A filling station attendant refuels a motorist's vehicle at a Dar es Salaam outlet. Tanzanian consumers wonder why they are experiencing no relief in buying a product whose price in the world...

"Our focus now is to overhaul the company. If we need planes, it is a only a matter of a few minutes to have a Boeing and Bombardier here" TRANSPORT MINISTER HARRISON MWAKYEMBE The...

Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) The recent released 2014 Report by ‘the guide to sleeping in airport' has mentioned Julius Nyerere Airport (JNIA) in Dar es Salaam as one among...

Mr Feisal Ali Mohammed Police confirmed yesterday the arrest of the suspected mastermind behind ivory trafficking across the East African region. The Deputy Director of Criminal...

Tourists who do not reside within the park will be expected to pay every time they come into the park. Tanzania plans to enforce new rules that confine tourists to national parks, a move that...