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A detailed and thought provoking analysis of Tanzania's position in the East African Community. Enjoy!
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Tanzania may receive $4.2 billion in foreign direct investment this year, double the average annual amount, boosted by inflows for a single project, the head of the Tanzania Investment Centre...
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By Faudhia Kitenge,
It was not my fault or my choice to have albinism and live with it through out my entire life. But its the society's fault to create exclution, discrimination and oppression...
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Tanzania’s President, Dr. John Magufuli, has arrived in the country to attend President Yoweri Museveni’s swearing-in ceremony scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday.
Magufuli jetted into Uganda aboard...
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Tanzania pushes for gas-powered vehicles to save cost
Ismail Akwei 19 hours ago
TANZANIA
In the abundance of natural gas deposits in Tanzania, the public is advised to convert their petrol or...
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The sentence was imposed by Senior Resident Magistrate Pili Mande at Manyoni District Court in Singida Region, after convicting the poachers, Bernard Wilson, alias Jacob and Hamis Athanas, alias...
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Aircraft wreckage potentially from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has been found on an island off the east African coast, an Australian official said.
Transport minister Darren Chester, who...
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Should sugar speculators be allowed to store sugar and wait for the price to rise before selling there stock?
Where exactly is the line between encouraging the business of speculation, and...
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The burning of a stockpile of ivory in Kenya recently was a wasteful and ridiculous act arranged by a self-righteous attention seeking conservationist and politicians.
The result is the opposite...
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South African music icon, Yvonne Chaka-Chaka, has urged the leaders in the continent to emulate Father of the Nation Mwalimu Julius Nyerere by fighting for the interests of their people...
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It is the period in which a man who has turned a thorn in the flesh of the prevailing Isles’ political status quo, Maalim Seif Sharrif Hamad emerged to the heights of politics and the period in...
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By Loveday Wright
Less than a year after President Magufuli took office, Tanzania is already gaining influence among its neighbors and moving away from its reputation as a lone ranger in the...
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France, through its International Development Agency (AFD), has granted 65 million Euros (about 161.5bn/) as a concessional loan for the modernisation and extension of the Julius Nyerere...
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DAR ES SALAAM, May 20, 2016 – While Tanzania continues to record strong economic performance, approximately 12 million of its citizens still live in dire poverty, according to the World Bank’s...
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Sal Davis and Me
''I was working with the BBC Swahili Service and I was producing a program called “Sports Wiki Hii” which in means “Sports This Week.” Ali came to fight Henry Cooper in London...
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Addressing journalists yesterday, the Dar es Salaam Special Zonal Police Commander, Mr Simon Sirro, said the police force was undertaking measures to check crime in the wake of recent wanton...
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Over the past several years, efforts have been made to persuade both national and international corporations to locate their businesses Tanzania. However, one of the challenges that Tanzania faces...
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CDC Warns – Hair Bands From China Made of Used Condoms Could Spread Std’s!
How would you react if you were told that the hair band you are wearing is made of a used condom? Well, that’s actually...
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Principal Judge Shaban Lila
The Tanzanian judicial system has outlined a plan for improving its legal system through the development and application of ICT solutions. The newly appointed...
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Global investors and funding institutions in control of more than US$200 billion US dollars will meet in Dar es Salaam in July for a three-day investment forum to explore business and investment...
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