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Al Jazeera English won Best Film in the television category at the 2015 Amnesty Australia Awards, where 101 East's Afghanistan: No Country for Women beat off competition from various entries from...
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As Tanzania's new president John Pombe Magufuli settles into the job, journalist Joseph Warungu, who has reported from Tanzania on and off since 1993, has this unsolicited personal advice for the...
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Tanzania has emerged the leading country in the world in mobile financial services, the World Bank has said in its World Development Report. According to the WB, Tanzania is leading the world...
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President Jakaya Kikwete As President Jakaya Kikwete is busy packing to go in the next two months, he blasted the International Criminal Court (ICC) yesterday, accusing the world guarantor of...
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CHADEMA presidential candidate Edward Lowassa has assured Tanzanians that he will ensure that each Tanzanian benefits from investment contracts with foreign investors, if he comes to power...
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Press Statement, 28 October 2015 Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press, We have called you here today to ask you to inform all Tanzanians and the world atlarge that we reject the Presidential Poll...
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Johannesburg- 3 November 2015 - The UN Foundation today honored the AfricaAgainst Ebola Campaign giving an award recognizing the outstandingwork undertaken by the Trust and its leadership in...
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Tanzanians Mashuud Bashir Hamisi and Twaha Rashid Hiyal, who were arrested in Lamu in the ongoing Operation Linda Boni. PHOTO | COURTESY By FRED MUKINDA Posted Friday, October 23 2015 at...
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The perpetual problem of higher education students failing to vote in general elections is likely to recur this year, affecting nearly 200,000 young men and women. News that public universities...
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According to Tanzania International Container Terminal (TICTS) at least 70 percent of all deep-sea cargo to and from the landlocked East African country passes through Dar es Salaam Port. A...
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With a bulging youth population, Tanzania is undoubtedly a country with enormous potential. Yet despite steady economic growth, much of this potential remains untapped, with young people &#8211...
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ll hydropower plants in Tanzania are being switched off because a lack of rain has led to low water levels in the country's dams. Hydro-electricity generation has fallen to 20% of capacity...
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Tanzania has passed the US government's Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Control of Corruption index and qualified for over 1trn/- ($472.8million) grant in the 2016 fiscal year. However...
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The World Bank has predicted Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast and Mozambique will be sustaining their economic growth rate by at least 7 percent in the next two years. The statement of the...
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Zero Shadow Days in Tanzania By Dr N T Jiwaji If someone was to ask you, “Where does the Sun set?” you would immediately say “west” without even waiting to think because that is what we have...
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The Tanzanian shilling has weakened to closer to its "equilibrium" after trading at too strong a level last year, the International Monetary Fund said. The shilling has been weighed down by a...
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-Commodity prices, currency rates weighing on revenue - Carrier delays opening of routes from Zambia, Zimbabwe FastJet Plc, seeking to become the first discount airline with a network spanning...
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Tanzania has awarded contracts to build new railway lines worth about $9bn to Chinese firms, its transport minister said, expanding Beijing's presence in East Africa's second-biggest economy...
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The discovery of huge graphite deposits by three companies in Tanzania will help the country diversify export earnings, making it one of the world's leading producers of the mineral. Graphite...
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The whereabouts of scores of Tanzanian pilgrims are still unknown. Such pilgrims went missing on Thursday after a stampede occurred at Mina, leading to deaths of 717 people. Reports show up to...
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