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Criminals posing as students have turned the country's most respected and oldest university into a den of robbers-which poses a security threat to thousands of students and their lecturers, thanks...
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By ROSEMARY MIRONDO, TEA Special Correspondent
Posted Friday, March 13 2015 at 17:44
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Public Accounts committee said the report should then be taken to relevant authorities to...
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Militants of Al Shabaab train with weapons on a street in the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia. Three Tanzanian suspects appeared before a Dar es Salaam court facing various charges including...
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Nearly four years down the road, Tanzanians will finally get to know the truth about the Swiss billions that are allegedly hidden in the secret bank accounts of local politicians, businessmen and...
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Chinese Ambassador to Tanzania, Dr Lu Youqing in talks with Media Council of Tanzania (MCT) Executive Secretary Kajubi Mukajanga, yesterday in Dar es Salaam.
The Chinese Ambassador to...
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One Tanzanian medical staff who volunteerd in fighting the Ebola outbreak in West Africa returned yesterday after 90 days of serving as medical co-ordinator in Sierra Leone, under Save the...
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The shilling has tumbled to a record low, with analysts and dealers predicting a freefall that could see the local currency trade at an average of Sh2,000 against the dollar during the campaign...
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The Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts (PAC) has announced that all oil and gas contracts inked by the government and international petroleum companies will henceforth be made public...
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The Police Force here is holding five people on suspicions of taking part in the recent murder of Yohana Bahati, a one-year-old minor with albinism kidnapped from her mother, Esther Jonas, who was...
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Four (4) Tanzanian nationals appeared before a Francistown magistrate last Wednesday after they were found in possession of a suspected stolen motor vehicle.
31-year-old Amiry Mohamed Ally...
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Dar es Salaam. Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) has directed mobile service providers to adhere to the law when reviewing their tariffs following a recent change of bundles that...
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Local banks are among the victims of the largest global heist in which financial institutions lost an estimated $1 billion after hackers--mainly from Eastern Europe, Ukraine, Russia and...
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The National Electoral Commission (NEC) admitted yesterday that, given the time left to the referendum, it may not be able to biometrically register all eligible voters.
The referendum, seen as a...
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Dar es Salaam: The mood will be tense, the discussCUS hot as the government tables the Amendment of Miscellaneous Laws that includes the re-establishment of the Kadhi Courts in parliament.
The...
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Tanzania with aspirant to continental power heading Nigeria takes a frightening dimension terror war
Published on: Friday, January 30th, 2015
By Nuhu Othman – Nigeria, a nation once an aspirant to continental power has been enmeshed in a brutal and long war with a terrorist group called...
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Vodacom Tanzania paid a staggering Sh47.1 billion in Corporate Tax last year, meaning the country's largest mobilephone company was among the most profitable corporations locally.
The company...
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An albino toddler has been kidnapped in northern Tanzania, police said, raising fears he may be killed and his body parts used for witchcraft.
Unknown attackers broke into the house and slashed...
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ATCL flies from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma, Mtwara and Comoros. It now plans to start daily flights from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma. It is also sent to start flying six times per week between Dar es...
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YET again a story has surfaced of an airline trying to get approval for a standing section on a plane. Previously the idea was mooted by Michael O'Leary, the boss of Ryanair-although that was...
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The police, Tanzania Revenue Authority and the Judiciary remain the most corrupt sectors in the country, says a new corruption perception study. Most Tanzanians now believe that corruption...
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