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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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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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German President Joachim Gauck President Gauck will hold political talks with President Jakaya Kikwete, members of parliament and civil society representatives. His partner Ms Daniela Schadt...
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We are fighting, we are struggling, we send money where we can at that small rate of five per cent of development money but we have been operating on our own money" Finance Minister Saada Mkuya...
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Public cautioned on unskilled pharmacists 1st February 2015EmailPrintThe public has been asked to be watchful of the increasing unregistered pharmacies in the country that puts their health and...
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Zitto Kabwe, 38: The king of Twitter in Tanzania, is member of parliament for Kigoma North and chairman of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee with 219,000 followers. President...
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Isoitok Camp Manyara As one of only two African finalists in the 2015 edition of the UNWTO’s Ulysses Innovation Awards, which were announced at FITUR in Madrid earlier in the week, did Tanzania’s...
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Addis Ababa, 26 January 2015 (ECA) - The High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa (HLP), chaired by former South African President Thabo Mbeki, will launch its final report on...
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Retired President Benjamin Mkapa speaks at the launch of the Sixth Tanzania Economic Update. It is the story of a man who starves in the midst of plenty simply because he does not know how eat...
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