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A Tanzanian Professor, Chris Maina Peter, was on Thursday voted member of the United Nations’ International Law Commission (ILC) by the UN General Assembly. Prof Maina, who is currently a...
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Ireland today provided the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) with a contribution of EUR 500,000 to support refugees hosted in Tanzania. With these funds, Ireland is helping WFP maintain...
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Tanzania has suspended community-based HIV/AIDS prevention programs for gay men, the health minister said on Monday, in the latest crackdown on the high-risk group. Ummy Mwalimu, Tanzania's...
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Dar es Salaam. Motorists arrested for traffic offences will no longer have to pay the fines on the spot. The Traffic Police Division yesterday signalled that it would be launching a new...
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Tanzania has been ranked the leading country in East Africa and sub-Saharan Africa in 2016 in terms of having an enabling environment for financial inclusion, the latest survey shows. According...
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Hi guys. Today was one of the biggest days in my timetable as expected a lot from the journalists because the president was face to face with potential people. The president himself cannot be...
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Tanzania and Kenya have agreed on a time line to start the construction of two link roads meant to improve movement of goods and people between the two countries. The deal is the major decoration...
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ACCESS to digital information and communications technologies has increased dramatically over the past decade across Africa. In Tanzania, 87% of urban residents report using a mobile phone every...
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October 26, 2016 Port Louis, Mauritius, Tanzania out to woo tour operators in Mauritius The figures are impressive. Almost 1.5 million tourists in 2015, with revenues amounting to 2 billion...
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Vodafone hit with record £4.6 million fine after 'unacceptable' failures The FTSE 100 giant was penalised by communications watchdog Ofcom for its treatment of 10,452 customers after it failed...
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Vice - President Samia Suluhu Hassan has launched project of installing Wi-Fi services in public and recreational places in Dar es Salaam at the weekend. The implementation of the project by the...
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While other countries in the world Africa included strives to make it easy to do business or investments there are some others that do exactly the opposite. Apparently in Africa Rwanda and...
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October 2016 Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania TANZANIA : THIS WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE NYERERE ANNIVERSARY Mwalimu Nyerere is well alive through his principles, speeches, writings : e.g manuscript Uhuru wa...
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THE government has adopted Indian modal in using ICT and e-governance amid continued discussions with Rwanda to improve efficiency and meet sustainable development. During his recent visit to...
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Just out of Curiosity or rather a discussion I have been wondering if these games Vodacom are throwing to customers every now and then are real or just another way of milking cash out of poor...
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Tanzania is required to boost its economy by more than 13 per cent annually in order to attain a middle income status by 2025. For the past years the country's economy has been growing by 7 per...
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In the year 2008 the government of Tanzania through the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development –MLHHSD, started a new city project at Kigamboni area in Temeke district in Dar...
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Pressure piles on Tanesco Troubled state power company faces yet another international litigation two weeks after it was ordered to pay $148.8 million Standard Chartered Bank (HK) WHY TANESCO...
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Less developed countries, especially in Africa, seem to be more vulnerable to cyber-attacks due to inferior security systems in place and weak infrastructure – a fact that has been corroborated by...
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Tanzania set to clinch 3.5tri/- WB deal for energy, other projects CORRESPONDENT IN WASHINGTON / 07 OCTOBER 2016 Central bank governor,Prof Benno Ndulu THE World Bank (WB) plans to inject about...
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