News & Current Events

Travel expert commends govt on overseas travel He told The Banker that more savings would be made by negotiating special travel packages with airlines for external trips. Khataw, who is also the...

DUBAI: Dubai Cares announced two new education programmes in Tanzania, as part of Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives. A Dubai Cares delegation, led by Chief Executive Officer Tariq...

Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, and the highest freestanding mountain in the world, has been declared Africa's leading tourist attraction in 2016 during the World Travel Awards...

Dubai plans to build a tower that will stand higher than its Burj Khalifa, currently the world's tallest skyscraper, property developer Emaar said on Sunday. The viewing tower will cost around...

Two Chinese nationals, SU Ning (39) and Feny Guang Quan (51), yesterday appeared at the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court charged with three counts of exporting Tanzanian currency notes to China...

One killed, 8 injured as South Korea train derails A South Korean passenger train that took a curved section of track at three times the recommended speed derailed Friday, killing an engineer...

Building collapse kills 5 children of one family in Jigawa state , Nigeria. ===================== Five children of same family were confirmed dead yesterday as a result of building collapse...

THE Institute of African Leadership for Sustainable Development, commonly known as 'Uongozi Institute' has been hailed for building the required capacity on leaders in the country. The Speaker...

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved an International Development Association (IDA*) credit of US$65 million for the Tanzania Citizen-Centric Judicial Modernization and...

STATEMENT ON ELECTION RE-RUN IN ZANZIBAR The High Commissioners and Ambassadors to Tanzania of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, the European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the...

Total E & P Uganda general manager Adewale Fayemi The French global energy company Total has reaffirmed its commitment to invest in a crude oil pipeline from Uganda to the Tanzanian port of...

Huge sperm whale found dead on the beach in eastern China A huge sperm whale that measured out to be over 15 meters long and weighing 30 tons was found dead on the beaches of the town of Changsha...

Dawn Paley is one of the best journalists covering the Drug War in Latin America in the English language. Her work has been published in NACLA and many other international publications, covering...

Total SA has funds to build a pipeline linking oil fields in landlocked Uganda with a port on Tanzania’s Indian Ocean coast, the Tanzanian government said, after its president met an official from...

People who take aspirin regularly have a significantly lower risk of cancer, particularly involving the colon and gastrointestinal tract, according to US research published on Thursday. The...

An amphibious vehicle (or simply amphibian), is a vehicle that is a means of transport, viable on land as well as on (or under) water. Amphibious vehicles include amphibious bicycles, ATVs, cars...

Save Women’s Time, Unleash Their Power The more than 1 billion people without energy spend a significant portion of theirtime collecting wood and water for the basics of life: heating and...

Presently, We know that Tanzania got more discovery of Gas this means alot to Tanzanian who see the opportunity. I foresee emerging and young gas millionaires, I see mass employment, I see above...

Volatile stock markets, cratering oil prices and a stronger dollar led to a dynamic reshuffling of wealth around the globe and a drop in ten-figure fortunes for the first time since 2009. For our...

Leap Day: February 29 A Leap Day, February 29, is added to the calendar during leap years. This extra day makes the year 366 days long – not 365 days, like a common year. Traditionally, women...