News & Current Events

THE natural gas pipeline connecting offshore reserves south of the country to Dar es Salaam will be put into trial operation later this month. The government said the commissioning of the...

The 1978 liberalization enabled 800 milion chinese farmers to double their incomes ni only six years. Economist shujie yao contend that absolute poverty was long conceled by china's official...

The Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Uledi Mussa Tanzania has submitted to the government of China a draft contract for selling maize as the country seeks markets...

Police in Rukwa region have arrested 19 people for possession of fire arms and machines used in making traditional. Regional Police Commander, Jacob Mwaruanda said the weapons were used in...

Five people, including a National Microfinance Bank (NMB) employee, have been arrested following a recent bank robbery of more than TZS 200 million at the bank's branch in Mkuranga district, Coast...

The High Court in Mbeya has sentenced four people to death for killing an albino teenager, Henry Mwakajila, 17 in 2008. Judge Samweli Karua ruled that the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable...

More than 6,000 refugees fleeing Burundi have crossed over into Tanzania in the last three days, taking to over 66,000 the total number of refugees who have arrived from its central African...

Only voters failing to register registered despite being at designated centre in time will be granted an opportunity to register after the process closes, the National Electoral Commission (NEC)...

Tanzania Government builds own major Datacenters for lease Huawei Tanzania Managing Director, Mr. Bruce Zhang (Right) and Permanent Secretary, Minister of Communication, Science and Technology...

MasterCard and National Microfinance Bank (NMB), Tanzania's largest bank, today announced an issuance agreement to roll out 1.5 million MasterCard payment cards that will assist in reducing...

Tanzania agreed $800 million of loans from Rand Merchant Bank and China Development Bank Corp. to bolster its foreign-exchange reserves, as the country shores up a weakening currency, and plugs...

Kenya's Gender and Equality Commission chairperson Winfred Lichuma. Kenya trails its neighbours in the share of women in Cabinet, parastatal directorships and top Civil Service jobs despite the...

The National Council for Technical Education (NACTE) has warned the public against seeking enrolment into some technical colleges without ascertaining their registration status. According to the...

Preserving the Union and maintaining peace will be the next president's main challenges, President Jakaya Kikwete has said. “The country has a lot of political parties and different ethnic groups...

President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania (R) and Pierre Nkurunziza The President of Burundi (L) President Jakaya Kikwete will convene the second meeting of the East African Community...

The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has released a new voter registration timetable that will be carried out by Biometric Voter Registration (BVR). According to the NEC head of voter...

A woman left unable to have children after a defective caesarian section operation in Tanzania has won a landmark case against a local hospital whose surgeon left a piece of cloth inside her...

President Jakaya Kikwete has sent a fact-finding mission to Burundi, which is caught up in a crisis over President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term in office. The team is expected to...

Elephant population has fallen to 43,330, a drop of several thousand from the previous survey, figures released on Monday revealed. Announcing the results of a new aerial survey, the Minister for...

The government admitted yesterday that politicians could be behind increased attacks and killings of people with albinism in the country. The accusation came in the wake of reports that linked...