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Tanzania dreams big with port project at former slave harbour Sun Mar 15, 2015 8:47am GMT By Edith Honan BAGAMOYO, Tanzania (Reuters) - In its heyday, Bagamayo was a gateway to the heart of...

Agriculture ,FoodSecurity and Cooperatives minister Stephene Wasira speaks at a past event. Tanzania has failed to meet China's request to purchase over one million tonnes of maize. This is...

Economic analyst proposes a robust policy that clearly outlines how the country manages this anticipated wealth Tanzania has the potential to earn between $3 billion and $6 billion...

Reverend Bishop Tarcisius Ngalalekumtwa The Catholic Bishops of Tanzania have given their stance on the Referendum for the New Constitution on which they are demanding that the exercise be...

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...

By ROSEMARY MIRONDO, TEA Special Correspondent Posted Friday, March 13 2015 at 17:44 IN SUMMARY Public Accounts committee said the report should then be taken to relevant authorities to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...