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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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Speaker Anne Makinda called off the House business in the afternoon on the grounds that they had not reached a consensus on the debate on the state of policing-which Mr James Mbatia...
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Kenya has given Tanzania a two-week ultimatum to review the bilateral agreement that will allow the latter's tourism vans to access the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in the latest spat...
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Shocked onlookers at the scene of incident. Police in Kagera region on Tuesday discovered a body of a young man believed to be 30 to 35 years dumped near a police barracks. Speaking to...
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Osama bin Laden The United States yesterday refused to be drawn into a discussion on claims that information on the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden was first relayed to its embassy in Dar es...
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Kigoma: Four people died and one survived death after eating poisoned food at Kibambila village, Kakonko district. On duty Doctor at Kakonko Health Center, Ndalikunda Kweka said the victims are...
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State House Tomorrow, more than 1500 ex-National Service volunteers plan to hold peaceful demonstrations to the State House in Dar es Salaam. "It should be noted that the demonstrations are...
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The European Union has expressed its concern about press freedom in Tanzania after the government banned the circulation of the regional weekly The EastAfrican last week. "It is the duty of the...
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Mzee Kipeyan poses for a photo soon after the ceremony in Dodoma where he was conferred with an LLB. Even at the age of 74, his craving for higher education was not over. And his long dream...
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"The people must be thoroughly educated and sensitised so that they will be in a position to make informed decisions" MR JOSEPH BUTIKU, MWALIMU NYERERE FOUNDATION CHAIRMAN The...
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