News & Current Events

For immediate release Dar es Salaam 1st December 2014. Stanbic Bank Tanzania has been made aware of the Parliamentary report regarding IPTL and the Tegeta Escrow account and the...

Musoma Rural MP Nimrod Mkono (pictured) yesterday said he escaped a kidnap attempt by unknown people on Tuesday morning. In a press statement, the MP said, he was involved in a car chase along...

Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) yesterday confirmed that the country is likely to have abundant oil resources following completion of the first stage of the survey in Lake...

Power sector fraud tests the Tanzanian government's integrity and accountability Following the recent tabling and discussion of the Controller and Auditor General's (CAG) report on the...

Press Release Millennium Challenge Corporation Board Says Tanzanian Compact Will Depend on Performance on Anti-Corruption and Policy Reforms December 11, 2014 DAR ES SALAAM...

This is part of EACs plan. Northern Tanzania will now almost exclusively use the port of Mombasa for imports and exports, especially upon completion of the Taita-Taveta one stop border post and...

Malawian President Peter Mutharika Malawian President Peter Mutharika has maintained that his country owns the entire northern part of Lake Nyasa and no negotiation will change that. Tanzania...

AFRICA is a growth aviation market with regional and intercontinental traffic both growing rapidly as a result of the continent's continued economic expansion. With over one billion people...

Tanzania Red Cross Society, beyond any reasonable doubt is the lead humanitarian agency in the Country. It provides relief and support to the communities affected by disasters or large-scale...

Musoma Rural MP Nimrod Mkono speaks to journalists in his office in Dar es Salaam yesterday: "Poison was meant to destroy my kidneys within 72 hours." Musoma Rural legislator Nimrod Mkono (CCM)...

Dear Tanzanians, we do expect to have election on 14 th dec 2014, i advice all tanzanians who have legal right to vote to do so, the aim is to get qualified leaders.

Mama Maria Nyerere addresses a news conference at her home in Msasani, Dar es Salaam, yesterday. Mwalimu Nyerere's widow, Mama Maria Nyerere, yesterday urged Parliament to exhaustively debate...

After the failure of its risky exploration strategy this year, Norwegian oil firm Statoil is cutting costs as fast and deep as it can to preserve cash for dividends - and may be jeopardising...

The 100-megawatt electricity generating plant built by Independent Power Tanzania Limited in Tegeta, Dar es Salaam, in the 1990s. As the nation awaits what will transpire this week in...

The entry of a Tanzania-based miller into the local flour production industry is causing jitters among established milling companies and some cereal farmers. There are fears that the milling...

Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism Lazaro Nyalandu speaks to journalists in Dodoma yesterday about the story by the UK Guardian on eviction of 40,000 Maasai from Loliondo. Right is...

Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) boss, Edward Hoseah. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday heard how some top government officials and MPs were paid billions of...

TANZANIA is the first country in Sub-Saharan Africa and ninth globally for demonstrating most conducive environments for financial inclusion, according to the new Global Microscope 2014 by The...

By Peti Siyamne Mpanda — JENNIFA Leonard (17) who just completed Standard Seven in Mpanda District, Katavi Region this year, has committed suicide after learning that she had failed the final...

China and Tanzania have concluded a month-long naval training exercise, the first joint training exercise in the history of bilateral military relations between the two countries. The...