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British Prime Minister David Cameron (L) greets the President of Tanzania, Jakaya Kikwete, outside 10 Downing Street A British couple chased off their farm in Tanzania by powerful local...

NATIONAL By Patty Magubira ,The Citizen Reporter Posted Tuesday, April 15 2014 at 00:00 IN SUMMARY Mr Jussa said the two-tier Union government model proposal could only be deliberated on...

Imewekwa na ZanziNews at 1:13 PM Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest Hon. Saada Mkuya Salum, Tanzania's Minister for Finance. engages with CNN International on...

The impacts of global warming are likely to be "severe, pervasive and irreversible", a major report by the UN has warned. Scientists and officials meeting in Japan say the document is the most...

I am astonished to see how my party is responding to the proposed government structure in the on-going debate in the Constituent Assembly. Time is changing and people's thinking likewise must...

Uchumi Supermarkets will open two retail stores in Tanzania as it seeks a wider presence in the region to cut reliance on Kenya. Uchumi CEO Jonathan Ciano says the two branches will strengthen...

East Africa ports competition Sees Heightened Propaganda Attempts by states to achieve and retain a position of dominance over others are a recurrent feature in international relations. This is...

Touted as evidence for inflation (a faster-than-the-speed-of-light expansion of our universe), the new discovery of traces of gravity waves affirms scientific concepts in the fields of cosmology...

The Constituent Assembly (CA) this week saw a repeat of a scene in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar – an abrupt revocation of one of the assembly's Standing Orders governing its business...

Moving along with its plans to more than double electricity production over the next four years, Tanzania is considering expressions of interest by two companies to each build a 200-megawatt...

The minister's maid was in buoyant spirits and I could not help asking what was happening. "We have already won the 2016 elections," she said cheerfully. "These days it is party mood at our house...

Tanzania could be losing $10 million (Sh16 billion) annually as a result of thefts in financial institutions, the latest Financial Crimes report reveals. This is enough cash to run for a year the...

Dar es Salaam. The High Court will on April 1, this year, hear preliminary objections filed by oil and gas firms -- Ophir and British Gas -- challenging powers of the court over a suit instituted...

Hi guys. I heard that NECTA has already released them. The performance is quite better this time, as well as GIRLS from famous private schools have rocked the TOP 10 at it's best than their...

The diamond mining company with operations in Tanzania, Botswana and South Africa, Petra Diamonds Ltd, has posted a pretax profit of $ 42.2 million for the six months ending 2013 from a pretax...

What are the chances that brides in wedding-struck Dar es Salaam and US First Lady Michelle Obama could have something in common? If you really want to know, look no further than the teeming...

Tanzania may soon start to export gas to Asia following the decision by Statoil and BG Group build Tanzania's first liquefied natural gas plant in Lindi. The Energy Minister, Sospeter Muhongo...

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - The delay to remove a clause on strict liability for agricultural technology has been blamed by scientists for driving away donors, who are ready to fund research...

Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) may transport as much as 30,000 metric tons of maily copper a month for Trafigura's logistics unit Impala, compared with about 8,000 tons now if a deal...

China's total direct investment in Tanzania soared from $ 700 million in 2011 to $ 2.1 billion last year. The investments are focused on railways, ports, buildings, road construction, gas...