It has been decided that Tanzania will lead the mission to eliminate rebel groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The region has revamped its strategy for stability but 2013 will be the ultimate test of its muscle,, writes Webster Zambara.
Human rights activists in Tanzania claim the country’s education system is in crisis, with literacy rates plummeting at primary and secondary levels.
The tools to fight the malaria may have improved, but only sustained efforts will totally eliminate it, not just intermittent interventions.
The Emusoi centre in Tanzania is changing the lives of young Maasai girls in the community, by helping them receive secondary school and further education.
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/ 23 February 2012
Four people have been killed in Tanzania in clashes between police and thousands of demonstrators angry at a spate of alleged witchcraft killings.
Survey by Save the Children highlights the devastating effects of malnutrition and predicts a disaster if the situation isn’t remedied.
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/ 13 January 2012
The World Bank has identified South Africa and Tanzania as having some of the highest costs for remittance payments in the world.
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/ 11 January 2012
Tanzania expects its inflation rate to fall to single digits by June from 19.2% it was at in November, also hoping for 7% economic growth.
The Press Freedom Commission returned from an international study tour and will be able to show the ANC a good example of press self-regulation.
Thanks to the rise of the metrosexual, Tanzania’s barbershops have become more than just a place to get a haircut.
South Africa and Mozambique have signed an agreement to join forces with Tanzania to fight piracy in Southern African waters.
In Tanzania hundreds of school children become pregnant bringing learning to a halt. A foster child was thrown out of her rural school and home.
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/ 30 September 2011
China and Tanzania have signed a loan agreement to build a major natural gas pipeline in East Africa’s second-biggest economy, media reports say.
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/ 28 September 2011
The regional trade bloc Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa is considering issuing a regional infrastructure bond and is seeking advisers.
Nothing is for free in Tanzania, especially not weddings, which take a large chunk out of one’s payslip each month.
The <i>MV Spice Islander</i> was so overloaded leaving Zanzibar’s port it started to list and passengers scrambled to get off.
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/ 10 September 2011
At least 43 people died when a ferry capsized off the coast of Zanzibar, but around 300 people are feared still missing, a Zanzibar minister says.
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/ 10 September 2011
A ferry sank overnight between two islands in the Zanzibar archipelago, off Tanzania, and a number of people are feared dead, a minister says.
Police on Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago seized 1 041 elephant tusks apparently being smuggled en route to Malaysia, say officials.
Tanzania will target growth of 8% to 10% annually for the next five years to revamp the country’s agriculture, infrastructure and industrial sectors.
A youthful looking Bafana Bafana beat Tanzania 1-0 in their international friendly at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam on Saturday evening.
Strong leadership is needed to harness Africa’s economic growth to benefit its people, former UN secretary general Kofi Annan said on Thursday.
A large trial of the drug Truvada, hoped to be a successful HIV-preventing treatment for women, has been halted after it was found to be ineffective.
pressure is growing on the Tanzanian government to shelve its controversial plans to build a two-lane highway across the Serengeti.
A project to produce clean energy for The Netherlands and Belgium has degenerated into a controversial abuse of natural resources in Africa.
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/ 25 February 2011
<b>Lloyd Gedye</b> and photographer <b>Lisa Skinner</b> spent a week in Zanzibar to attend the Sauti za Busara music marathon.
<b>Lloyd Gedye</b> takes a musical journey through the streets of Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar’s Stone Town.
Who would have thought? Even those who don’t like sushi are digesting seaweed every day.
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/ 17 February 2011
A series of blasts levelled several arms depots at a Tanzanian army base and killed at least 17 people, Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda said on Thursday.
The secret serpent of heroin lurks in the undergrowth of this tropical tourist spot.
The brother of South African Deborah Calitz, the woman taken hostage by Somali pirates last year, said there is still no update on her whereabouts.