Canada and Tanzania sign investment treaty
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, May 16, 2013 – African Press Organization (APO) – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and Bernard Membe, Tanzania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-ope...
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Africa to host global conference on plant viral disease in 2013…meetin...
Scientists from across the world will gather in Arusha, Tanzania, for the 12th International Plant Virus Epidemiology (IPVE) symposium between January 28 and 1 February 2013. The meeting will provide...
Malawi Tanzania border spat talks resume next week
Blantyre, Malawi, Nov. 8 (Newstime Africa) – The stalled border dispute talks between Malawi and Tanzania are set to resume next week, a senior Malawi government official has disclosed. ”...
3 top officials suspended over circulation of fake ARV’s in Tanz...
Out of an estimated total population of 45 million people, 1.4 million are said to be HIV positive according to UN statistics. Despite the donor’s efforts of seeking to fund Tanzania’s government’s s...
13 perish and 71 injured in a Tanzanian road accident following the ra...
Members of the Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA) Women’s Guild who were unfortunately involved in a very tragic road accident, had planned to travel to Uganda but changed their plans due to t...
Germany gives €1.2M for vegetable pest management initiative to boost ...
Dar es Salaam - Efforts to improve the productivity of vegetables to feed and enhance the nutrition of people in Africa and Asia have received a major boost with the release of a €1.2 million (about...
Good news for cassava as new varieties to combat deadly viral diseases...
Four new high-yielding cassava varieties that are tolerant to the deadly Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) and resistant to the equally devastating Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD), were last week off...
Arms depot blasts kill 17 in Tanzania
DAR ES SALAAM, February 17, 2011 (AFP) – A series of blasts levelled arms depots at a Tanzanian army base and killed at least 17 people, Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda said Thursday, in the secon...
President Jakaya Kikwete appoints a new Cabinet in Tanzania
Tanzania’s Head of State, Jakaya Kikwete, was elected on October 31 for another presidential term. He wasted no time in solidifying his position by naming a new cabinet. As new as the cabinet m...
Christian Aid calls for an end to tax anomalies in Tanzania
Christian Aid is calling on the winner of this Sunday’s general election in Tanzania to commit to ending tax anomalies that have deprived a country rich in mineral resources of badly needed revenue t...
Presidential elections in Tanzania as Jakaya Kikwete is set for a seco...
Jakya Kikwete must be reflecting on the progress that has taken place in his country since he assumed power as Head of State of this East African Country. KIkwete stands out as one of the most respec...
Tragedy in Tanzania as eighteen children drown in Lake Victoria
37 people were on board a small boat when it sank in lake Victoria on Thursday. Eighteen of them who were were children from Tanzania drowned when their crowded boat capsized in strong winds on Lake...
New training programs for EAC students
Undergraduate and graduate students from the East Africa Community partner states will now train on Human Rights Law in Africa. The scholarship programmes will enable them examine contemporary intern...
Mo Ibrahim Foundation announces decision not to award 2010 Ibrahim Pri...
The Prize Committee met yesterday to discuss the award of the 2010 Mo Ibrahim Prize. Following its deliberations, the Prize Committee informed the Board of the Foundation that it had not selected a w...
Budget Day for East African Countries
It D-day for East Africa as citizens wait patiently for finance ministers in Kenya,Uganda, Tanzania,Rwanda and Burundi to read the national budget for the 2010/2011 financial year. This is a traditi...
Calls for EAC Regional Stability to Remain Intact
The East Africa Community (EAC) region’s stability must remain intact as the integration process continues to deepen, a senior official has said. Beatrice Kiraso, EAC Deputy Secretary General has urg...