THE exports of goods and services increased to 11,940 million US dollars during the period to November last year from 9,733 million US dollars in the previous year driven by non-traditional goods exports and services receipts. According to the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) monthly economic review for December, the exports of goods increased by 7.5 […]
Mogadishu, Somalia — Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, in his New Year’s Day speech Sunday, declared the country will eliminate al-Shabab Islamist militants this year. Mohamud’s all-out war against the group, declared last year, has succeeded in pushing the militants out of some areas under their control. The president also said Somalia would also take […]
Washington, DC — On December 10, 2022, the world lost one of the most dedicated, vibrant women working to strengthen U.S.-Africa relations and to advance human rights and economic development for the African people. Patricia Baine, known to her friends and family as Gudy, was only 45 years of age when she passed away. Many […]
Addis Ababa — Doctors at Ayder Comprehensive Referral hospital, the biggest in war-torn Tigray Region told Addis Standard, that, “medicine supply remains in shortage” despite the peace deal. Dr Kibrom G/Selassie, CEO of the hospital, which was administered by the federal government prior to the war, said they are still waiting for medicines to resume […]
Addis Ababa — The Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) has announced, once again, a renewed military operation against the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), which the government refers to as PLF/Shene, in southern Oromia aimed at destroying the rebel group operating in the area and stabilizing the region. The army also said it has liberated several […]
Addis Abeba — Disappearance in police custody and remaining behind bars despite acquittal by the court of law became a modus operandi in the Oromia regional state. The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission revealed in a report in May, illegal detentions were rampant in Oromia region, in police stations, irregular prisons, military training camps, or military […]
Addis Abeba — On Monday, December 19, 2022, a document specifying terms of reference (TOR) for a monitoring, verification, and compliance mechanism of the “Permanent Cessation of Hostilities Agreement” (the Pretoria agreement) was signed in Nairobi, Kenya. In this TOR the parties agreed to form a joint committee composed of one representative from each of […]
Addis Abeba — Ethiopians residing in Western Gonder, Quara district and the Sudanese residing in Ankurana and Kerchedi villages held people to people discussions on 01 January aimed at addressing root causes infrequent insecurities and tof guarantee security and cementing lasting peace in their borders. According to information from the Amhara regional state Communications Bureau […]
Khartoum — The Sudanese Mineral Resources Company announced the production of more than 18 tons of gold during 2022, describing it as the highest productivity in the history of the mineral sector in Sudan. The Director of the General Administration for Supervision and Control of Production Companies, Engineer Alaeldin Ali, said in a press statement […]
Nairobi — Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi has assured that the prices of key food commodities which include Unga and Rice will come down in the month of February. With escalating food prices and high cost of living due to the removal of subsidies in food commodities, Linturi stated that plans are in place to […]
BANK of Tanzania (BoT) has said the growth of money supply and private sector credit continued to be satisfactory, thanks to the monetary policy implementation that is geared towards balancing between taming inflationary pressures and supporting economic activities. According to the BoT’s monthly economic review for December the policy drive was implemented by lessening monetary […]
TANZANIA Ports Authority (TPA) has said customers who have cargo on the premise that was under the management and operation of the Tanzania International Container Services (TICTS) have to make all payment transactions for Port charges based on the TICTS Company Tariff Guide on bank accounts. In a statement issued in Dar es Salaam recently, […]
KCCA Executive Director, Dorothy Kisaka has said the authority has finalised plans to blacklist all road contractors fond of doing shoddy works that cost the public huge sums of taxpayers money. She revealed that among the targets are those contractors who prolong road construction projects in a bid to increase expenditure and affect project completion […]
Nakawa West MP who also doubles as the chairperson of COSASE , Joel Ssenyonyi, has blasted Speaker Anita Among for taking too long to act on their report regarding the probe on Uganda Airlines. Ssenyonyi said many people have been asking him of what happened to the Uganda Airlines report which was submitted to the […]
Mia Swart is Senior Lecturer in International Human Rights Law at Edge Hill University and Visiting Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand. Rwanda, the land of a thousand hills, is 4,000 miles from the United Kingdom. Yet this does not deter the UK government from carrying out its plan in which asylum seekers deemed […]
Lack of an investor led to a 43 per cent decline in the production of silk cocoons in the 2021-2022 fiscal year, compared to the previous year, it has emerged. Silk cocoons are coverings of threads that are produced by silkworms after feeding on mulberry trees, and are used in the textile industry. As per […]
SIMBA are still hopeful to defend Mapinduzi Cup despite missing the services of Henock Inonga and Moses Phiri who are still nursing injuries. The two players were not included in the 30-member squad that left on Monday ahead of their Mapinduzi Cup opener against Malindi. The team faces Mlandege at Amaan Stadium in Zanzibar today […]
PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has assured that not a single student will miss out on an opportunity to join Ordinary Level studies due to the lack of classrooms. She said in the past 100 days, the government has managed to construct a total of 8,000 fully furnished classrooms for secondary schools countrywide. Dr Samia said […]