Vice-President, Dr Philip Mpango has said that Tanzania is committed to support and contribute towards the Southern African Development Community Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (SAMIDRC), in an effort to ensure the goals of restoring peace and stability is attained. Dr Mpango said this on Tuesday, while representing President Dr Samia Suluhu […]
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Tanga — YOUTH in Tanga Region have been urged to heighten fight against the trade and use of illegal drugs, in order to rid the region of being regarded as the main gateway for illicit drugs. Ruling party CCM Regional Chairman, Mr Rajab Abdulrahman, made the appeal recently while inaugurating eight new grassroot groups of […]
Cape Town — Three new cardinals from the continent have been named by Pope Francis – Archbishop Stephen Ameyu Martin of Juba in South Sudan, and Archbishop Protase Rugambwa , the former Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization , who was appointed the Coadjutor Archbishop for Tanzania’s Tabora Archdiocese on April 13, and South Africa’s […]
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has called for the removal of trade barriers on the East African nation’s border with Malawi to boost trade between the two countries, the presidency said late Friday. A statement by the Directorate of Presidential Communications said Hassan made the call at the end of […]
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Tanzania: PM Scolds Schoolgirl Marriages
Mtwara — PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa has vowed that the government will not compromise and spare parents and guardians, who marry off schoolgirls. The Premier further stated that stern measures will be taken against men and youth, who dare marrying schoolgirls or impregnating them. “It is a criminal offence and the law will not spare […]
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Tanzania: Zanzibar to Classify Hotels
Unguja — Zanzibar will start classifying hotels to enable implementation of the new changes on infrastructure tax announced in this fiscal year. The classification of hotels will assign hotels, mainly tourism, according to their stars, to pave the way for the execution of the new changes as per the State-Minister, President’s Office (Finance and Planning) […]
Zanzibar — Fire destroyed some parts of five tourists’ hotels in Paje coastal area, Unguja South on Saturday Night, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Gaudianus Felician Kamugisha, responsible for Unguja South Region confirmed on Sunday. According to Mr Kamugisha- Regional Police Commander (RPC) of the region, Fire started from a kitchen of ‘Nest Hotel’ destroying […]
Kalambo — KALAMBO District Commissioner (DC), Mr Lazaro Komba yesterday issued a strong warning to parents or guardians who marry off their school-going age daughters, saying they risk facing prosecution and 30 years jail term. The DC said police officers in the district have been ordered to arrest culprits for the offence. He said that […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has described the presence of Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan at the 59th National Independence celebrations as special friendship between the people of the two countries. President Chakwera was speaking on Thursday in Lilongwe during celebrations marking 59 years of independence from the colonial rule. “I want you to know that our […]
SOME economists on Wednesday attributed the lowered retail and wholesale prices of petrol and diesel in the local market to high production and low demand in the global market. This factor has downplayed expected effects that local consumers could have felt following the government’s decision to charge additional 100/- on every litre of petrol or […]
Zanzibar — THE Police Force has warned commercial motorcyclists popularly known as bodaboda riders against reckless riding, and getting involved in criminal practices, including attacking and stealing from tourists. The warning was sounded by Unguja North Regional Police Commander (RPC), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Daniel Shila during a meeting with bodaboda operators in the […]
President of the United Republic of Tanzani, Dr Samia Suluhu Hassan, arrived in Malawi on Wednesday, a day ahead of Malawi’s 59th Independence Celebrations, which she is expected at the Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe. Hassan is due to stay in Malawi from July 5-7 where she will, among others, strengthen bilateral relations […]
Nairobi — The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives have dismantled a notorious motorcycle theft syndicate operating between Kenya and Tanzania. The DCI said an extensive investigation led them to uncover the well-organized criminal gang responsible for the rampant disappearance of motorcycles in various towns across the country. The stolen motorbikes are then transported to […]
THE Minister for Livestock and Fisheries, Abdallah Ulega has warned fishermen using dynamites to stop the illegal fishing method for it constitutes major threat to small-scale fisheries through degradation of reefs and other critical habitats for fish. He said in Dar es Salaam recently that dynamite fishers could be sentenced to five years in prison […]
Dodoma — PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa has directed all ministries to ensure that come October this year; all buildings currently under construction at the Government Town of Mtumba popularly known as the Magufuli City are completed. Mr Majaliwa insisted that the government’s target to see all public servants relocating to the country’s capital by 2024 […]
Kilimanjaro — THE Kilimanjaro Regional Commissioner (RC) Mr Nurdin Babu has advised Moshi Municipal Council (MMC) to introduce an electronic payment system to increase revenue while eliminating fraud. The RC issued the directive recently during a special meeting of the council to discuss the outcome of the Controller and Auditor General’s (CAG) report for 2021/2022. […]
THE Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism has launched a digital tourism promotion during the 47th Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair (DITF)–Sabasaba. The Ministry of Tourism and Natural Resources, Acting Director of Tourism, Dr Thereza Mugobi, said that one cannot currently discuss tourism without mentioning digital items hence the ministry chose to keep up […]
Dodoma — JAPAN, Italy and Germany are the leading consumers of the Tanzanian coffee, it has been has been revealed. Revealing this was the Director General of Tanzania Coffee Board (TCB), Mr Primus Kimaryo when addressing the 13th National Coffee Stakeholders Meeting held at St Gasper Hotel &Conference Centre in Dodoma mid this week. Revealing […]