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Strengthening air connections: Tanzania’s envoy advocates direct flights to Nigeria

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By Dooyum Naadzenga The Honourable Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, SAN, CON, FCIArb (UK), recently hosted Mrs. Judica Elfadhili Nagunwa, Head of Chancery of the Tanzania High Commission, along with her delegation, in his Abuja office. A statement by Special

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Tanzania’s Opposition Party Leader, Freeman, Ten Others Arrested

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Tanzania’s biggest opposition party announced on Wednesday that its leader, Samia Suluhu Hassan, had been arrested along with ten other party members, in what is called confirmation that President Samia Suluhu Hassan was continuing her late predecessor John Magufuli’s dictatorship. Freeman Mbowe, the Chadema party’s head, and the others were seized before

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Samia Suluhu Hassan sworn in as Tanzania’s first female president

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Tanzania’s Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in as president on Friday, becoming the first female head of state in the east African country following the death of president John Magufuli. Hassan, 61, was sworn in at State House in the country’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam. She assumes the presidency following Wednesday’s announcement […]

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Tanzania loses President

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Tanzania’s Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Wednesday announced the death of President John Magufuli on state television. He was 61. “The President of the United Republic of Tanzania, the honourable Doctor John Pombe Joseph Magufuli, … (has) died of a heart condition, at hospital Mzena in Dar es Salaam, where he was receiving treatment,” […]

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Kenya Airways has been banned from Tanzania airspace

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Tanzania bans Kenya Airways from its airspace Tanzania has banned Kenya Airways from flying into the country until further notice. The Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) said in a statement that is has revoked approval granted to Kenya Airways to resume international flights to Tanzania “on reciprocal basis”. “The authority regrets to inform you that, […]

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Struggling father of 30 stumbles into rare gemstone worth £2.4 Million

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A middle aged Tanzanian miner has become a millionaire after he discovered two huge gemstones worth £2.4million. The government handed Saniniu Laizer a cheque for 7.74 billion Tanzanian shillings (£2.4million) for the two dark violet-blue stones, each about the size of a forearm, during a trading event in the northern region of Manyara yesterday. Laizer […]

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Tanzania is Coronavirus free due to ‘powers of God’- President Magufuli

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Tanzania is coronavirus free due to the power of prayer, according to the country’s president, six weeks after officials stopped updating statistics on the virus. The number of infected people in Tanzania has stood at 509 for the past six weeks, even while opposition leaders and neighboring countries voiced concerns of a mounting health crisis […]

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Tanzania’s President, Magufuli declares country free of Coronavirus

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President John Magufuli of Tanzania on Monday June 8, declared the East African country “coronavirus-free”.  The President who attributed the claimed success over the worldwide pandemic to prayers and fasting that the people of Tanzania offered to God,  also commended the priest and worshippers for not wearing gloves and masks to protect themselves from the

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Tanzania resumes commercial flight operations from all over the world

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Tanzania has reopened its airspace to both scheduled and non-scheduled international flights after the travel ban last month. President John Magufuli has directed the Works, Transport and Communication Minister Isack Kamwele and his Tourism counterpart Hamisi Kigwangala to lift the international flights’ ban. “As long as their body temperatures don’t point to anything

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5 Tanzania railways officials killed in train accident

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At least five employees of Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) have been killed in a train accident, TRC said in a statement on Monday. The statement said the five officials were killed on Sunday at 6.35 p.m. after their relief train collided head-on with a trolley in Korogwe district in Tanga region. READ ALSO: Coronavirus: Italy […]

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Police arrests woman with 23 ATM cards hidden in her private part

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Tanzanian police has arrested a 23-year-old woman suspected of stealing money from bank users after illegally obtaining their ATM cards. The suspect identified as Halima Juma was arrested on Tuesday November 16, after a bank teller got quite suspicious when she used different cards of the same bank to withdraw money from one ATM machine. […]

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How rain killed 11 in Tanzania

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At least 11 people, including five pupils, were on Tuesday killed by ongoing heavy rains in Tanzania’s Eastern Region of Morogoro, a senior police official said. The Morogoro Regional Commissioner, Wilbroad Mutafungwa, said the five pupils drowned in a flooded river while going home from school. Mutafungwa told a news conference in the Morogoro municipality, […]

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AFCON: Emmanuel Amuneke predicts early exit for big names

Ihesiulo Grace 17 April 2019

Tanzania’s head coach Emmanuel Amuneke has predicted that some of the bigger names could make an early exit from June’s Africa Cup of Nations. The former Nigeria and Barcelona star thinks some of the lesser names at the finals have a point to prove. Tanzania have qualified for their first finals since 1980 and will […]

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Friendly: Super Eagles to play Senegal in Spain

Ihesiulo Grace 17 April 2019

Nigeria’s international friendly against the Teranga Lions of Senegal may hold in Spain as part of build up ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations, President of the Senegalese Football Federation Augustin Senghor has revealed. Speaking to journalists on Monday, Senghor who has returned to Dakar after witnessing the draw for the Africa Cup of […]

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Non-oil revenue collection below proportion Budget figure of N467bn- Analysts

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A group of analysts at FBNQuest have said Federal government non-oil revenue collection stood below proportion budget figure of N467 billion for 2018 budget. The Lagos based research firm noted that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s latest monthly report for November noted that the federally-collected revenue still runs well behind budget. According to FBNQuest […]

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Amuneke named as new Tanzania coach

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Super Eagles Legend and Former Golden Eaglets Coach Emmanuel Amunike has been confirmed as the new head Coach of the Tanzanian national team. The 47-year-old signed a two-year deal to take over from Salum Mayanga who was shown the way out for poor results. His first priority will be to get the Taifa Stars’ Africa […]

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Nigeria to strengthen economic ties with Tanzania, FG assures

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President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Tanzania that Nigeria was ready to boost economic relations with her for the benefit of citizens of both countries. Buhari gave the assurance on Thursday when he received the Letter of Credence from the High Commissioner of Tanzania to Nigeria, Muhidin Moweto, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said that […]

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Tanzania in total darkness after nationwide blackout

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….As govt’ kicks against tariff hike The inability of the Tanzanian government to concede to the demands of the country’s electricity board to raise tariff has led to further breakdown of power supply in the country. However, Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO), the supply company said on Thursday that it was working to normalize the […]

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National power blackout in Tanzania

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Tanzania has been hit by a nationwide blackout due to a technical fault in its national power grid. The country’s electricity supply company, Tanesco, said it was still trying to fix the fault. Partial blackouts occur regularly in Tanzania, which relies on hydro, natural gas and heavy fuel oil to generate electricity. Many businesses use […]

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Tanzania light aircraft crashes, leaves 11 tourists dead

Ihesiulo Grace 17 November 2017 0

Eleven tourists have be reported to have died following a light aircraft crash in Tanzania Wednesday in northern Tanzania. The incident occurred when a light aircraft flying to the Serengeti National Park, a popular tourist destination, crashed, the flight operator was quoted to have said. Agency report said that the Cessna Caravan light airplane, carrying […]