DODOMA, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Friday registered for voting in the civic polls slated for Nov. 27, said the presidency. Hassan registered in Sokoine village in the Chamwino District of the Dodoma Region, urging fellow citizens to register in large numbers ahead of the …
Read More »Suluhu set to open historic JP Magufuli Bridge on Lake Victoria
The $300 million JP Magufuli Bridge on Lake Victoria will provide a crucial link between Tanzania and neighboring Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi Entebbe, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG & AGENCIES | Tanzania has this week completed construction of East Africa’s longest bridge built across the gulf of Mwanza. The new bridge forms …
Read More »Tanzania launches full investigation into Lake Victoria’s plane crash
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian authorities said Monday they have launched a full investigation into the cause of a plane crash into Lake Victoria on Nov. 6 that killed 19 people. Gerson Msigwa, the chief government spokesperson, said the cabinet that met in the capital Dodoma directed local …
Read More »Tanzanian president offers job to fisherman for rescuing passengers in Lake Victoria plane crash
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has ordered authorities to employ a fisherman who led a rescue mission for passengers after their plane crashed into Lake Victoria on Sunday morning, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said on Monday. A statement by the Prime Minister’s Office said …
Read More »Tanzanian president calls for enactment of laws for women empowerment
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Thursday called for the enactment of laws tailored to women’s empowerment, the presidency said in a statement. “Tanzania needs laws that will ensure women’s full participation in economic activities and ownership of the country’s resources,” said President Hassan …
Read More »Tanzania conducts national population and housing census
Tanzania on Tuesday began conducting its National Population and Housing Census with President Samia Suluhu Hassan being among the first persons to be counted at State House in Chamwino in the capital Dodoma Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzania on Tuesday began conducting its National Population and Housing Census …
Read More »Tanzania declares census day public holiday
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has sanctioned a declaration of a public holiday on Aug. 23, a day when the National Population and Housing Census will be held, an official announced on Thursday. The announcement was made by Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa when he …
Read More »Tanzanian president urges intensified fight against organized crime
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Wednesday urged police to beef up the fight against organized crime, including terrorism, human and drug trafficking. “There is a tidal wave of cross-border organized crime that needs to be seriously addressed before the situation gets out of …
Read More »Tanzania president Suluhu confirms death of defense minister
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzania’s Minister of Defense and National Service, Elias Kwandikwa, has died at the age of 55 in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam on Monday night. Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan confirmed the death on Tuesday on her Twitter account, saying that she …
Read More »Kenya, Tanzania set to abolish barriers to trade, movement of people
Kenya and Tanzania to scrap tariff barriers and other restrictions frustrating trade and investment between the two countries Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya and Tanzania on Tuesday agreed to abolish barriers hindering the smooth flow of trade and people between the two neighboring countries. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and visiting Tanzanian …
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