Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday sought to ease concerns by Tanzania that the country’s coronavirus test kits were faulty. President John Magufuli on Monday suspended top officials at the country’s national laboratory, after saying he had secretly had animals and fruits …
Read More »100 arrested in Isingiro for illegal entry into Uganda
Isingiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 100 people have been arrested in Isingiro district for crossing into Uganda from Tanzania through the porous routes. The routes are mainly in the villages of Kakamba, Nyamarungi, Kikagate, Kamwima and Ruborogota. In March, President Museveni directed the closure of all borders as a …
Read More »Tanzania’s Magufuli sees ‘sabotage’ in virus numbers
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | AFP | Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Sunday questioned his country’s coronavirus numbers, and called on the authorities to investigate “sabotage” at the national laboratory. The East African country had recorded 480 cases of the virus and 16 deaths at its last update on Wednesday. The …
Read More »God, not masks: Magufuli’s Tanzania is an outlier on virus response
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | AFP | Tanzanian President John Magufuli has called on citizens to turn to God and to keep the economy turning, but as coronavirus cases creep up, calls are rising for the country to take stronger action. While countries across Africa have imposed curfews, partial and full …
Read More »COVID-19: Driver from Tanzania traced
UPDATE: Uganda Covid19 ✳ 9,975 tested ✳ 55 confirmed cases ✳ 1 foreign (to be repatriated) ✳ 20 recoveries ✳ 35 active cases ✳ 0 deaths Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Uganda health officials and Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) have traced a Tanzanian driver heading to DRC who …
Read More »Uganda searching for COVID-19 positive Tanzanian driver
UPDATE: Uganda Covid19 ✳ 9,975 tested ✳ 55 confirmed cases ✳ 1 foreign (to be repatriated) ✳ 20 recoveries ✳ active cases 35 ✳ 0 deaths Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Uganda health officials have started a man-hunt for a driver from Tanzania whose test results have …
Read More »Humanitarian agencies fear looming locust catastrophe
Damage to crops and pasture already reported across Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Humanitarian agencies are warning of a humanitarian catastrophe in eastern Africa as a result of the ongoing desert locust invasion around the region. Eastern Africa hosts about 14 million refugees, the majority …
Read More »Twenty killed in Tanzanian church stampede
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | AFP | At least 20 people in Tanzania were trampled to death at an open-air evangelical Christian church service in the north of the country, officials said on Sunday. Government official Kippi Warioba, District Commissioner in the northern town of Moshi, said he feared the …
Read More »Tanzania ejects Uganda in 2020 FIFA U-20 women’s world cup qualifiers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tanzania has qualified for the next round of the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifiers after defeating hosts Uganda 2-1 in the second leg played on Saturday at the StarTimes Stadium, Lugogo. This loss marks the end of the road for team Uganda, while …
Read More »Tanzania president moves to ease fears over election
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | AFP | Tanzanian President John Magufuli has promised this year’s general election will be “free and fair” and invited international monitors to observe proceedings amid concerns of a democratic crackdown in the East African nation. Magufuli’s long-ruling CCM party won 99 percent of seats in local …
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