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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | The government of Tanzania said on Monday it is in the process of reviewing laws that are preventing women from owning land in the East African nation. Damas Ndumbaro, the Minister for Constitution and Legal Affairs, told parliament in the capital Dodoma that the …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | XINHUA |  Eight traders have been arrested in Tanzania’s northwestern region of Geita in connection with smuggling out of the country an unspecified amount of gold, an official said on Sunday. Doto Biteko, the Minister for Minerals, announced the arrest of the eight traders in …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzania’s anti-narcotics authorities have launched a countrywide crackdown on cultivation of cannabis, a senior official said on Wednesday. Gerald Kusaya, the commissioner general of the Drug Control and Enforcement Authority (DCEA), said 21 hectares of cannabis have been destroyed since the crackdown was launched …

  Local firms in Uganda and Tanzania will be subcontracted to offer support | THE INDEPENDENT | French firm, Ballore Transport and Logistics, will be the Main Logistics Contractor (MLC) for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project head of oil production in 2025. The firm said on May.09 …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tanzania has pledged to buy at least 10,000 tonnes of  Ugandan sugar and an unspecified amount Anti-Retroviral drugs-ARVS from Cipla Uganda. In a joint communique issued by Uganda’s State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Henry Okello Oryem and his Tanzanian counterpart, Liberata Mulamula, after a meeting between President …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | The government of Tanzania on Monday announced plans aimed at ending sugar and edible oil imports by 2025. The plans were announced by the Minister for Agriculture, Hussein Bashe, and the Minister for Investment, Industry and Trade, Ashatu Kijaji, when they addressed parliament in …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan is in Uganda for a two day state visit, and has on day signed health, security, energy and trade pacts. President Yoweri Museveni held a meeting with her at State House Entebbe before briefing the press.   Share on:

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Children who were caught up in the war to remove President Idi Amin Dada from power continue to relive their experiences 43 years later. Uganda Radio Network has traced some of them, now adults in the late 40s and 50s, and they share memories …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | The government of Tanzania has embarked on a 10-year (2020-2030) research aimed at identifying improved cassava seeds, a cabinet minister told parliament on Wednesday. Hussein Bashe, the Minister for Agriculture, said the research is intended to increase cassava production from the current 8.2 million …

Dar es Salaam | Xinhua | Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Saturday joined fellow citizens in commemorating 100 years of the birth of founding leader Julius Nyerere. Speaking in a debate to mark the occasion, President Hassan urged Tanzanians to continue honoring what Nyerere stood for during his lifetime. …