Tag Archives: Dodoma

During a visit to a local school on Friday, Antony Ntaka, the regional commissioner of Dodoma, the Tanzanian capital, said parents of children who do not attend school will be arrested. He made the emotional announcement , two weeks after the start of the academic year. At that school only …

Tanzanian late President John Magufuli’s successor has announced that he will be buried next Thursday, 25 March, in his western home village of Chato. John Pombe Magufuli died on Wednesday from heart complications at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, the government said. Tanzanian have reacted with sorrow and disbelief …

Suspected thieves in Tanzania stole silverware used to store sacramental bread (Eucharist) from a Catholic church, local newspaper Mwananchi reports. The theft of the cup known as ciborium, worth $2,150, happened last Sunday at Mkoka Catholic parish in the capital Dodoma. Police are still investigating how the cup disappeared from …

The top aide of Tanzania’s president died on Tuesday night in the capital, Dodoma. The government has not disclosed the cause of his death. Chief Secretary John Kijazi died while receiving treatment at the Benjamin Mkapa Hospital, according to a statement released by the president’s office. He was also the …