Tanzanian government announced that it installed a high-speed internet service on the top of Kilimanjaro in order to improve safety of porters and climbers during their ascent to the highest point on the African continent, The Guardian reported. The network was installed at 3720 meters above sea level. During the …
Read More »Tanzania: ten including school children die in bus accident
Eight school children, a teacher and a driver died after a minibus carrying them to primary school fell into a roadside ditch in southern Tanzania, local media reported citing a police source. Nineteen other pupils from King David School were injured in the accident on Tuesday morning, the police chief …
Read More »Tanzania: monkey snatches baby from his mother and kills him
A month-old baby died in Mwamgongo, western Tanzania, when a group of monkeys entered their home, snatched him from his mother and killed him. Mother Shayima will find it difficult to grieve as her baby, Luhaiba Said, died in tragic conditions. Indeed, the mother was breastfeeding the baby when a …
Read More »Tanzania opens auction for hunting of old wildlife
Tanzania is allocating wildlife hunting blocks through auction in a bid to raise more revenue. Tourism Minister Damas Ndumbaro said successful hunters would be allowed to kill aged elephants, lions and other big game considered unproductive. The East African country is aiming to raise $30m (£23) from the auction. About …
Read More »Tanzania: opposition says “no” to reconciliation talks
Tanzania’s main opposition party Chadema is boycotting a planned national dialogue because the agenda does not include talks about a new constitution. Freeman Mbowe, Chadema’s chairman, was recently held on terror charges for eights months and announced the boycott on Friday at his first press briefing since his release. The …
Read More »Tanzania: authorities launch yellow fever vaccination campaign
Tanzania has launched a yellow fever vaccination campaign after the discovery the disease in neighbouring Kenya, the country’s health ministry announced. Authorities launched the vaccination campaign after about 15 people contracted the disease and three people died from it. Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu has directed provincial referral hospital officials to …
Read More »Tanzania. Opposition leader Mbowe freed after terrorism charges
The leader of the main opposition party, Freeman Mbowe, has regained freedom, after prosecutors dropped terrorism charges brought against him last year, his party said on Friday. Freeman Mbowe, chairman of Chadema party, was detained last July in the lakeside city of Mwanza where he was due to attend a …
Read More »Tanzania: hundreds of Ukrainian tourists stranded in Zanzibar
Some 1,000 Ukrainian tourists are stranded in Tanzania’s semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar after the Ukrainian airspace was closed to civilian flights following Russia’s military action in the country. Zanzibar’s government says it is liaising with the Ukrainian embassy in neighbouring Kenya to evacuate the tourists to Poland. Tourism Minister Leila …
Read More »Tanzania: President Samia announces the construction of the country’s own vaccine factory
The Tanzanian president has announced that the country plans to produce its own vaccine against coronavirus and other diseases in the country. During a visit to European Union Council President Charles Michel in Brussels, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan said the country was also aiming to export vaccines to countries …
Read More »Tanzania: MPs decry rise of emergency contraceptives
Tanzanian MPs say the use of emergency contraceptives, known as P2, is on the rise among to prevent pregnancies among girls and women aged between 14 and 24. A recent report by members of a parliamentary health committee into the rise in HIV infections found that girls and young women …
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