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THE government suffers over 15bn/- loss annually in revenue due to smuggling and improperly taxed cement imports through Zanzibar, an industry source said in Dar es Salaam over the weekend.

Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania comprising an archipelago off the mainland.

ZANZIBAR champions Stone Town succumbed to a 89-90 defeat at the hands of Rangers in a thrilling Unguja Zone Basketball League encounter at the Maisara courts here on Monday evening.

WAM ZANZIBAR, May 14th, 2013 -- The President of Zanzibar, Dr. Ali Mohamed Shein, has received in his Zanzibar City office the UAE Ambassador to the Republic of United Tanzania, Abdullah Ibrahim Al Suwaidi.

THE European Union will provide 19bn/- to Tanzania to support Non-State Actors in Zanzibar and the sugar sector.

Tanzania released three Emiratis and one Saudi held in connection with the bombing of a church earlier this month, officials from the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia said.

THE Head of the Roman Catholic Church in Tanzania His Eminence Polycarp Cardinal Pengo has called on Tanzanians to exercise restraint and avoid retaliatory actions which may upset peace and stability of the country.

Tanzanian President, H.E. Dr Mrisho Jakaya Kikwete to inaugurate IITA Science Building dedicated to the fight against hunger and poverty The President of the United Republic of Tanzania, His Excellency, Dr Mrisho Jakaya Kikwete, will, on 13 May, inaugurate the IITA Science Building in Dar es Salaam.

Seaweed farmer Nyafu Juma Uledi ties her crop to string in tidal pools near the village of Bwejuu on Zanzibar island, Tanzania, on December 2, 2007.

Tanzanian Erick Kabendera dreamed of being a journalist from his earliest childhood days.

Three giants of popular music passed away recently: US guitar maestro Bob Brozman; taarab icon Bi Kidude from Tanzania; and US country legend George Jones.

Bomb experts from the military secure the scene of an explosion at the new Catholic church in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha, May 5, 2013.

POOR mobile phone and internet connection may soon be a thing of the past should the ongoing efforts to address challenges of broadband access in rural and underserved areas succeed.

AS members of the newly reconstituted Zanzibar Electoral Commission brace themselves to take up their responsibilities after being swornin, the absence of women in the team has irked gender activists in Zanzibar, particularly the Tanzania Media Women's Association .

ALL roads will be leading to Arusha this week as 163 mayors representing various cities and Municipal Councils, as well as 163 Council Directors gather here for the 29th Association of Local Authorities in Tanzania Annual General Meeting and Expo 2013.

GOVERNMENT is planning to purchase modern equipment that will demarcate clearly between land that belongs to the Tanzania People's Defence Forces and the public to reduce conflicts between the public and the military.

Wounded churchgoers lie on the ground as Roman Catholic nuns run for cover after a blast at the St.

ZANZIBAR, Tanzania A Tanzanian police official says a woman died and 44 people were seriously injured when a bomb exploded in a Roman Catholic Church in northern Tanzania.

A suspected bomb blast struck a Catholic church in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha on Sunday, police said, wounding a number of people.