Tanzania News

The bongo flavor artist from Tanzania best remembered for her song, 'Maria Salome' is rumored to have died after the boat she was traveling in capsized in Lake Victoria taking her live.

KAMPALA, 18 June 2013 - Sexual minorities, sex workers and people who use drugs who are at a higher risk of HIV than the general population, but in Tanzania, they face widespread police abuse and discrimination in health facilities, according to the new report by Human Rights Watch and the Wake Up and Step Forward Coalition , a local rights group.

Tanzanians will have to dig deeper in their pockets to raise Tsh11.154 trillion in taxes to help fund the Tsh18.2 trillion budget as proposed by finance minister, Dr William Mgimwa last week.

DECREASING congestion, curbed theft and diminishing corruption are but few of the indicators of the reforming Dar es Salaam Port whose image had been damaged by poor services.

Pastor in Tanzania Hacked Nearly to Death as the Nation Sees Rise in Radical Islamists ICC Note: Pastors in Tanzania,increasingly plagued by violent attacks on churchesby radical Islamists, now face imminent danger for the carrying out of their pastoral duties.

RAMPANT mineral smuggling by small and medium miners in the country remains a serious problem that needs all stakeholders' concerted efforts to address and rescue the government from massive revenue loss.

A PEDESTRIAN died on the spot when a speeding lorry knocked him in a hit and run incident along Kilwa Road at Kongowe Mzinga on Sunday evening.

THE issue of tax evasion is, as usual, dominating the Members of Parliament's weeklong debate on the 2013/2014 national budget that started in the designated capital Dodoma.

Shabudin Hussein, right, is the first blind Canadian to climb to the Mount Everest Base Camp, an elevation of 5,364 metres .

THE government is considering using the electronic ticketing system at all ferry points in the country, after the Magogoni Ferry proved a success.

TANZANIA says it has made capacity building its priority to ensure that the massive discoveries of oil and gas reserves in the country are gainfully utilised.

Three people have died in Tanzania following a grenade attack on an opposition political rally over the weekend, officials said Monday.

WITH an additional 5,000/- on the price of a boat ticket to Zanzibar, a person can travel without having an ID, contrary to a directive by the Surface and Marine Regulatory Authority .

THE Moshi Resident Magistrate's Court in Kilimanjaro has sentenced three people, two Kenyans and one Tanzanian to 67 years jail term for stealing 239m/- from NMB Bank, Mwanga Branch in Kilimanjaro Region.

They company envisages expanding exploration activities. Geita Gold Mine will embark on an eight-year exploration programme that will see the mine continue employing locals and foreigners, for a much longer period due to extension of the mine's lifespan.

Jano Kascjak, 33, left, and Britt Kascjak, 27, hold an 'Exhibition of Hope' banner on Sunday, June 16, 2013, that they plan to display at the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in September.

The container line will offer a call at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on a weekly sailing with improved connectivity to Zanzibar and Tanga, Tanzania.

The club is lending its expertise to the East African nation, with the creation of a football academy programme which will nurture the sporting talent of the country's youth.

Wounded people lie on the ground as Roman Catholic nuns run for cover after a blast at the St. Joseph Mfanyakazi Roman Catholic Church in Arusha, Tanzania Sunday, May 5, 2013.

Every year Sound Community Bank's Board of Directors asks CEO Laurie Stewart to set some stretch goals for the bank and for herself.