Tanzania News

Actors, rappers and environmentalists are scaling Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to spotlight the global clean water crisis, which affects more than 1 billion people worldwide, and to raise funds for the United Nations refugee agency and other humanitarian organizations.

Dar es Salaam - ENERGY and Water Utility Regulatory Authority , may exempt the Artumas Group & Partners from acquiring trading licence for generation and transmission of electricity in Mtwara and Lindi regions.

During a seven-day Young Journalists Workshop at the Zanzibar International Film Festival Children's Panorama, 24 children who are infected or affected by HIV/AIDS had an opportunity to share their experiences.

FRIENDSWOOD, Texas - Occasionally, humanitarians are accused of being out of touch with the people they serve, trying to use "mountaintop" solutions to solve "valley" problems.

Tanzania's electricity grid is fed by a mixture of natural gas, diesel and hydropower; however, over the past few years the country has experienced severe blackouts and power rationing in urban areas due to drought and subsequent low-water levels.

The Export Processing Zone Authority , has urged the Tanga City Council to speed up evaluation of designated economic development zones .

Ten regions have been affected by armyworms and more are in danger of being invaded by the dreadful pests, threatening the welfare of farmers and the 'Kilimo Kwanza' initiative.

OKEMOS - Judy Martin had a great idea that seemed to be going nowhere. The Okemos woman, a former Peace Corps volunteer in Tanzania, wanted to help in that country.

Employees of the cash-strapped state power utility, which grapples with serious power shortages almost every year, are the leading bribe seekers and takers, according ForDIA's report titled Awareness and State of Corruption in Tanzania.

President Jakaya Kikwete's son, Khalfan, 11, was on Tuesday elected a member of the CCM youth wing national council representing CCM young pioneers.

The Automobile Association of Tanzania has announced relief packages to drivers and clubs that would compete in the 2010 national and continental races.

Here in America, we turn on a switch and there is light. It is unusual for the power to go out.

Despite the reported drop in international visitors due to the global financial and economic crisis, investment in hotels has continued unabated to cope with the increasing demand for especially top class accommodation facilities.

Positive A/H1N1 flue cases in Tanzania have reached 737 since the first case was reported in early July this year, Tanzanian senior medical official said.

THE new leadership of the Tanzania Basketball Federation has set plans to promote the sport from the grassroots level.

Dar es Salaam - A Tanzanian court on Monday sentenced four suspects to death by hanging for the murder of a 10-year-old albino boy last November, an official said.

PRESIDENT Amani Karume has said that the ongoing financial reforms have enabled the government improve public services and managed to pay salaries to its servants timely.

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck southwest Tanzania early on Sunday morning but does not appear to have caused any damage, a regional police chief said.

Ten people were killed and 52 others injured when a lorry overturned on the outskirts of Dodoma on Tuesday night.

Radio 1 DJ Chris Moylesa trek up Mount Kilimanjaro for Comic Relief has inspired a Trowbridge woman to follow in his footsteps for charity.