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The death toll from the collapse of a building in Tanzania’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam has climbed to 17, a senior government official said on Saturday. The building of more than 12 storeys, which had been under construction, collapsed … read more »
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By Polycarp Machira The Political Platform Reporter Dar es Salaam. Just a day after the Americans went to the ballot box to decide who will lead the World Superpower for the next four years; a cross section of Tanzanians has … read more »
Muslim protesters clashed with police in Tanzania’s commercial capital on Friday during a protest over the arrest of a hardline Islamic cleric, witnesses said. Police fired tear gas and at least 30 people were arrested. Similar demonstrations have erupted sporadically … read more »
By Tom Savory and Subiro Mwapinga Things are changing in Tanzania. Large gas finds off the country’s coastline look set to shake up a country generally considered in continental economic analysis as stable but unexciting. With big players entering the … read more »
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TANZANIA has secured a 1.2 billion US dollars loan to finance the construction of a 230-kms natural gas pipeline linking Mtwara gas fields and Dar es Salaam. The agreement to that effect was signed in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday … read more »
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Tanzanian teachers went on strike on Monday to push for better pay joining doctors in demanding higher salaries as rising costs of living threaten to stoke social tension. Many public schools across Tanzania were forced to suspend classes as teachers … read more »
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Tanzania’s government has halted rescue operations for a ferry accident that appears to have killed 146 people. Government official Ali Juma Shamhuna said 69 passengers were confirmed dead and 77 were still missing, but the rescue efforts were called off … read more »
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At least 28 people have been confirmed dead while some 108 others are still missing after a passenger ferry, whose name is yet to be established, capsized yesterday at Chumbe Island in Zanzibar. In Zanzibar, it is known as Mv … read more »
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Dar es Salaam – Forty-two migrants from Malawi were found dead in a truck in central Tanzania, having perished from asphyxiation, Deputy Interior Minister Pereira Silima said on Tuesday. “They died of suffocation and had no food,” Silima said. “There … read more »
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Thirty-five passengers and four crew members aboard a Dash 8-300 aircraft belonging to Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) escaped death yesterday when the plane skidded off the run way at Kigoma airport while taking-off for Dar es Salaam via Tabora. … read more »
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, January 20, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Minister for Trade Ewa Björling will visit Uganda, Tanzania and Mozambique on 23-27 January to enhance trade relations and business opportunities for Swedish companies in Eastern and Southern Africa. “Africa’s growth … read more »
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OSLO, Norway, January 5, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — To improve the health of mothers and newborn babies is the goal for a special partnership between Tanzania and Norway. This week the Norwegian Minister of Health, Ms Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen is … read more »
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Dar es Salaam – The death toll from severe flooding in Tanzania’s economic capital Dar es Salaam has risen to 38, local authorities said on Friday. “More bodies continue to be retrieved in various parts of the city that were … read more »
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At least four people were killed in flash floods that hit many parts of Dar es Salaam Tuesday, with the Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA) issuing an alert over more heavy rains in coastal areas. The Dar es Salaam Regional Commissioner … read more »
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November 9, 2011 by benim
Arusha – A Tanzanian opposition leader surrendered to police on Wednesday after leading a protest calling for the release of one its members and the resignation of President Jakaya Kikwete. Freeman Mbowe, who heads the Chadema party, and scores of … read more »
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November 7, 2011 by benim
Dar Es Salaam – Britain’s Prince Charles on Monday toured Tanzania on the second day of a visit to the east African nation, including holding talks with President Jakaya Kikwete. The prince, accompanied by his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, … read more »
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September 12, 2011 by benim
Stone Town – More than 240 people were killed when a ferry sank off Tanzania’s coast and about 600 rescued, officials said on Sunday, indicating that the ferry had been overloaded. Assistant police commissioner Mussa Ali Mussa, the head of … read more »
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September 10, 2011 by benim
Zanzibar – A ferry carrying 600 people sank off Zanzibar overnight, but at least 250 have been rescued, a local government official said on Saturday. “We managed to rescue 250 people so far including 20 children [but] rescue operations are … read more »
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September 10, 2011 by benim
An overcrowded ship sank in deep sea off mainland Tanzania on Saturday with about 600 people onboard, and about 370 people are believed missing or dead. The ferry, M.V. Spice Islanders, was heavily overloaded and some potential passengers had refused … read more »
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September 8, 2011 by benim
Arusha – Tanzanian police seized 97kg of heroin, the second largest shipment this year in the east African country, and arrested five suspects, including an Iranian, it said Thursday. “They were arrested yesterday afternoon, transporting the drugs in two vehicles. … read more »
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Tanzania plans to spend 1.2 trillion Tanzanian shillings by the end of next year for emergency power projects aimed at ending chronic energy shortages in east Africa’s second-largest economy. Energy and Minerals Minister William Ngeleja said in a presentation to … read more »
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A scientist dubbed an ‘African Cruella De Vil’ was today found guilty of forcing a young woman to work as her house slave in one of the first cases of its kind. Rebecca Balira, 47, brought 21-year-old Methodia Mathias to … read more »
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Dar es Salaam – A senior lawmaker from Tanzania’s ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi, or Party of the Revolution, who was once in President Jakaya Kikwete’s inner circle, has quit his seat amid accusations of graft. Kikwete, who has pledged to … read more »
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A Tanzanian court has granted the extradition of a Kenyan man to Uganda to stand trial over July 2010 bombings that killed 76 people, a prosecutor told AFP Saturday. The court in Tanzania’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam agreed to … read more »
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MY CONSCIENCE The other day I boarded a private local airliner bound for an adjacent town. I reported, along with my colleague, on time – slightly more than hour before departure as regulations require. The tickets for both of us … read more »
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Dar es Salaam – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has honoured the victims of the 1998 US embassy bombings in Africa during a visit to the American compound in Tanzania. She put flowers on a large rock just … read more »
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NAIROBI, Kenya – The al-Qaida mastermind behind the 1998 bombings of U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania was killed this week at a security checkpoint in Mogadishu by Somali forces who didn’t immediately realize they had killed the most wanted … read more »
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India said on Friday it would give Tanzania $180 million to upgrade water supplies in the East African nation, and the two countries agreed to remove tax hurdles and boost bilateral trade. New Delhi earmarked a further $10 million of … read more »
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Dar es Salaam – Tanzanian police said on Saturday they arrested a man who tried to sell his wife’s head and other body organs including breasts and genitals. Police said the man confessed during interrogation to killing his wife to … read more »
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Doctor ordered to pay her ‘slave’ £25,000 a year Forced to sleep on the floor and fed two slices of bread a day Granted no contact with family even when parents died This is the mattress that a woman ‘slave’ … read more »
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