Namibia's ruling Swapo party was heading yesterday for another big election win, with a two-thirds majority that gives it the power to change the constitution looking likely as more votes came in.
The Tanzania Railway Limited (TRL) workers yesterday attempted to force the management out of their offices as crisis at the Indian-run company deepened .
The Kisutu Resident Magistrate Court yesterday heard how investigators used paper trail to nab some of the EPA case suspects.
The national debt soared to $9.33 billion (about Sh12 trillion) in September, as the government borrowed more from internal sources to fill the gap caused by shortfalls in tax collections, The Citizen can reveal.
Chaneta assistant secretary general Rose Mkisi has expressed her optimism that Taifa Queens would excel in the Six-Nation Netball Championship.
A major water project in Bunda District has stalled in mysterious circumstances.
Bank of Tanzania (BoT) governor Prof Benno Ndulu has advised African countries to take corrective measures to bail out their economies which have been adversely affected by the recent world economic crisis.
Holders Uganda coasted to their second victory of the Orange Senior Challenge Cup after beating Burundi 2-0 at Mumias yesterday.
Shortly after the death of founding President Julius Nyerere in October 1999, his close associates, including Dr Salim Ahmed Salim and Mr Joseph Butiku, established the Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation in an effort to keep alive the legacy of the great leader.
THE Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) has called upon the Tanzanian business fraternity to make maximum use of the Hong Kong free port in order to dominate the Chinese market and other countries in the Far East.
THE national netball team, Taifa Queens, will fly tomorrow to Singapore to compete in an international tournament which starts on Friday.
IN a rare feat, the country's economy registered a staggering USD 620.4 million (approx. 806.4bn/-) balance of payment surplus thanks to disbursements from International Monetary Fund (IMF) during the year ending September 2009.
TANZANIANS have been cautioned against the use of substandard electric cables because they are harmful to lives, properties and are expensive.
FOUR regions are set to compete in the Cricket tournament set to start in Dar es Salaam on Saturday.
DAUDI Lisu, a 16-year old pupil from Kibwegere Primary School in Dar es Salaam, today won the boys' 3,000m during the two-day athletics competition held at the University of Dar es Salaam sports grounds.
YOUNG Africans will play two international friendlies against Uganda Revenue Authority and the local side, TMK United.
MARY looks down at the floor while she is speaking, her big brown eyes focused on the pattern of the linoleum, her voice a low monotone that almost betrays no emotion.
Operations of milk processor Tanga Fresh are being constrained by inadequate supply from dairy farmers, whose yields have been hampered by persistent spells of droughts, a senior official of the company has said.
Yesterday was a joyous day for convicted drug trafficker Ernest Semayoga when he was conferred with a bachelor of law degree.
The grim news coming out of the Lake Zone on the swine flu epidemic is that what the local health officials are confronted with is an enormous challenge that calls for a serious national response.
Tanzania Leaf Company (TLTC) has given tobacco farmers Tabora Region's Sikonge district two tractors worth Sh80 million.
In the 1999/2000 financial year, the total budget of the government of Uganda (tax revenues plus foreign aid) was Shs 1.9 trillion. The budget for 2009/10 financial year is Shs 7.6 trillion - a 400% increase. In dollar terms (the exchange rate of the shilling to the dollar in 2000 was US$ 1 to Shs 1900), the budget has increased from US$ 1 billion to US$ 4 billion. Even accounting for inflation, ...
The ongoing Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup will go live on SuperSport starting from the quarter finals stage, it was announced here yesterday.
Former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa has cited quality education as a necessary ingredient to improve standards of living.
Tanzania is sending one of the largest delegations to the Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change this week despite growing concern that the country is spending billions of shillings on foreign trips annually at the expense of providing critical public services.
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