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Former president visiting next week

Former US President Bill Clinton will visit Tanzania next week to highlight some of the things the Clinton Foundation has been working on in the country. Clinton, who last visited…


Sloppy work plagues journalism awards

Sloppy journalism has led to a 47 percent drop in finalists for the annual Excellence in Journalism Awards Tanzania (EJAT.) Many of the articles nominated this year were poorly written,…



Bad drivers kill 1000 since January

Over 970 people have died on Tanzania’s roads so far this year, largely at the hands of reckless drivers, traffic police announced this week. For those doing the math, that’s…


No evacuations from SA for Tanzanians

Tanzania’s High Commission in South Africa says it has no plans to evacuate Tanzanians amid rising xenophobic violence, in which people of five nationalities have been killed and 10,000 have…


Details emerge on terror suspect arrests

Further details of Tuesday’s raid which netted 10 suspected militants 350 kilometres from Dar Es Salaam have emerged. Police arrested 10 men at a mosque in Kilombero district on Tuesday…




Lightning strikes again

Six students and their teacher in Kigoma region were killed by a lightning strike today (Tuesday) — months after lightning struck a nearby school, also killing six students and a…