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The ongoing crisis in Burundi shows ‘no signs of improving’ over the next year as 140,000 more Burundian refugees are expected to flee to Tanzania in 2017, says the UN’s…

Etihad Airways and Precision Airways say they have reached a codeshare agreement, effective immediately. This means Precision Air will be able to use its PW code on Etihad’s flights between…

Update – 19:40: Tanesco says ‘normal conditions’ were restored to all utility customers across the country by 16:00 on Sunday afternoon. No further information was given about the nature of…

The Ministry of Health has denied reports that the Zika virus is present in Tanzania. On Friday, December 16, the government owned Daily News reported that 15.6 percent of people…

A University of Dar es Salaam researcher has made a discovery which gives a glimpse into the sex lives of early human ancestors. In 2015, Fidelis Masao and a team…

Another plane has been ordered for Air Tanzania’s growing fleet, this one a Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet valued at $225 million USD (497 billion TSH). In recent months, the government…

Giraffes, Tanzania’s national animal, have gone from an animal of ‘least concern’ to being declared ‘vulnerable to extinction.’ The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) says giraffe numbers…

A fossil from the Ruvuma region holds one of the world’s oldest known tumors. The type of benign tumor researchers found still occurs in mammals — it’s commonly known as…

The front page of the December 8 Guardian newspaper asks, ‘where is John the black rhino,’ a Xinhua news article calls his disappearance ‘mysterious’ and the Daily News says John’s…

A deadly outbreak of cholera is imminent, Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu has warned. Poor hygiene practices combined with street food vendors are key factors in the spread of the disease…