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Recurring Diplomatic Row Between Kenya And Tanzania Likely To Threaten AfCFTA Success
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Villagers Recount Horror As Terrorists Embark On Shooting Rampage In Tanzania
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Girls’ right campaigners cautiously welcome Tanzania move to allow pregnant girls back to school
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Nearly Half Of Tanzania Female Journalists Offer Sexual Bribery, Survey Finds
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Oil Money Heralds Trouble For Uganda’s Indigenous Bagungu Tribe, Environment
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Tanzania Military Expels Smugglers From Gemstone Mine
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — As a newly-wed couple who visited Tiffany and Co Store in New York can attest, the finely crafted wedding rings fitted with velvet blue...
Researchers Tout Healthy Food Recipes To Boost Nutrition, Cut Costs In Tanzania’s Schools
MANYARA — The tolling of the afternoon bell marks the end of lessons at Babati Day Secondary School in Tanzania’s northern Manyara region.
It ushers in a moment of joy...
Tanzania’s New Bill Seeks To Extend Presidential Immunity
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How Locals In Mauritius Are Spearheading The Cleanup Campaign After An Oil Spill
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As Federal Government of Somalia pursues fugitive minister, a Governor in Kenya is on...
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China’s Appetite For Furniture Depletes Africa’s Rosewood Trees
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Tanzanians Raise Eyebrow Over $100 COVID Screening Fee
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — Amidst rumours of the rising number of people with respiratory diseases in private hospitals, Tanzania authorities have issued new policy directives requiring national and...
Tea farmers in Kenya find reprieve as international market opens up for their produce.
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Kenyan Street Families Take Up Street Cleanup In Nairobi
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Kenya’s Unlikely COVID-19 Hero
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Tanzanian Opposition Leader Suffers Broken Leg After Midnight Attack
Dar es Salaam, June 9 — The leader of Tanzania opposition in the parliament and national chairman of the country’s main opposition party Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA),...
Tanzania’s Head Of Ports Arrested For Alleged Corruption
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — The former head of Tanzania’s Ports Authority, Deusdedit Kakoko, who was suspended on Sunday by the new President Samia Suluhu Hassan over alleged embezzlement...
New White Paper Raises Alarm Over Tanzania’s Presidential Campaigns
Dar es Salaam, October 8 — Tanzania’s ruling party—Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and the government have come under strong criticism for allegedly attacking citizens’ rights and processes necessary to...
President Kenyatta Launches Port Of Lamu Amid Uproar From Environmentalists In Coastal Kenya
Kenya’s President, Uhuru Kenyatta on the 3rd week of May inaugurated the Lamu Port that seeks to link the Indian Ocean to the ambitious regional project, the Lamu Port...
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