Tanzania backsliding on freedoms under Magufuli: Amnesty, HRW
President John Magufuli has presided over a crackdown on media and civil society in Tanzania that has seriously undermined democratic freedoms as the country approaches...
Category : TANZANIA
Tanzania’s private sector policies faulted
Protectionist tendencies and erratic policy-making are likely to deter the kind of private investment needed to help Tanzania achieve its industrialisation goal within the next...
Oil dealers now prefer Dar es Salaam to Mombasa port
The $60 tariff per 1,000 litres on transported fuel through Kenya Pipeline is costing Kenya revenue as landlocked countries turn to Tanzania’s Central Corridor. The...
Air Tanzania expansion on course as country receives Dreamliner
Air Tanzania Company Ltd has confirmed that it will on Saturday receive a new Dreamliner as part of its fleet improvement programme. The new Dreamliner...
Tanzanian journalist’s case postponed again
The case against detained Tanzanian journalist Erick Kabendera, who was arrested in July, has been postponed again, this time to 7 November. Prosecutor say investigations...
Tanzania warned over high birth rate
Tanzania has been cautioned about its rising fertility rate which at best is keeping wealth per capita sluggish according to the World Bank. While launching...
Tanzania gives Chinese firm conditions for Bagamoyo port
The government of Tanzania has issued an ultimatum to the Chinese investor in the $10 billion Bagamoyo port project to either accept and work with...
Tanzania imports 30 million condoms amid shortage fears
Tanzanian health authorities have imported 30 million condoms to curb a shortage reported earlier this year in the country. Many are concerned about the soaring...
Magufuli endorses Tanzanian star to become MP
Tanzania could soon get its own musician-turned-MP. But unlike Uganda’s Bobi Wine,Tanzania’s Harmonize backs the government. President John Magufuli has just endorsed the musician, whose...
Tanzanian President Magufuli relocates to Dodoma
Tanzanian President John Magufuli has announced that he has shifted his presidential base from the commercial capital Dar es Salaam to the designate capital of...
