He further noted that the machinery was imported from Italy to a cost of Sh60 billion (Euro23.6 million).

Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) conducted the first phase of the ETS rollout on January 15, 2019 whereby electronic stamps were installed on 19 companies that produce alcohol, wine and spirits.

Chadema presidential candidate Tundu Lissu yesterday said if elected Union President, he will ensure a Constitution is written with a view to reducing too much power vested in the Head of State.

Tanzania's main election rivals, President John Magufuli and Tundu Lissu, have turned attention to specified local challenges for voters in a bid to win support in their final rounds of campaigns.

Pro-independence Baloch leader, Dr Nizar Baloch said that the assassination of Hayat Baloch shows how Pakistan Army continues to target Baloch youth and the future of the nation.

You can now buy your Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) ticket via Airtel Money, thanks to a partnership deal between the national carrier and Airtel Tanzania.

Tanzania’s National Electoral Commission (NEC) has announced an extension of the swearing-in of poll agents by two days until October 23.

The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has said that all votes’ summaries and announcement of the final elections results will be done in Dar es Salaam and not Dodoma as was earlier stated.

The increasing use of civil unmanned aircraft systems, commonly known as drones, is coming with the challenge of integrating them into the Air Traffic Control (ATC) system so that they do not interfere with operations of other aircraft.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Tanzania has a new country representative Sarah Gordon-Gibson who officially presented her credentials to the government today.

One of the attorneys representing victims of the 1998 terror attacks on US embassies in East Africa and their families says the majority of his clients reject the deal that would result in President Donald Trump removing Sudan from the US State Sponsors of Terrorism list, reports VOA.

The CCM rally at Tanganyika Packers grounds in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday, October 14, attracted a huge crowd. Thousands of CCM members, sup-porters and Kawe residents thronged the grounds despite the threat of rains given a dark cloud that hang over the city.

A 2-0 win over Ihefu FC at the Sokoine Stadium in Mbeya yesterday made Azam Football Club maintain their unbeaten run.

ACT Wazalendo’s Zanzibar presidential candidate, Mr Seif Sharif Hamad, yesterday accused the Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) of irregularly increasing the number of voters in the isles by 117,830.

Several protesters were killed by Nigerian security forces in Lagos on Tuesday, Amnesty International said, after witnesses reported armed men opened fire on demonstrators defying a curfew order.

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The party scene in Tanzania keeps getting better. Each week, there seems to be some form of event to look forward to over the weekend. From fashion and arts to music, these events come in numbers.

A day after ACT Wazalendo’s presidential candidate Bernard Membe insisted that he was still in the contest for the country’s top leadership the party’s chairman Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad has said the party’s position is to support Chadema’s Lissu.

Tanzania’s fourth Prime Minister and former secretary-general of the OAU Dr Salim Salim’s wife Amne Salim has passed on at Aga Khan Hospital in Dar es Salaam. The hospital has confirmed on Tuesday October 20.

US President Donald Trump went after top government scientist Anthony Fauci in a call with campaign staffers on Monday, suggesting the hugely respected and popular doctor was an «idiot.»

Sudan said Monday that talks with the International Criminal Court have covered options ranging from a handover to forming a hybrid court to try ousted president Omar al-Bashir over the Darfur conflict.

US Democratic lawmakers on Monday urged Egyptian Abdel Fattal al-Sisi to free political prisoners, warning that they risk death in custody due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

On 12 October, President Xi Jinping and President Macky Sall of Senegal, the current African Co-Chair of FOCAC, issued a joint congratulatory message to mark this important occasion.

Tanzania’s retired President Jakaya Kikwete on Monday poured praise on the progress made in the past  five years  under the leadership of  President John Magufuli.

Desemba 19, 2011, Mkutano Mkuu wa Umoja wa Mataifa ulipitisha azimio na kutangaza Oktoba 11 kuwa siku ya kimataifa ya Mtoto wa Kike duniani kote, dhamira ikiwa ni kutambua haki za mtoto wa kike na changamoto za kipekee anazokutana nazo.

President Donald Trump lashed out at «stupid» critics from within his own party and called for unity on Sunday after growing Republican criticism and warnings of a «bloodbath» in the November 3 election.

It’s raining, it’s almost lunchtime and 30-year-old Neelam Babul is craving a warm cup of coffee, hot samosas and a pizza from Pizza Hut. Years ago, she made do; today, she can order all of that through her phone. Within 30-40 minutes, the busy lawyer will get whatever she was craving for at her office’s doorstep – she’ll be warm and satisfied and not a single dish to wash thereafter.

Tanzania has for years lagged behind in the hides and skins business. This is despite being among major livestock producers in Africa. There are no internal markets for semi-processed leather and very little for finished leather because of competition with imported used and synthetic products.

Single and locked out of Beijing's dating scene by the pandemic, Amy was encouraged by other women in online chatrooms to find a solution to her enforced abstinence -- a sex toy.

The ruling CCM party expressed its confidence in winning the coming elections banking on the number of its members that doubled in the last five years.

Opposition Chadema presidential candidate Tundu Lissu has said that if elected in the October 28 polls, he will ensure there is a tax reduction in the tobacco industry as well as ensure price stability for the crop through introduction of subsidies.

By Saturday, October 17, the containment of the blaze is at 98 percent as the firefighters led by Tanapa, continue to battle the flames that erupted on Sunday in collaboration with the Fire and Rescue Force and other volunteers.

Five issues have been officially removed from the list of union contentious issues in the efforts to strengthen the union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar.

Belmira shut her eyes in exasperation. She was on flight, on her way to her dream city Paris. She did not think she would ever need a man again. “What for?” She mentally screeched.

ACT-Wazalendo leader Zitto Kabwe has officially declared his support for fellow opposition party presidential candidate Tundu Lissu of Chadema. Mr Kabwe, who is running for a parliamentary seat for Kigoma-Urban, released a statement yesterday as he returned to the campaign races after his road accident that forced him to take a recovery break. In his statement issued yesterday, Mr Kabwe said his personal vote will go to Mr Lissu of Chadema because the latter is the only opposition presidential candidate with the capability of removing the ruling CCM from power.