With the rest of Tanzania voting in the General Election on Wednesday, October 28, 2020, polling started in Zanzibar for some groups on Tuesday, October 27, 2020.

President John Magufuli and the ruling party CCM presidential candidate is expected to address the nation on Tuesday ahead of the General Election which is scheduled for Wednesday.

Chadema’s presidential candidate Tundu Lissu will address Dar es Salaam voters later today ahead of Wednesday elections.

Tanzanians are expected to cast the ballot on Wednesday October 28, however, early voting kicks off today in Zanzibar with some special groups casting their vote.

The 2020 General Election is hours away - and there already are exciting battles between women contesting various positions.

US President Donald Trump’s remarks suggesting Egypt may blow up the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd) has resulted in anger among Ethiopians across the globe.

The Vodacom Premier League on Monday delivered shocking results after defending champions Simba and runaway league leaders, Azam FC were handed defeats.

ACT-Wazalendo Presidential candidate for the United Republic of Tanzania, Bernard Membe said on Sunday, October 25, that the leaked letter in which he reportedly withdrew from the race is outdated.

 Opposition politician Nassor Ahmed Mazrui re-emerged on Sunday afternoon after spending five hours with people who had allegedly held him hostage since morning.

Opposition party ACT-Wazalendo has on Sunday said that its Deputy Secretary General (Zanzibar), Mr Nassor Ahmed Mazrui has gone missing in circumstances that remain a subject of  investigation.

Wavel Ramkalawan has won the presidential election in the Seychelles, the electoral commission announced Sunday, the first opposition victory since the archipelago's independence from Britain 40 years ago.

Thirteen people have been killed and 11 others critically injured after an Emirates passenger bus traveling from Ngara to Bukoba overturned in Kumuyange  in Kagera Region.

Real Madrid averted a crisis in the best possible way on Saturday by beating Barcelona 3-1 in the first empty Clasico, landing an early blow in La Liga's title race.

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Tanzanian singer  Ben Pol has converted to Islam. Making the announcement via his Instagram account, the 30-year-old Bongo Flava star revealed that he made the conversion on Friday, October 23, 2020.

A white farmer’s murder in a rural town in early October touched off a series of racially charged events that has drawn comparisons with South Africa’s apartheid past, but the truth is far more complex.

US President Donald Trump on Friday voiced anger at Ethiopia over its construction of a huge dam on the Nile River and appeared to suggest that Egypt may destroy it.

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Nothing is expected to elicit emotions and debate in the forthcoming elections more than youth employment - or lack thereof... And the agenda will be used as great political currency among the competing parties.

Arusha, an opposition stronghold since the 1990s, was in green and yellow colours yesterday as hundreds of people turned up at the campaign rally to drum up support for the re-election of President John Magufuli for a second term.

Under circumstances that have not been made clear, police yesterday embarked upon searching the house of Chadema’s parliamentary candidate for Kawe, Halima Mdee (pictured), who was arrested shortly after reporting people she suspected were out to harm her - and who had rented rooms close to her residence.

Travellers planning to use ferry transport between Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar on Wednesday October 28 will have to cancel their travel arrangements after the Zanzibar Maritime Authority announced suspension of marine transport on that day.

Police on Friday fired teargas to stop Chadema Presidential candidate Tundu Lissu’s campaign in Somanga, Kilwa after it was deemed illegal as an illegal assembly.

Chadema’s Union presidential candidate Tundu Lissu and the Tanzania Islamic Communities and Institutions secretary, Sheikh Ponda Issa Ponda yesterday joined ACT-Wazalendo’s Zanzibar presidential aspirant Seif Shariff Hamad further deepening wrangles with the Registrar of Political Parties (RPPs).

Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautama Buddha is missing tourists this year due to the global pandemic situation.

According to Tanapa Zonal Senior Commissioner, Herman Batiho fire on the Mandara and Horombo routes has so far been controlled by up to 90 to 95 per cent.

You pay taxes. But what makes you pay taxes voluntarily? Your assessment of the benefits of evading tax against the potential penalties or fines for noncompliance - and the likelihood of being audited - may partly explain compliance decisions. Also, your ability to pay the tax, as well as the costs of compliance. I discussed these three economic factors in my previous article.

Today, every business has a burning platform: a friction point between their customers’ expectations and offerings that are disrupting their business. The longer they wait to solve it, the more likely it is to wreck their business.

The ink had barely dried on my piece last Thursday (October 15, 2020) on ‘inflation’ and ‘depreciation’ when I received three responses from readers questioning the questions I raised in that article.

Recently a South African radio show asked, “If you had to choose between your mobile phone and your pet, which would choose?” Think about that for a moment. Many callers responded they would choose their phone. I was shocked… But to be honest, I give more attention to my phone than to my beloved dogs!

At least Sh3 billion has been spent in the repair and expansion of Dodoma Airport.

The Seychelles hold presidential and parliamentary elections from October 22-24. Here is a list of key events in the Indian Ocean archipelago since its independence in 1976. - Independence -

The Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court has acquitted seven National Social Security Fund (NSSF) employees out of nine who were facing five charges, including embezzlement of up to Sh2 billion.

The Office of the Registrar of Political Parties has written to ACT Wazalendo demanding an explanation why its chairman, Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad, should not be taken to task for ascending the Chadema podium  at a rally in Moshi on October 19.

The Tanzania Mainland Vodacom Premier League continues today as traditional rivals Simba and Young Africans (Yanga) play at different venues.