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Nairobi, September 3 — The recent diplomatic tiff between Kenya and its neighbor, Tanzania is likely to spell doom for the East African Community (EAC) and by extension the...
Tanzania’s New President Vows To Sustain Magufuli’s Legacy
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — In his maiden budget speech in June 2016, Tanzania’s finance minister, Philip Mpango described foreign aid as “toxic.”
Amidst thunderous applause from packed legislators, Mpango said...
Tanzania’s Accidental Journalist To Serve One Year Suspended Sentence
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The Resource Curse: Indigenous Pastoral Communities And Africa’s Largest Wind Power Tussle In Kenya’s...
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Uganda Oil Companies Shrug Off Environmental Concerns To Advance $10 Billion Oil Project
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Gold Mining Boom In Uganda Fuels Mercury Pollution, Spells Doom For The Environment
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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...
Outspoken Tanzanian Lawyer, Banned For Malpractice
Dar es Salaam, September 24 — A top Tanzanian lawyer and the former president of the Tanganyika Law Society (TLS)—a local bar association has been disbarred from practicing law...
Continued Floods In East Africa Threatening To Jeopardize Fight Against COVID-19 Spread
BUDALANGI April 5, 2020 — For 54-year-old Esther Anyango, who resides in Maduwa village nestled in the swampy Yala, an island within the Lake Victoria waters is not her...
Tea farmers in Kenya find reprieve as international market opens up for their produce.
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Uganda’s Quest For Sustainable Energy Poses Fresh Environmental Threats
A flurry of oil and gas discoveries along Uganda’s western border has lured dozens of investors seeking to develop sub-Saharan Africa’s largest oil discovery in decades. However, renewed interest...
Nearly Half Of Tanzania Female Journalists Offer Sexual Bribery, Survey Finds
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China’s Appetite For Furniture Depletes Africa’s Rosewood Trees
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — China’s insatiable appetite for rosewood tree species is still driving illegal deforestation in Tanzania and elsewhere in Africa, killing forests and sowing civil strife,...
The Voices Of The Forgotten Population In Rural Kenya During COVID-19
Every morning, a harmonious voice crosses the airwaves and finally lands in the countryside of Kajiongo village in Tharaka Nithi county. Here it meets people shut from modernization, and...
Systems Broken, University Students Leave Kenya For Studies Abroad
On a cool Sunday evening in Nairobi’s Roysambu estate, Mary Wanjiru stares away from the balcony of her apartment. She then narrates how she thinks she made a mistake...
Education crisis: Surge in armed insurgents’ in Kenya’s arid north push education system to...
Nairobi February 26, 2020 - Abdulkarim Adan has lived in one of Kenya’s harshest environments in the northern arid and semi-arid region for 52 years. He has seen many...
A Former South Sudanese Businessman Detainee Forms a Rebel Movement
Juba, June 6 — The former detained businessman Carpino Woll announced on Friday, June 5th the establishment of a new rebel movement in South Sudan named "7 October Movement."...
The South Sudan Government Announces Assassination Of The 7 October Movement Leader
Juba, June 15 — In a statement of the South Sudan People's Defense Forces (SSPDF), spokesperson today said that the leader of the 7 October Movement Kerbino Wol has...
Mandarin Lessons Highlight China’s Influence In Africa
Dar es Salaam — On a humid Monday afternoon, students are huddled in a classroom at the Confucius Institute at the University of Dar es Salaam, learning Mandarin.
They all repeat...
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...
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