Tanzania

Tanzania’s President Dr John Pombe Magufuli has died at the age of 61, the Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced. In a televised speech on TBC , the Vice President announced that the President died of a heart condition on…

President Yoweri Museveni has said the signing of the Host Government Agreement (HGA) for the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project between the government of Uganda and French gas company Total brings the East African nation closer…

Tanzania's former President Benjamin William Mkapa, 81, has died, President John Magufuli has announced. While relaying the news on Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) July 24, President Magufuli said Mr Mkapa died at Dar es Salaam…

Coronavirus test kits used in Tanzania were dismissed as faulty by President John Magufuli on Sunday, because he said they had returned positive results on samples taken from a goat and a pawpaw. Magufuli, whose government has already…

Ugandan health authorities are searching for a Tanzanian Truck driver who tested positive for COVID-19. This sample was among the results of the 1,120 people among which are 376 of those under institutional quarantine that were tested by…

Tanzania on Monday confirmed its first case of Covid-19 in the country. The country's Health ministry said the 46-year-old woman returned from Belgium on Sunday aboard a RwandAir plane. The woman was screened on arrival at…

The recent altercations between Uganda and Rwanda have delineated Paul Kagame as that proverbial craftsman whose only tool at his disposal is a hammer and so he treats every object like a nail. If all the time you have to apply the might of…

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Sam Kuteesa, has inaugurated the newly refurbished and expanded office premises of the Uganda High Commission Chancery in the Tanzanian Capital of Dar-es-Salaam. Minister Kuteesa said at the…

Total SA has suspended its planned $3.5 billion crude export pipeline from Uganda to Tanzania after the collapse of a deal to buy a stake in Tullow Oil Plc’s oil fields in Uganda. The French oil major has terminated all activities…

A female MP in Tanzania has called for checks to determine whether or not her male colleagues have undergone circumcision - a procedure known to reduce the risk of HIV transmission. Jackline Ngonyani said any MPs found not to have been…