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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania | Xinhua | Shop owners in Tanzania’s six regions have shut down their shops and gone on strike over what they termed unfair tax estimations by revenue authorities. The strike by the shop owners began Monday in Kariakoo, a hectic shopping center in the port city …

ARUSHA, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzania will host the 11th East African Petroleum Conference and Exhibition in the port city of Dar es Salaam from March 5 to 7, 2025. The conference, themed “Unlocking Investment in Future Energy: The Role of Petroleum Resources in the Energy Mix for Sustainable Development …

Experts urge authorities to unlock financial and regulatory opportunities to drive growth Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda and Tanzania’s public and private sectors must address gaps in mining activities to create opportunities aligned with their development plans. Speaking at the 2nd Uganda-Tanzania Business Forum, held in Dar …

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania| Xinhua | Tanzania is ready to bolster efforts to enhance cooperation with Uganda in implementing the two countries’ industrialization drive, a Tanzanian official said Sunday. The governments of Tanzania and Uganda agreed to collaborate on implementing the two countries’ industrialization drive on Friday evening when they …

Arusha, Tanzania | XINHUA | Connecting the Mwanza and Geita regions, the Magufuli Bridge project over Lake Victoria in Tanzania is built by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC). The main bridge has a total length of 520 meters and the project is expected to be completed by the end of …

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania | Xinhua | Fikirini Mohamed, a father of three children, said he was spending sleepless nights thinking how to look after his family after his house was damaged by floods. “I am now counting losses after my 5 hectares of maize and paddy were wiped out by …

DAR ES SALAAM | Xinhua |  Tanzania’s weather authorities have issued an alert for a hurricane caused by the presence of low pressure in the Indian Ocean, east of the coast of Mtwara Region. The Tanzania Meteorological Authority (TMA) said in a statement that the severe tropical storm “Hidaya,” which …

ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | More than 200,000 people and 51,000 households have been affected by the rains, Tanzania’s prime minister said. Flooding and landslides in Tanzania caused by weeks of heavy rain have killed 155 people and injured 236 others, the country’s prime minister said, as intense downpours continue across East …

DODOMA, Tanzania | Xinhua | Flash floods caused by ongoing torrential rains have left 155 dead and 236 others injured in Tanzania, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa told parliament on Thursday. Flash floods have been reported in 14 out of the 26 regions in mainland Tanzania, affecting 200,000 people and damaging …

DAR ES SALAAM,  Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzania will host a week-long field training exercise for 670 senior police officers from the Eastern Africa Police Chiefs Cooperation Organization (EAPCCO), a regional police body whose membership consists of chiefs of police from 14 African countries. David Misime, spokesperson for the Tanzania …