ACT-Wazalendo Presidential candidate Bernard Membe yesterday played down speculations about his whereabouts, stressing he was in Dubai to attend a key meeting.

Nearly four years after Uganda abandoned Kenya in building an oil pipeline that would have transported its oil to Lamu, it has now officially signed a $3.5 billion deal with Tanzania, leaving Nairobi to walk alone.

Prominent businessman-cum-politician Salim Hassan Turky, alias Mr White, 57, is no more.

Tanzanian nationals will from now not be subjected to 14-day mandatory quarantine upon arrival in Kenya; this is after it was included on an updated list of countries released by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority

Nairobi. Kenya has lifted an amnesty stay for foreigners caught up in Covid-19 pandemic restrictions and ordered them to leave the country within 14 days. A notice from the Immigration Department said all foreigners previously allowed to stay in the country despite expiry of their visas must now leave or apply for residence permits in a fortnight. The directive means that those whose visas or residence permits expired during the pandemic lockdown will no longer cite the restrictions in order to be allowed to stay. It also means those whose documents have expired must pay the stipulated fees to renew them or leave the country within 14 days. When the country issued an amnesty in April, it allowed foreigners to continue staying without paying an extra coin for visa renewals. “All affected visitors have 14 days to comply with effect from Monday, September 14,” Alex Muteshi, the Director-General of the Department of Immigration Services said in a notice on Monday. “Failure to take advantage of the above two options, be advised that Section 53[1] of the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act [2011] will take effect.” The law That law proposes penalties of up to three years in jail or up to Sh500,000 fine for those found in the country illegally. It also allows those with expired documents to be declared prohibited immigrants and deported. Six months ago, the country imposed a strict lockdown to control the spread of the Coronavirus disease. The restriction included closure of borders and airspace as well as, initially, intercountry movements to and from Nairobi. Kenya has since recorded 36,205 cases of whom 23, 067 have recovered and 622 died. However, the government has been gradually lifting those conditions since July. International flights resumed on August 1, several weeks after local travel was allowed. The move came after Uganda, the only country in the region that was yet to reopen its main airport, announced it will allow international flights from October 1, albeit under strict public health guidelines for passengers.

Four of the seven pupils who were injured on Monday night’s fire that razed down a boys' dormitory at Byamungu Islamic Primary School in Kyerwa District have been transferred to Bugando Referral Hospital in Mwanza.

When I got off the plane and walked down the way, there was some protocol to welcome me, and I heard that word ‘KARIBU’. I hadn’t heard that word in 30 years, but I heard it once again.

Tanzanians visiting the Ngorongoro Conservation Area have increased recently due to the ongoing public awareness campaign by the government and other stakeholders.

A brawl in a South Sudanese refugee camp in northern Uganda left at least eight people dead on Friday, authorities say.

Mozambique's government on Monday denounced gruesome video footage of men in army uniform beating and executing a naked woman suspected of being an insurgent.

Illegal small-scale gold miners in DR Congo, such as those who were killed when their makeshift mine collapsed last week, are the often-exploited first link in a supply chain that extends to Dubai, according to experts.

Kenyan airlines, including the national carrier Kenya Airways  , face a lengthier ban from the Tanzanian market as the two nations hardened their stance in a dispute over the management of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Eddy Kenzo is a multiple award winner whose rich collection includes the BET awards and after his musical exploits he is planning something big for Uganda’s tourism sector.

Paul Rusesabagina, whose actions during the genocide inspired the Oscar-nominated film «Hotel Rwanda», was charged Monday with terrorism and other serious crimes in his first court appearance in Kigali.

Nomcebo Zikode – the voice behind the South African smash hit Jerusalema - admits that she was in a dark emotional space when she came up with the Zulu lyrics for her and Master KG’s single that has blown up internationally. “Master KG played the beat three or four times, and the words that came to me were ‘Jerusalema, ikhaya lami’ [Jerusalem is my home],” says the 32-year-old songstress who has now released her own full-length album titled ‘Xola Moya Wam’

Songwe Region is the latest administrative region to be created among Tanzania Mainland’s 26 regions. It was carved out of Mbeya Region in 2016.

The government of South Sudan has handed over stolen cows back to Uganda, following the recent incident of cattle theft in Lamwo District in Northern Uganda by South Sudanese warriors.

Trials of the Oxford coronavirus vaccine will resume across the UK, the university said yesterday in a statement.

All is set now for the kickoff of the Tanga-Hoima Pipeline, with Tanzania looking to March 2021 for the start of the construction of the $3.5 billion project.

Tanzanian president John Magufuli and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni on Sunday gave a green light for the construction of the oil pipeline, saying the remaining issues should immediately be concluded.

Chadema’s presidential candidate Tundu Lissu yesterday pledged to make major reforms on land ownership if his party is elected in the October 28 General Election to form the government.

CCM’s Zanzibar presidential candidate Hussein Ali Mwinyi yesterday kicked off his election campaign promising that if elected president, he wants to ensure that the Union of Zanzibar and Tanganyika is maintained and strengthened, among his key priorities.

The Ministry of Education has called for a crisis meeting tomorrow over the reopening of schools after headteachers warned that they are not ready yet.

A conducive business environment and investment climate are very important in attracting and retaining businesses and investments in a locality. This is true at all levels, including smallest level in a country such as a village. More often than not, we have tended to look at investment climate at macro level and forget micro level aspects. This piece is on the roles of local communities as business environment and investment climate factor in attracting and retaining investments.

Serendipity is defined as the encountering of happy and unexpected discoveries by accident. Serendipity has been attributed to many product inventions and scientific discovery throughout history. The word ‘serendipity’ was coined by a man named Horace Walpole in 1754.

She nattered while buttering her toast, as happy as a lark. Mornings did that to her. Just like the way dawn crept with a tint of orange and bronze, joy suffused her cheeks, the colour of marmalade and hope.

Jihadists in northern Mozambique occupied two small islands in the Indian Ocean threatening maritime traffic in the region where a multi-billion-dollar offshore gas exploration project is being developed, locals said Friday.

Unidentified gunmen killed six civilians and wounded three others in a restive part of northern Burundi, a government official said Friday, the latest in a string of deadly attacks.

About 50 people are feared dead after a gold mine collapsed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo following torrential rain, local authorities said Saturday.

ACT-Wazalendo’s presidential candidate for Zanzibar, Seif Sharif Hamad, will launch his election campaigns tomorrow - just a day after being nominated by the Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC).

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday asked to know why ruling party officials flew to Zimbabwe in an airforce plane for crisis talks this week.

The Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) has withheld approval of ACT Wazalendo’s presidential candidate Seif Sharif Hamad after an objection was raised against him. The commission, however, approved all the other 16 candidates who collected and returned the forms.

CCM presidential candidate John Pombe Magufuli has taken a short break on his schedule after 10 days of none stop rallies after the first leg of the campaigns ended on Tuesday in Geita.

The Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority (TCRA) has on Friday September 11 slapped Wasafi FM with a seven-day ban, a punishment that kicks off on September 12.