Former Singida East lawmaker Tundu Lissu was evacuated from Dodoma three years ago while unconscious after surviving an assassination attempt.

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have expressed serious concerns over delayed approval of execution of donor-funded projects, saying the move could tarnish their credibility and that of the country.

Tanzania champions Simba SC’s Chief Executive officer Senzo Mbatha has resigned with immediate effect.

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday encouraged tourists to return to Kenya, saying the country was safe and open for business even with coronavirus cases having tripled in the past month.

Sudan said Saturday it «regrets» the tone of the latest US State Department advisory against travel to the country, saying it does not take into account changes of the post-Bashir era.

Lebanese protesters stormed the foreign ministry in Beirut on Saturday as anger exploded over a deadly blast that made hundreds of thousands homeless and shocked the world.

Celebrity couple Anerlisa Muigai and Ben Pol have set toungues wagging after Anerlisa unfollowed Ben on Instagram.

The Bank of Tanzania (BoT) has announced new measures to stabilise the foreign currency market in the country. BoT issued a circular directing financial institutions and forex traders to adhere to the revised rules signed by governor Florens Luoga.

Kenya has maintained that it will not compromise the health of its citizens by putting commercial interests first as it negotiates with Tanzania for national carrier Kenya Airways to resume flights to Dar es Salaam.

At least seven people were killed when a car bomb exploded at an army base in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday, military and emergency services officials said.

After a protracted contractual saga with Young African Football Club, Ghanaian winger Bernard Morrison has signed for Premier League Champions Simba Sports Club.

NCCR-Mageuzi’s General Congress yesterday endorsed Mr Jeremiah Maganja as the party’s presidential candidate for the United Republic.

The East African Community (EAC) budget for 2020/2021 financial year has finally been approved.

President John Magufuli will respect the constitutional presidential term limit, CCM secretary-general Bashiru Ally said yesterday.

Kenya Airways is yet to be granted permission to fly to Tanzania a week after the government announced it had struck a deal with Dar es Salaam for resumption of flights.

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said Thursday he will contest tense presidential polls in October, which come after years of political turbulence and civil war in the world's top cocoa grower.

Mozambican port authorities on Thursday denied any knowledge of the ship carrying the cargo of ammonium nitrate said to have caused the devastating explosion in Beirut.

South African leader Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday appointed two special envoys to go to Zimbabwe, the presidency said, as its northern neighbour cracks down on dissent and political opposition.

A Chinese video-sharing app, TikTok, has been keeping the world abuzz with its quirky tunes since it was launched in 2017. Commanding over 2 billion subscribers across the world, TikTok’s bold and innovative approach has transformed how subscribers use those apps. However, TikTok – Chinese for vibrating sound – has been receiving lots of unwanted vibrations against itself lately, all thanks to its Chinese connections.

Agriculture has what it takes to boost Tanzania’s economic growth and elevate the country’s status to an Upper Middle Income Country (UMIC), a senior government official has said.

The Kisutu Residents Magistrate Court on Thursday, August 06, 2020 summoned sureties for Chadema Deputy Chairman (Tanzania Mainland) and Presidential hopeful Tundu Lissu to appear before the court so they can be reminded of their legal obligations.

French President Emmanuel Macron was expected in Lebanon Thursday, two days after a monster blast sowed unfathomable destruction in Beirut and brought Paris's Middle East protege to its knees.

Three opposition parties were the first yesterday to collect nomination forms for the presidential race as the National Electoral Commission opened the crucial stage towards the October 28 General Election. NEC which has moved its operations to Dodoma’s Njedengwa area, issued the nomination forms to Alliance for African Farmers Party (AAFP), Democratic Party (DP) and National Reconstruction Alliance (NRA).

President John Magufuli and his running mate Samia Suluhu Hassan on Thursday, August 6, collected nomination forms at the National Electoral Commission (NEC) headquarters in Dodoma.

ACT-Wazalendo general congress yesterday endorsed former Foreign Affairs minister Bernard Membe and national Chairman Seif Shariff Hamad as the party’s presidential candidates for the United Republic and Zanzibar ahead of the October general elections.

My fixer and I arrive at Kilima Hewa in Mwanza to meet Scholastica Kitula, 32, at her home fanning a charcoal stove ready to prepare lunch for her three children aged four, two and the youngest who is only ten-months-old. I inquire if the child visited clinic this month.

The government reviewed its advisory on international travel on Wednesday, August 05, 2020 in a deliberate move to accommodate additional measures aimed at curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus from other countries.

Motorists in Dar es Salaam will from today pay Sh6 less for every litre of petrol they buy.

The High Court has declared that political interference frustrated and led to unlawful termination of a Sh2.5 billion contract for the supply and installation of street lights in Geita Township that the mining giant, Geita Gold Mine, had awarded to a local firm.

Three men, who are serving an 18-year-jail sentence for chopping off the hand of a six-year-old albino boy, Baraka Cosmas, and sold it to a carpenter at Malonje Village in Mbozi District, have lost an appeal against their imprisonment in 2017.

A TikTok star pounds a beat as she weaves lyrics mocking the idea of US President Donald Trump banning the short-form video sharing app.

An entire port engulfed in fire, ships ablaze at sea and crumbling buildings: the site of the massive blast in Beirut's harbour area resembled a post-nuclear landscape.

Terror threats on Kenya and the region remain as they were before the Covid-19 pandemic, the US Africa Command (Africom) has said.

Monster traffic jams are nothing new for Lagos, but the partial closure of the city's main bridge for repairs has made getting about an even greater ordeal for its 20 million inhabitants.

Ammonium nitrate, which Lebanese authorities have said was the cause of the Beirut blast, is an odorless crystalline substance commonly used as a fertilizer that has been the cause of numerous industrial explosions over the decades.