Addis Ababa

When it comes to fighting Covid-19 in Africa, the inter-net and social media have been a double-edged sword.

Africa’s lion are one of the world’s favourite animals. But their numbers have been shrinking over the past century, especially over the past 30 years.

Dar es Salaam. CRDB Bank Plc is cutting its lending rates for women entrepreneurs’ loans by 10 percentage points.

I know you will agree with me that whenever you find imperfections on your body when you look in the mirror, you are quick to blame on aging, or stress but really that’s not all the signs that something is wrong with your body.

It is an increasingly changing world , one that has in recent years witnessed spiraling growth in technology, particularly when it comes to mobile internet.

This is going to be the busiest week for CCM leaders and members as the ruling party commences important meetings that will culminate in the naming of its flag bearers for this year’s presidential elections.

For the past four years, Peter Mgabe* has been forced to live away from his home, moving his life to Arusha in order to receive the kidney treatment he needed to stay alive.

Tanzania government on Sunday July 5 said it has halted a plan by the International Diamond “Petra Diamonds” to sell off the Williamson Diamond Mine (WDM) in Mwadui, Kishapu District, Shinyanga Region.

Kenya government has restored both domestic and international flights effective July 15 and August 1 respectively as part of the re-phased re-opening of the economy.

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has today July 6 announced that the cessation of movement order that barred entry into and out of Nairobi, Mombasa and Mandera Counties shall lapse on Tuesday at 4 am.

On 11 June, 2020, Tanzania’s Finance Minister Dr Philip Mpango presented the National Budget for FY 2020/21, stating that specific legislative amendments would be introduced in the Income Tax Act, 2004 with an eye toward fulfilling the requirements for the country’s membership in the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (“the Global Forum”).

A South Sudanese soldier and civilian have been arrested in Elegu Town Council in Amuru District following an attack on UPDF soldiers patrolling the porous border entry points.

As massive job losses from the Covid-19 pandemic throw Kenya into one of the worst employment crises the country has faced, many Kenyans find themselves staring at the possibility of not being able to make a living wage to meet their basic living expenses.

Chadema Vice Chairman Tundu Lissu yesterday became the first cadre of the main Opposition party to pick up presidential nomination forms.

Three Form One students were killed when fire broke out at the Ilala Islamic Secondary School on Saturday morning, headmaster Buhero Issa confirmed.

When the government directed closure of schools in March in efforts to halt the spread of the deadly coronavirus, many learning institutions shifted to online learning through television, radio and other online platforms.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday reported 212,326 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day increase since COVID-19 broke out.

Marcus Rashford's tie-up with the Roc Nation sports agency is taking the Manchester United striker's profile to another level.

Big guns Simba, Yanga and Azam FC will be in action today as the Mainland Tanzania Premier League continues in five different venues.

A Tanzanian professional boxer, who came to prominence in recent times, Hassan Mwakinyo, will be among boxers lined up to take part in an international programme scheduled to take place in Dar es Salaam on August 8, this year.

The number of coronavirus cases in Kenya increased to 7,577 after 389 more people tested positive.

Malawi’s new president Lazarus Chakwera is not a stranger in Kenya. In his distinguished academic life, the former Superintendent (Bishop) of the Assemblies of God of Malawi taught at the church’s Global University, which is domiciled at the Buru Buru-based East African School of Theology (EAST).

Kanye West, the entertainment mogul who urges listeners in one song to «reach for the stars, so if you fall, you land on a cloud,» announced Saturday he is challenging Donald Trump for the US presidency in 2020.

Tanzania aimed at attaining middle income status by the year 2025. On  July 1, 2020, the World Bank graduated the country from low to lower-middle income status.

If there were a day in our lifetime on which Mwalimu Julius Nyerere would return  even for just a few hours  it should have been July 1, 2020.

Kenya Airways has started a three-month round of job cuts as lawmakers debate a bill to nationalize the carrier and its losses mount due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic,

Former commissioner general of the Fire and Rescue Force Thobias Andengenye was among nine regional and district commissioners appointed by President John Magufuli yesterday.

At least seven people were wounded on Saturday as police shot a suicide car bomber at a checkpoint outside the port in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, police and witnesses said

The World Health Organization called on African countries Thursday to take comprehensive safety measures to “mitigate a surge” in COVID-19 cases, as nations resume air travel.

The National Electoral Commission (Nec) has released names of 245 organisations that would provide civic education for the October General Election, raising concern from some activists who say key and experienced organisations have been left out.

Tanzania can now employ new options in its effort to source funds to implement its development projects, thanks to its graduation from a least developed country (LDC) to a lower middle income country (LMIC) status.

Rwanda on Friday branded a French investigation into the plane crash that sparked the country's 1994 genocide a «complete farce», after appeals judges in Paris rejected a request to reopen the investigation.

On May 25, 2020, an African American man George Floyd, died in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Israeli mining magnate Dan Gertler used a global money laundering network to get around US sanctions and extract further mineral wealth from DR Congo, an investigation by two rights organisations found Thursday.