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Aug 25, 2021News

Zanzibar to build Africa’s 2nd tallest skyscraper and largest hotel in East and Central Africa

{Zanzibar will in the next few years be home to a $1.3 billion (about Sh3 trillion) commercial tower that could change the face of the semi-autonomous Indian Ocean archipelago.}

Aug 7, 2021News

Key lessons for Tanzania from Rwanda

{Following President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s official visit to Rwanda where she got to talk to President Paul Kagame on strengthening bilateral economic ties between the two East African nations, a lot has got known regarding what Tanzania can learn from its EAC partner state.}

Mar 12, 2021News

Police in Arusha holding suspects who kidnapped Chinese national

{Police in Arusha is holding two people including a Chinese national on suspicion of kidnapping another Chinese man and demanding $ 100,000 ransom.}

Mar 11, 2021News

Tanzania mulls over charging whatsApp calls due to falling revenue from International calls

{The government is working out a plan that will see it charging WhatsApp calls in efforts to recoup the revenue it has been losing due to falling international trafficking charges.}

Jan 8, 2018News

Tanzania police arrest pregnant schoolgirls

Five pregnant schoolgirls together with their parents were arrested and then released on bail over the weekend in Tandahimba, southern Tanzania.

Dec 9, 2017News

Magufuli grants presidential amnesty to 61 death row inmates

Tanzania President, Dr. John Magufuli on Saturday, December 9, pardoned some 61 death row inmates.

Jun 23, 2017News

Kenya:Al Shabaab attack leaves four dead in Mandera

{A police officer and three civilians were on Friday, June 23 killed after suspected Al Shabaab operatives attacked a local bank in Elwak Town, Mandera County.} According to the County Commissioner, Fredrick Shisia, the suspects – armed with assault riffles – attacked equity Bank in Elwak where two police officers were stationed. The attackers started […]

Jun 16, 2017News

Kigali to host East Africa arbitration conference this year

{The 5th edition of the East Africa International Arbitration Conference (EAIAC) will be hosted in Kigali, Rwanda on the 28th and 29th of September.} This year’s conference theme will be ‘Linkages between International Arbitration and Africa’s economy’. EAIAC 2017 will deliberate on the success of the previous conferences held in Addis Ababa (2013), Nairobi (2014), […]

Jan 11, 2017News

Burundi deeply divided as talks falter

{A battery of journalists huddled in a room at Bujumbura's State House awaiting a meeting between President Pierre Nkurunziza and former President Benjamin Mkapa had a surprising visitor into the room.} He entered, waved and apparently happy to be with the members of the Fourth Estate. The local journalists were equally gratified to see their […]

Nov 7, 2016News

RwandAir mulls US flights by 2019

{Rwandan carrier RwandAir could start flying to the United States of America by 2019, officials have revealed.} According to the airline’s chief executive, John Mirenge, the national flag carrier targets to enter the US market with a route to New York “if all goes according to plan”. Africa’s youngest and fast-growing airline recently announced it […]