Key Points:
Approximately 1 million children under 18 are hired as domestic workers.
Over 60% of these children are denied the opportunity to attend school.
Poverty is the main reason why they resort to domestic work....
Tanzania and Kenya have partnered to secure loans and grants from international lenders totaling over €764m (about $837.6m) to build a transport infrastructure linking Kenya and Tanzania.
The massive project will boost trade and commerce in the East African region.
The...
The President Samia Suluhu Hassan has pardoned 5,001 prisoners who were serving various sentences in different correction facilities across the country.
Of these prisoners, 1,516 have been released after a quarter of their sentence was reduced in lieu of a...
She made this decision after carrying out a cost-benefit analysis of the celebrations which she concluded as extravagant. The President decided to use the allocated budget to handle a more urgent project.
Instead of a grand festival, Tanzania’s 61st birthday...
Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete on 9 August said his country was donating 300MT of maize to drought-affected Somalis.
"We are deeply concerned with reports of severe famine in the Horn of Africa, where Somalia is hardest hit," Kikwete said in...
President John Magufuli has informed his party members and supporters that he does not have the intention of running for presidency after his very-likely second tenure which ends in 2025.
The president also admitted that the job of president was...
John Magufuli was elected as the president of Tanzania based on his ability to get things done. Unfortunately, on the matter of COVID, that translated into unscientific denialism.
After spending months denying that COVID-19 is a big issue in Tanzania...
There is no doubt that that much of rural Africa is not a desirable destination for those looking for variety in their daily diet. When I was living in rural Tanzania for two years as an employee of an...
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