Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Dr. Ashatu Kijaji, has said that efforts to contain the wildfire on Mount Kilimanjaro have been more than 90% successful, with additional measures underway to ensure the fire is fully extinguished and further damage is prevented. During her visit to inspect the progress of the firefighting operation, Dr. Kijaji...
The Chief of Defence Forces of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has ordered that men who urinate by the roadside in public, including in the presence of children, be arrested immediately and jailed for a period of no less than five years. However, the statement has been criticised by legal experts,...
The United Nations General Assembly (UN) has voted in favour of a proposal to adopt a new map that more accurately reflects the actual size of Africa. The resolution was supported by 164 countries, while the United States was the only country to vote against it, and six countries abstained. The Mercator map, which has...
A group of 152 tourists from Egypt has arrived in Zanzibar through a newly launched direct flight route connecting Cairo and Zanzibar, operated by EgyptAir. The inaugural flight is expected to boost tourist arrivals to Zanzibar and create more opportunities for the tourism sector. Zanzibar’s Minister for Works and Transport, Dr. Khalid Salum Mohamed, and...
The government has announced that elderly veterans who fought to defend the country during the Idi Amin War will begin receiving payments within the current financial year, following amendments to the law to establish a framework for identifying and recognizing them. Prime Minister Dr. Mwigulu Nchemba said the delay in making the payments was due...
A new collateral law tries to fix the country’s narrowest bottleneck: banks that will lend only against land THE ARITHMETIC of Tanzanian enterprise is unforgiving. A trader in Kariakoo may own a delivery lorry worth more than the shop it serves, a fishmonger in Mwanza a freezer and a boat, a miller in Iringa a...
President Samia Suluhu Hassan has urged the newly sworn-in leaders, particularly Regional Commissioners, to carry out their duties with confidence and to regard the responsibility entrusted to them as a duty to oversee all government activities in their respective areas. President Samia made the remarks today at the Tunguu State House in Zanzibar shortly after...
The Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA) has announced a reduction in petrol and diesel prices for September. According to the new prices, petrol has decreased by an average of TZS 102 per litre, while diesel has dropped by TZS 101 per litre. The reduction has been attributed to changes in global oil prices...
During the 2025/2026 financial year, the Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute (MOI) treated 270 patients from outside Tanzania. MOI Executive Director, Ambassador Dr. Mpoki Ulisubisya, said the patients came from Comoros, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, Burundi, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The Bank of Tanzania (BoT) has warned that deliberately tearing or damaging banknotes in circulation is a criminal offence. Anyone found guilty will be fined TZS 500,000 for each damaged note. BoT further stated that failure to pay the fine could result in one year imprisonment for every banknote damaged.