Tanzania on Sunday reversed its decision to lift a controversial ban on wildlife exports a day after the move triggered an uproar in the East African nation. The ban imposed in 2016 was to safeguard the country’s protected animals and birds who were illegally being shipped abroad. On Saturday, however, wildlife authorities announced they would...
Cameroonian President Paul Biya tops the list of African leaders with an annual salary of $620,976. Mr Biya is followed by Morocco’s King Mohammed and South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa, with an annual salary of $488,604 and $223,500. The data was data scoured from country websites and data from organisations such as the International Monetary Fund...
Place the phone several feet away from your bed if you’re not going to switch it off. It has become a trend, especially for young people, to sleep with their phones next to them. And most times, beneath the pillow seems to be the ideal spot to keep the phone as it makes it easy...
Tundu Lissu, a self-exiled politician and Chadema (Mainland) Vice-Chairman, has applauded President Samia’s frequent meetings with the opposition as it signals imminent attaining of the new constitution and massive structural and administrative reforms in Tanzania. Lissu also thanked President Samia’s government for paying all of his parliamentary dues that the government has retained since he...
Halima Mdee, a special seat MP and staunch parliamentarian won the attention of more than 300 MPs at the parliament in Dodoma when she raised critical questions to Bumbuli MP and the Minister of Energy, Hon. January Makamba. Halima Mdee raised her scepticism on the underway construction of the Julius Nyerere Hydropower Plant, which has...
The Minister of Information, Communication and Information Technology, Hon Nape Nnauye, has unleashed a stern warning against TCRA and Telecoms in Tanzania to stop sending texts to people without their prior consent. Hon Nape made those remarks in Dodoma, calling TCRA and telecoms in Tanzania to forge a unanimous plan to stop sending clients texts...
According to Statista, “There were approximately 13,080 nuclear warheads worldwide as of January 2021, and almost 90 per cent of them belong to two countries: the United States and Russia.” What are nuclear warheads? These are weapons of mass destruction that can wipe out an entire city in minutes and kill everyone. After the havoc they wreck,...
Infidelity in a committed relationship is a severe breach of trust. Regardless of whether or not you think you can get away with it, if you’re tempted to cheat on your partner, you should first consider whether or not you want to be in the relationship. You may have fallen out of love with your...
The committee tasked to collect opinions of the Maasai’s living in Ngorongoro has submitted its draft report to the Prime Minister. Following the hitting debate amongst government leaders and the Maasai’s defiance of the government’s attempt to relocate them to the coastal district of Handeni in the Tanga region, the Prime Minister ordered the Maasai’s...
Sugar prices are expected to soar due to the export restrictions imposed by several key producing nations seeking to tame rising domestic food prices. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, which seriously undermined global supply chains, has been dramatically aggravated by the crisis in Ukraine and the subsequent sanctions imposed on Russia. The conflict between...