Parents gripped in fear as five young men, Kariakoo traders, went missing from Boxing Day when they left for a beach party in Kigamboni. Some said they got a communication from the young men that they had been arrested by police but never told where the police took them. Speaking to the Citizen, Longili Martin,...
Author: Mwasa Katunzi (Mwasa Katunzi)
20 more bodies retrieved from river Yala
Over 30 bodies have been recovered from River Yala on the western side of Kenya since July 2021. Haki Africa has reported that there have been mystery deaths and dumping of bodies and in recent weeks 20 bodies were recovered and stored at a mortuary in Yala county. Activist Boniface Mwangi went to Yala Hospital...
Did you know that walking increases creativity?
Scientists’ research on how the human brain works have proven that movement helps us think creatively. A person’s creative output is 60% higher when walking compared to when they sit. People are constantly advised to exercise as it helps with healthy physic and a healthy mind. Most people who find time to exercise are highly...
Tanzania and Burundi to benefit from a 282 km SGR deal
Tanzania and Burundi signed a multimillion-dollar deal to build a Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) linking Gitega, Burundi, to the Indian Ocean. According to a statement released by Tanzania’s Ministry of Finance and Planning, a 282 kilometre SGR railway line will run from Uvinza in Tanzania’s Kigoma region to Gitega in Burundi. Officials from both countries...
A new dawn for teen mothers as they get back to school
It is Monday, January 17, 2022, a day that most girls will forever cherish as they get a second chance to re-live their dreams. Not so long ago, in late 2021, under President Samia Suluhu Hassan, news that revived hope in so many young girls, the hope that they can finally relive their dreams and...
January 13, 2022, Top Stories on Newspapers
The family of a Tanzanian woman killed by a US Peace Corps worker speaks out
Two years ago, on August 24, 2019, an American Peace Corps employee in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s after having too much to drink killed a woman leaving two others injured in a series of car crashes. At the scene of the accident, bystanders attacked the man’s car and chased him on motorcycles as he attempted...