Following the outbreak of Polio in Malawi, Kenya has intensified its polio surveillance amid concerns of the spread of the disease to other African countries. Kenya’s Director-General of Health, Patrick Amoth, said since the country shares borders with Somalia, it has always been on high alert on a potential outbreak. Last week, the index case...
Erectile dysfunction, a taboo topic among many African men, has finally gotten a permanent solution as Kenyan doctors successful performed a penile surgery on a man battling impotence. The man in his 40s was battling impotence for years and had opted for other treatments without success. In this case, Dr Ahmed Yousef, a consultant urologist...
“We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow.” Said the former UK Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston, when he was delivering a speech in the House of Commons on March 1848 Since President Samia assumed office on March 19,...
In the past few years, the spread of HIV/AIDs among youths between the age of 15 and 24 in Tanzania has gone up. About 28% of new HIV cases are from youth within that age group, said TACAIDS Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Nyangusi Laiser earlier this month. These infections are somehow associated with using emergency...
In the quest to build 15000 classrooms in the country by order of President Samia Suluhu Hassan, the move seem to be received with the great accolade by the people in different places across the country. The residents of Umasaini suburbs at the outskirts of Pangani District in the Tanga region couldn’t hide their excitement...
Tanzania’s opposition party, the Alliance for Change and Transparency (ACT-Wazalendo), has urged the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism to open talks with the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority and the Maasai pastoralists community living in the park for a fruitful reconciliation over Maasai’s displacement. Since the proposal to vacate the Maasai from the NCAA came...
According to a credible source, the Czech aircraft manufacturer “Skyleader” plans to put up its station in Tanzania’s coastal region of Mtwara. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight ready-to-fly aircraft. “The investor has shown interest in establishing its base in coastal areas. In this case, the company is likely to set...