President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania has urged Tanzanians to let their differences in cultures unite the country rather than disunite it at the cultural heritage festival held in Moshi, Kilimanjaro, today, January 22, 2022. Tanzania has over 120 tribes, each with its indigenous language, unique traditions, and culture. People of different tribes get to...
Ericsson Temu becomes the first Tanzanian to officiate a match in the UK
Ericsson Temu wrote history as the first Tanzanian football referee to officiate a match in England when he officiated a match between Charlton Athletics FC against Queens Park Rangers FC U23. The referee also played a Confederations Cup match for players under the age of 23 when he oversaw the third-round match between Herne...
Five go missing in Dar es Salaam for three weeks
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,...
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...
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...