At least 38 people are killed and 69 others seriously injured after a fire outbreak in a jam-packed prison in Gitega, capital of Burundi today, December 7, 2021, Burundi’s Vice President, Prosper Bazombanza stated. The Interior Ministry of Burundi via Twitter tweeted that the cause of the fire was an electrical short-circuit. The incident happened...
Forbes has released its list of The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women 2021 featuring CEOs, heads of states, and women in different sectors making the most of it. The United Republic of Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan was also inked in the list on number 94 as the country’s first female president since the passing...
It is said that as long as you are alive you are a student of life. You will always learn something completely new now and then and the more you know, the more you realize you don’t know. Some of these things are shocking and others will entice you to want to know more about...
Dr. Naike Muhando Dar es Salaam Tanzania I am opening this short op-ed with Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere’s quote that, “No nation has the right to make decisions for another nation; no people for another people.” My reference is today’s Chair of the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee David McAllister remarks on Tanzania while speaking...
Meghan Markel, Duchess of Sussex won a case against Mail on Sunday who published pieces of her letter to her father not meant for the public eye. The Duchess’s life is of public interest, however not everything about her life is meant to go public. In August 2018, Meghan wrote a letter over 1000 words...
HIV knocked on at the borders of Tanzania, two years after it has been shaking the world, affecting many people in the process. 38 years later, scientists are still searching for ways to create a cure for HIV/AIDS. Just like other nations, Tanzanians were affected not only by the disease but also the prejudice...
Cable News Network (CNN) primetime anchor Chris Cuomo was suspended indefinitely after CNN learned of his deep involvement in a sexual allegation case facing his brother, former New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo was intimately involved in crafting his brother’s defense according to documents released on Monday. “The New York Attorney General’s office released transcripts...
The claims of COVID-19’s new variant – Omicron initially announced to have started in South Africa have been denied as the virus was already in the Netherlands, Europe before it was detected by South African scientists. The claims led to nations banning flights from Southern African countries, an action criticised by South Africans, the World...