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Op-ED: How can Tanzania benefit from Swahili diplomacy?
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Op-ED: How can Tanzania benefit from Swahili diplomacy?

Understanding diplomacy is not as complex as understanding rocket science. It’s simply the government’s methods and tools to engage with other governments.   I presume you must have come across the term diplomacy. Etymologically, it comes from the Greek word diplōma, meaning “an object folded in two”.  At the beginning of the 18th C, the use of...

The govt finally decides the fate of Ngorongoro dispute
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The govt finally decides the fate of Ngorongoro dispute

As the fate of the Maasai’s living in Ngorongoro remains undecided, the government has vowed to compensate those who will voluntarily leave the park.   The Prime Minister, Hon Kassim Majaliwa, made those remarks on Friday 18, 2022, at the Parliament in Dodoma. Last week the Ngorongoro issue had stirred an intense debate in the parliament...

The right way to use emergency contraceptives (P2)
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The right way to use emergency contraceptives (P2)

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...

Umasaini children’s long walk to education cut short
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Umasaini children’s long walk to education cut short

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...

ACT speaks for the Maasai in Ngorongoro
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ACT speaks for the Maasai in Ngorongoro

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...

Czech aircraft manufacturer to establish a camp in Tanzania
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Czech aircraft manufacturer to establish a camp in Tanzania

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...