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Tanzania receives modern equipment from UNDP to boost anti-poaching and wildlife protection efforts
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Tanzania receives modern equipment from UNDP to boost anti-poaching and wildlife protection efforts

Tanzania has received state-of-the-art equipment valued at TSh 240 million to strengthen its efforts in combating poaching and managing human-wildlife conflicts. The support comes from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under the Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) Project. The handover ceremony took place today in Dodoma, where the Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Ambassador...

Tanzania urges AU to use G20 Summit to advance Africa’s priorities
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Tanzania urges AU to use G20 Summit to advance Africa’s priorities

Tanzania has called on the African Union (AU) to fully utilize South Africa’s upcoming G20 Summit hosting in 2025 to push Africa’s key interests globally. Speaking at the 47th AU Executive Council session in Equatorial Guinea, Foreign Affairs Minister Ambassador Mahmoud Thabit Kombo urged the AU to focus on issues like fair access to development...

CCM dismisses claims of candidate disqualification in nomination process
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CCM dismisses claims of candidate disqualification in nomination process

The ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) has refuted reports suggesting that some aspirants have been eliminated from its ongoing nomination process ahead of the 2025 General Elections. Speaking in Dodoma on July 13, CCM’s Ideology, Publicity, and Training Secretary, Amos Makalla, clarified that no candidate has been disqualified at any stage of the vetting...

Tourism overtakes gold as Tanzania’s top foreign exchange earner
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Tourism overtakes gold as Tanzania’s top foreign exchange earner

Tourism has officially become Tanzania’s leading source of foreign exchange, surpassing gold for the first time in years and marking a major milestone in the country’s post-pandemic economic recovery. According to the Bank of Tanzania’s (BoT) Monthly Economic Review for June 2025, tourism revenues reached $3.92 billion in the year ending May 2025. This represents...

Nairobi-Mombasa Expressway rejected
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Nairobi-Mombasa Expressway rejected

The Public Private Partnerships (PPP) Directorate has rejected the construction of the Nairobi-Mombasa Expressway. According to the National Treasury’s Project Progress and Status Report dated July 5, 2025, the Usahihi Express project, estimated to cost Ksh468 billion, did not meet key feasibility tests. The project proposal, approved in December 2023, allowed the project to proceed...

Ruto: Enough is enough, we will crush lawlessness
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Ruto: Enough is enough, we will crush lawlessness

President William Ruto has issued a strong warning to those behind recent unrest and destruction of property, vowing to use all available means to ensure peace and stability in the country. Speaking during a tour of the Police Housing Project in Kilimani, Nairobi, the President condemned what he termed as attempts to destabilize his government...