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Tanzania Annual Inflation Accelerated to 4.4% in June 2022
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Tanzania Annual Inflation Accelerated to 4.4% in June 2022

The below report is the summary from the National Bureau of Statistics of Tanzania released on July 11, 2022 Tanzania’s annual inflation rate accelerated in June, the country’s national bureau of statistics said Monday. The 12-month headline inflation rate rose to 4.4% in June from 4.0% in May, the statistics bureau said in its July...

Girls student dies by suicide after her transfer request rejected
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Girls student dies by suicide after her transfer request rejected

A form Two student of Malava Girls’ Secondary School in Kakamega County has allegedly committed suicide after her transfer request was rejected. The 15-year-old student, Dorothy Kageha, allegedly took poison on Tuesday, July 12, at her parents’ home in Kimang’eti Village, Malava Sub-County. She’d been taken to Kimang’eti Health Centre, where first aid was administered...

Athlete suspended for doping ahead of World Championships
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Athlete suspended for doping ahead of World Championships

Amos was notified of the result while in Eugene, Oregon, where he was scheduled to compete in the 800m heats on July 20 The drug found in the 28-year-old’s system, GW1516, “modifies how the body metabolizes fat,” and the World Anti-Doping Agency has said it poses a health risk to athletes, AIU said in a...

Why did Boris Johnson Resign?
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Why did Boris Johnson Resign?

After squeaking through scandal after scandal, U.K. prime minister Boris Johnson finally resigned, taking his country to the brink of a full-blown constitutional crisis. Before he fell on his sword, no fewer than 59 members of his government departed in the space of some 48 hours: a mass exodus that made history books and boosted...

Op-Ed: Swahili diplomacy, a gateway to Tanzania’s economic and cultural development.
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Op-Ed: Swahili diplomacy, a gateway to Tanzania’s economic and cultural development.

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...

30th Anniversary of Multipartism in Tanzania: Obstacles and way forward.
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30th Anniversary of Multipartism in Tanzania: Obstacles and way forward.

An open letter from President Samia Suluhu. TODAY, Tanzania marks 30 years since we officially restored the multiparty political system. During that period, our nation has passed through happiness, sadness, turmoil and endured all kinds of challenges whilst treading the new path. This was never meant to be a smooth transition because such times have...

TDPC set to construct a huge Compressed Natural Gas plant at UDSM
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TDPC set to construct a huge Compressed Natural Gas plant at UDSM

Executive Director of the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC), Dr James Mataragio, said, “By March 2023, the Corporation will have completed the construction of four compressed natural gas (CNG) filling stations and started working on cars and homes. TPDC revealed the plan on June 8, 2022, during the signing of an agreement between TPDC and...