Tanzania is set to inoculate young girls and boys with the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for girls and boys between nine and fourteen. The program is a significant step toward reaching the WHO global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer. Among other targets outlined in the plan is tha by 2030, 90% of...
President Samia’s visit to Oman set a benchmark for a better business environment for Tanzanian producers and services providers. Her trip to Oman makes her second trip to the Middle East this year, saying her government is setting a feasible environment for investors to enter the local market and Tanzanians to benefit from investment and trade...
Since its Independence, Tanzania has never come close to signing a record-breaking contract as it signed with Shell and Equinor on LNG extraction in Lindi, one of Tanzania’s southern regions. The project will cost 70 trillion, the biggest since Independence. What does this project mean to Tanzania’s economy and development in individual lives? Tanzania will...
Last week, international superstar Justin Bieber shared a touching video announcing his suffering from a rare illness known as Ramsay Hunt Syndrome. He explained to us, “the nerve in my ear and facial nerves have caused my face to have paralysis.” Because of his viral video, we would be shedding more light on the nature...
No more Turkey? The country has had bad jokes likening it to an ugly, gobbling bird. The UN has accepted its request to be Officially known as Türkiye in English. The country may be unusual for changing its name, but it is hardly the only one to have done so. Why do countries change names?...
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Commission), through the Chairperson of the African Commission’s Working Group on the Rights of Indigenous Populations/Communities and Minorities in Africa, is following the ongoing eviction of the Maasai community in the Loliondo division of the Ngorongoro district of the United Republic of Tanzania. The Commission...
Sugar ranks amongst the most imported products in Tanzania. In 2020, raw sugar was the 14th most imported product in Tanzania, and the country became the 53th largest importer of raw sugar in the world. According to UN Food Prices Index, Food prices have been at their highest since records began 60 years ago, according to...
Tanzania is one of the countries positioned in Sub-Sahara Africa that encounters a severe shortage of clean & safe water. According to reports, over 23 million people do not have access to clean drinking water and almost twice as many do not use improved sanitation facilities. However, things have been swiftly changing over time as people...
The President of the United Republic of Tanzania, President Samia Suluhu Hassan, has approved a salary increase proposal, including a minimum of 23.3% for public servants. The proposals presented to the White House are a continuation of the session of Hon. The Prime Minister, Kassim Majaliwa, recently in the Dodoma region and received expert information...
The ministry of health has announced that there has been a sharp increase of COVID-19 cases from 8 patients in the third week of April to 32 patients in the 4 weeks of April, with Dar es Salaam itself having 70 cases. According to the report of the chief medical officer, Dr Aifelo Sichwale, Dar...