A devastating incident unfolded when an Embraer aircraft tragically crashed in the Tver region, north of Moscow, en route from Moscow to St. Petersburg. According to TASS news agency, the plane carried seven passengers and three crew members. Social media flooded with videos capturing the heart-wrenching crash. Notably, the flight reportedly included Prigozhin, known for...
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Fostering Aviation Rejuvenation: Tanzania-Russia Bilateral Air Services Agreement Takes Flight
Amidst the gradual recovery of air transport services from the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, a significant breakthrough has been achieved in rejuvenating the aviation industry. In a recent bilateral summit held in a serene location in Moscow, experts from the Governments of the United Republic of Tanzania and the Russian Federation convened with...
Tanzania open doors for Russian investments and tourists
Tanzania is set to receive more investors and tourists from Russia wishing to explore opportunities and attractions the country is endowed with, Russia’s ambassador to Tanzania Mr Andrey Avetisyan has said. The ambassador has said that bussinessmen from Russia send emails to Tanzania seeking investment opportunities. According to Russia’s ambassador in Tanzania, Tanzania authorities have...
9 countries with the most nuclear weapons
According to Statista, “There were approximately 13,080 nuclear warheads worldwide as of January 2021, and almost 90 per cent of them belong to two countries: the United States and Russia.” What are nuclear warheads? These are weapons of mass destruction that can wipe out an entire city in minutes and kill everyone. After the havoc they wreck,...
The global Sugar crisis is looming as top producers halt exportation.
Sugar prices are expected to soar due to the export restrictions imposed by several key producing nations seeking to tame rising domestic food prices. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, which seriously undermined global supply chains, has been dramatically aggravated by the crisis in Ukraine and the subsequent sanctions imposed on Russia. The conflict between...
Students returned home from Ukraine to be enrolled in local Universities.
PM, Kassim Majaliwa, has directed students brought back home from Ukraine after the surge of war due to Russia’s invasion should visit the Tanzania Commission of Universities (TCU) for evaluation to be enrolled in other universities in Tanzania to proceed with their education. Prime Minister made those remarks at the Parliament in Dodoma yesterday while...
Russia – Ukraine War: EU requires immediate intervention to tackle the lurking wheat, edible and milk crisis
Malaysia, the second global giant palm oil producer, is keen to take advantage of an ongoing edible oil crisis in Europe to regain the market after being long shunned by buyers following human rights and environmental concerns. Zuraida Kamaruddin, Malaysia’s Minister for Plantation Industries and Commodities, said in the government’s statement, “will not want...
Boris Johnson says Russia could win the War in Ukraine, but there is one mistake.
Boris Johnson has conceded a “realistic possibility” that Russia could win the war in Ukraine. He also acknowledged suggestions that the war could last until 2023. The Russian president will “not be able to conquer the spirit of the Ukrainian people,” Johnson added. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said there is a “realistic...
Makamba unveils government’s plan to control high oil prices
As the oil price remains high for the second week consecutive since the 100 Tsh levy on oil imports reinstatement, the Minister of Energy, January Makamba, presented the government’s plan at the parliament today, April 13, 2022. Hon Makamba said the government is currently looking into ways to start a funding program that would effectively...
This is how much it will cost to re-build Ukraine.
When the war ended, the country resembled a wasteland. Air raids had flattened almost all industrial structures, and infrastructure was rendered unusable and large cities bombed out. Russian-led forces occupied the east, with millions fleeing their brutality. But West Germany’s economy recovered strongly after 1945, in what would soon be coined the Wirtschaftswunder (economic miracle). Unlike Nazi...