CUF’s manifesto makeover: What it means for Tanzanians

THE Civic United Front (CUF) 2025–2030 manifesto marks a decisive shift from its 2020–2025 version, signalling the party’s growing maturity in governance philosophy, policy formulation and strategic communication. The new document transitions from...

Tanzanian envoy attends opening of nuclear application facilities in Austria

Home/World/Tanzanian envoy attends opening of nuclear application facilities in Austria VIENNA: THE Tanzanian ambassador to Austria and the country’s Permanent Representative in Vienna, Naimi Aziz, joined the IAEA Member States and Secretariat to...

CCM to spur coffee production

MULEBA: CCM presidential candidate, Dr Samia Suluhu Hassan has outlined plans to boost Kagera Region’s economy by scaling up coffee farming, expanding fish processing and improving rural infrastructure. Addressing a campaign rally at Zimbihile...

Mavunde pledges to build a talent, sports centre in Dodoma

DODOMA: THE Chama Cha Mapinduzi(CCM) parliamentary candidate for Mtumba Constituency, Anthony Mavunde, has pledged to build a talent and sports development center in the Sokoine area, Ipala, as part of his efforts to promote youth empowerment and...

African Energy Week Returns to Cape Town Amid Investment Surge

Africa’s premier energy conference will return to Cape Town from October 12 to 16, 2026, as the continent positions itself at the center of global conversations about fossil fuels, renewable energy, and the massive infrastructure investments...

Tanzania shifts focus to regional markets as AGOA elapses

DAR ES SALAAM: TANZANIAN exporters to the United States have been advised to explore growing opportunities within Africa’s regional markets, following the expiry of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), even as hopes remain high that the...

Airtel Money, COPRA partner to boost digital financial access for Tanzanian farmers

Dar es Salaam. Airtel Money Tanzania has initiated a strategic collaboration with the Cereals and Other Produce Regulatory Authority (COPRA) aimed at deepening digital financial inclusion within the agricultural sector. The engagement seeks to...

Tanzania’s environmental bodies sign an agreement to operate closely, digitally

DAR ES SALAAM: THE National Environmental Management Council (NEMC) and the Zanzibar Environmental Management Authority (ZEMA) have reached an agreement to strengthen their cooperation in the management and conservation of the environment in the...

How Mwalimu Nyerere’s vision shaped Dodoma, JNHPP

THE idea of relocating Tanzania’s political and administrative capital from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma was once considered a distant dream. Likewise, the aspiration to generate over 2,000 mega- watts of electricity from the Rufiji River through a...

Court rules ARIPO trademarks designating mainland Tanzania are not enforceable

The Court of Appeal of Tanzania issued a decision on September 26 2025 confirming that African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) trademarks designating Tanzania (mainland) are not enforceable. The ruling aligns with Spoor &...

Eerie Photo of Hyena Stalking Abandoned Mining Town Wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Ghost Town Visitor by Wim van den Heever. Winner of Urban Wildlife and Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025. A brown hyena among the skeletal remains of a long-abandoned diamond mining town. Location: Kolmanskop, near Lüderitz, Namibia....

Breakthrough HIV prevention jab given green light in S.Africa

Dar es Salaam. South Africa has become the first African nation to approve the use of an injectable HIV prevention drug, marking a major milestone in the continent’s fight against the virus. The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority...

Mission Ready: Time, Talent and Purpose

Timing Is Everything Long before Hum calculated missile stress loads by hand or managed the Mars mission at NASA, his future was taking shape in quiet moments on the Forty Acres. He arrived at UT in 1953 to study aeronautical engineering, a field...

Nyerere’s ideals still shape Tanzania and beyond

DAR ES SALAAM: JULIUS Nyerere, the first President of Tanzania, remains a lasting symbol of freedom, integrity and servant leadership across Africa. Twenty-six years after his death, his vision of unity and self-reliance continues to influence the...

Tanzania to chair COP30 negotiating council

DAR ES SALAAM: TANZANIA is poised to chair the Negotiating Council at the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), scheduled to take place in Belém, Brazil, from November 10 to...

Sierra Leone’s New Mining Act Reshapes the Rules for Resource Sovereignty

The Republic of Sierra Leone has entered a new era of resource governance. On May 12, 2023, the West African nation enacted the Mines and Minerals Development Act, 2022—the most comprehensive overhaul of its mining legislation in over a decade....

Tanzania sets £1 billion UK export target for produce

The Tanzanian High Commission in the UK has set a target to raise exports to £1 billion (US$1.26 billion) by 2030, with a focus on horticultural and agricultural products entering the British market. Tanzania's High Commissioner to the UK, Mbelwa...

Tanzania’s PM directs Ministry of Minerals to monitor inactive mining companies

Lindi. Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has instructed the Ministry of Minerals to closely monitor mining companies that have held on to exploration areas for extended periods without developing them, citing three firms operating in Ruangwa District...

Tanzania affirms clean energy campaign in Lake Zone

MWANZA: TANZANIA continues to campaign for clean cooking energy to make it a nationwide initiative, visiting institutions that feed over 100 people is the country’s latest endeavor.. THE Director of Clean Cooking Energy, Nolasco Mlay, together...

Tanzanian lawyers file case at High Court challenging Polepole’s disappearance

Dar es Salaam. The disappearance of former Tanzanian ambassador to Cuba, Humphrey Polepole, allegedly abducted under mysterious circumstances, has been taken to court. On Tuesday, 7 October 2025, Mr Polepole’s lawyers, led by Advocate Peter...