By Timithy CerulloDAR ES SALAAM – Tanzanian Vice President Emmanuel John Nchimbi has reportedly resigned from his position and retired entirely from the country’s public service effective September 4, 2026.In a letter dated Tuesday, August 25, from the Office of the Vice President and addressed to Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu’s office, Nchimbi disclosed that he […]
CAPTION: The JNHPP inaugurated on Saturday August 22nd, 2026 (Courtesy Photo). By Xinhua DAR ES SALAAM – Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Saturday inaugurated the 2,115-megawatt Julius Nyerere Hydropower Plant, a landmark project expected to strengthen electricity supply and accelerate industrial and economic development. Hassan inaugurated the plant in Rufiji District in Coast […]
CAPTION: Some of the members of the minority and indigenous communities in East Africa out side a conference in Nairobi on Wednesday August 19th, 2026. (Courtesy photo). By Our reporter NAIROBI – Climate change is an existential threat to minority and indigenous communities in East Africa. According to East Africa Indigenous people’s reports, these […]
CAPION: Samia Suluhu Hassan, right, and Félix Tshisekedi, left, during a meeting Zanzibar Tuesday August 18th, 2026. (Courtesy photo). By Our reporterZANZIBAR — Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo have called for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Congolese territory and pledged deeper defence and security cooperation as Presidents Samia Suluhu Hassan and Félix Tshisekedi […]
By Our reporter KAMPALA – Rice importers say brokers are allegedly working with officials in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives to take control of the country’s rice import business through a permit allocation system. They claim that the permit allocation system has locked genuine traders out of the market. The Kampala Rice […]
CAPTION: Aliko Dangote, founder of Dangote Industries and Africa’s richest man. His group is pursuing a new wave of industrial investments across East Africa. [Tom Saater/Bloomberg via Getty Images]By AgencyTanzania is stepping up efforts to secure major fertiliser, power and infrastructure investments from Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, after neighbouring Kenya was selected for his […]
CAPTION: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, left, and Tanzanian President Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan, 2nd left in the back ground, with other officials after the signing Thursday August 6th, 2026. (PPU photo). By Our reporterDAR ES SALAAM – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and Tanzanian President Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan have launched a new chapter in Uganda–Tanzania energy […]
CAPTION: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, in white shirt, arrives in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, for a two-day working visit Wednesday August 8th, 2026. (PPU Photo). DAR ES SALAAM – Uganda President Yoweri Museveni begins a two-day official visit to Tanzania Wednesday August 5th, 2026 at the invitation of President Samia Suluhu Hassan, aimed at […]
By Peter FabriciusPRITORIA – Samia Suluhu Hassan’s state visit to Moscow could signal a global reorientation – or it could be just hedging bets.In June, President Samia Suluhu Hassan conducted Tanzania’s first state visit to Russia since the country’s first president, Julius Nyerere, travelled there in 1969. Her visit, with a large business delegation, included […]