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Ghana Shippers’ Authority participates in Ghana Expo 2024 in Tanzania

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In line with Ghana’s strategy to increase trade within Africa under the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA), in collaboration with the National Coordination Office (NCO) of the AfCFTA, participated in the Ghana Expo 2024 in Tanzania from Wednesday, January 24, to Sunday, January 28, 2024, at the Mlimani City […]

Philip Mpango: Tanzania orders social media crackdown over VP death rumours

Philip Mpango: Tanzania orders social media crackdown over VP death rumours

Tanzanian authorities are investigating social media users accused of spreading false information about Vice-President Philip Mpango’s health. Mr Mpango resurfaced on Sunday after being absent from public view for over a month, sparking relief and ending widespread rumours he had died. Information Minister Nape Nnauye has ordered investigations into those who spread the speculation. Mr […]

Tanzania declares Marburg outbreak over

Tanzania declares Marburg outbreak over

Tanzania says its outbreak of the Marburg virus is over. Presence of the haemorrhagic fever was first confirmed in March, in the north-western Kagera region. There were nine cases and six people died. The World Health Organisation said its joint action with Tanzania on an emergency response had enabled the authorities to limit the impacts […]

Kamala Harris arrives in Tanzania on second leg of Africa tour

Kamala Harris arrives in Tanzania on second leg of Africa tour

US Vice-President, Kamala Harris, is in Tanzania on the second leg of her tour of Africa. She will meet President Samia Suluhu where she is expected to raise the issue of Tanzania’s non-alignment over the war in Ukraine. The US has been keen to get more countries to condemn the Russian invasion. Reports say the […]

Tanzania to hold funeral service for plane crash victims

Tanzania to hold funeral service for plane crash victims

SOURCE: BBC NEWS Tanzania’s Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa will on Monday, November 7, 2022 lead mourners in paying their respects at a funeral service for 19 people killed after a passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania. The plane crashed on Sunday morning near the shore at the end of the Bukoba airport runway. Of the […]