Magufuli not extending presidential tenure
15/01/2018President John Magufuli of Tanzania has called on countrymen to ignore the calls for an extension of the constitutionally backed five years to seven years because the issue of presidential.
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Tanzania Stops Private Health Centres from Offering AIDS Services
17/02/2017Tanzania’s government has stopped 40 privately run health centers from providing AIDS-related services, accusing them of catering to homosexuals in a country where gay sex is criminalized. It is the.
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Tanzania: 4,148 Girls Rescued From FGM as 1,473 Fall Victim
13/02/2017By Anthony Mayunga A total of 1,473 girls out of the 5,621 who were lined up for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Serengeti District, underwent FGM during the circumcision season.
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Tanzania: New Initiative to Save Forests Aims at Empowering Women
10/02/2017By Meddy Mulisa Bukoba — Dativa Kaimukirwa (24) looks knackered but manages to smile as she speaks to reporters outside her hut at Rukoma village, in Bukoba Rural district..
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Tanzania Secures $225m Loan from World Bank Approves for Water Sector
27/01/2017The World Bank’s board of executive directors has approved a $225 million loan to Tanzania to improve water supply in the African nation’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam, the bank.
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Tanzania to Receive World Bank $305m Loan for Port Expansion
26/01/2017Tanzania will receive a $305 million loan from the World Bank to expand its main port in it main commercial city Dar es Salaam, where congestion and inefficiencies are hampering.
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Tanzania: Gov’t Unveils Technology to Combat Sickle Cell
23/01/2017A new and state-of-the-art sickle cell-diagnostic technology, “Sickle-Scan test kit” was officially launched in Dar es Salaam last week – a big boost to the government’s efforts aimed to reduce.
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Tanzania Considers Tax on Charcoal to Save Forests
23/01/2017Tanzania is considering putting a tax on charcoal with the aim of discouraging the use of the fuel, which is a big source of energy for cooking but also a.
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Tanzania’s Magufuli Takes Anti-Corruption Drive to Ruling Party
15/12/2016By Fumbuka Ng’wanakilala Tanzania’s president, John Magufuli, has vowed to root out corruption in his ruling party, threatening “no mercy” for anyone giving or taking bribes. Businesses have long said.
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Sweden Supports Tanzania’s Industrialisation Drive
29/11/2016By Sylivester Domasa Tanzania Horticulture Association’s (TAHA) efforts to boost horticultural production in the country have attracted a five million US dollar (over 10bn/-) funding from Sweden. Speaking shortly after signing.
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