Radicalisation among Muslim youths in Tanzania
Muslim scholars and madrassa teachers have been meeting in Dar es Salaam to address the issue of radicalisation among Muslim youths in Tanzania. It comes as a Tanzanian student, Rashid Mberesero, was charged on Thursday over the Garissa University attack in north-eastern Kenya, in which 148 people were killed. Some at the meeting said that […]
Returning to Tanzania, Again, as a Refugee
We meet a man in a dirty yellow shirt on the beach in the tiny village of Kagunga, Tanzania. This has been his home for the past three weeks. “I’m waiting for my name to finally be called,” he sighs. His wish comes true the same afternoon. The man on the beach is Augustino Ndaezee. […]
Climate Change Affects Tanzania Coffee Production
Climate change is adversely affecting coffee production in Tarime, Northern Tanzania. According to the farmers, the harvesting pattern has altered and this has caused considerable losses to coffee processors and farmers. According to Lakshmi Suresh Kumar, the General Manager, Mara Coffee Limited, while farmers were working the field for six months in the past, now […]
‘No Parliamentary Seat Will Be Won By Using Albino Body Parts’
Tanzanian politicians have been warned to steer clear of witchcraft ahead of elections later this year after the nation’s parliament heard lawmakers could be involved in a wave of attacks on albinos whose body parts are prized in ‘black magic’ rituals. The East African country imposed a ban on witchcraft earlier this year to try […]
‘Rapists Should Be Hanged or Life Imprisonment’
THE appropriate penalty for rapists found guilty of raping children, particularly those with mental disability should be hanged to death or jailed for life, the legislator for Kitope on Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) ticket Mr Makame Mshimba Mbarouk suggested. Debating the budget proposal for the Ministry of Constitution and Legal affairs, Mr Mbarouk said that […]
Tanzania Reiterates Condemnation of Moroccan Occupation of Western Sahara
Foreign Minister of Tanzania Bernard Membe reiterated the strong opposition of his country to the Moroccan illegal occupation of Western Sahara, underlining that his country joins the United Nations and the African Union in support of the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination and an independent state. In a press statement read Friday in […]
NMB Set to Push Tanzania to Cash-Less Society
THE National Microfinance Bank (NMB) said yesterday it plans to enhance financial inclusion using mobile phone technology blended with internet services. Though, some quarters see mobile transaction as cashin-cash out, the bank want to reverse the phenomenal and create a cashless society where almost all payments are done through mobile handsets. The NMB Managing Director, […]
Zanzibar Calls for Prostitution Ban
Zanzibar — AMID fears that HIV prevalence in Zanzibar is increasing, Ms Ashura Sharif Ali (Special Seats- CUF) has suggested that women and men engaged in commercial sex should be banned in the islands. “It is unacceptable to find people engaged in commercial sex and then educating them on how to avoid contracting HIV. The […]
Tanzania Bans Plastic Bags
Dodoma — THE government has banned manufacturing of plastic bags in the country and those still producing the bags should be reported to authorities. Likewise those importing the plastic bags be taken to task, the deputy minister of State in the Vice- President’s Office (Environment), Mr Stephen Masele, told parliament on Tuesday. Mr Masele was […]
Burundi Refugee Crisis Tests Tanzania’s Refugee Policy
Kigoma, Tanzania – The aid agency Oxfam says more than 70,000 refugees from Burundi have crossed the border into Tanzania fearing political violence at home. Aid agencies are seeking more support as disease and overcrowding take a toll on the refugee population. Most of the new arrivals in Tanzania are women and children. They crowd […]
