Tag: Tanzania

Tanzania opposition figure comes back home after years in exile

March 2, 2023

Tanzanian opposition politician Godbless Lema has returned home after two years in exile in Canada over threats to his life following a disputed election. A ... Read More

Slow takeoff for Africa’s AfCFTA: Tanzania joining FTA in July, Nigeria not yet ready

February 16, 2023

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) market has been a long time coming, but several African nations and major companies have finally started shipping ... Read More

Tanzania bans school textbooks for promoting LGBTQ rights

February 15, 2023

The Tanzanian government has banned a popular series of children's books from schools on the grounds that they violate local cultural values of the Eastern ... Read More

Tanzania seeks more investments by Morocco’s OCP

February 1, 2023

Tanzania is seeking to have another OCP plant to produce fertilizers in the country as part of efforts to bolster farming output and reduce food ... Read More

Uganda issues license for construction of controversial oil pipeline

January 24, 2023

Uganda has issued a license for the construction of a pipeline across the country and Tanzania to transport hydrocarbons from East Africa to international markets, ... Read More

Tanzania: Emmanuel Tutuba, new governor of Central Bank

January 10, 2023

Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of Tanzania, has appointed Emmanuel Tutuba as governor of the country’s central bank, in replacement of Florens Luoga, whose five-year tenure ... Read More

Former Kenyan leader Uhuru Kenyatta appointed to mediate crisis in Eastern DRC

November 9, 2022

The leaders of East African Community, EAC, have appointed former Kenyan leader Uhuru Kenyatta to broker political negotiations to end the security crisis in the ... Read More

Pre-COP27 warning: Africa’s great migration at stake due to climate change

November 7, 2022

Changing weather patterns are wreaking havoc on East Africa’s wildlife and placing the region’s people at greater risk too. As the planet warms, the natural ... Read More

Burundi re-opens borders with all neighbors including Rwanda

October 24, 2022

Burundi has reopened borders with its neighbors including Rwanda with whom it has had sour relations since 2015 over accusations that Kigali provides safe haven ... Read More

Uganda’s thriving financial sector ranked no.1 in East Africa

October 18, 2022

Uganda is running an economy with the most developed financial sector in East Africa, which is only the latest feat that depicts a major milestone ... Read More