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Catholic Church in Tanzania bans non-liturgy and other secular interference during sermons
The Catholic Church in Tanzania has banned all non-liturgy commentaries during masses, sermons and from all other religious functions across the country, cutting out secular interference from apostolic activities.
Tanzania’s popular YouTube and Tik-Tok duo, ‘Wachokonozi,’ has been abducted in Arusha
Wachokonozi, a duo that run social commentaries on social media platforms, so far have more than 33,000 subscribers on YouTube.
Female opposition leaders arrested in Tanzania and Rwanda
“But the struggle for democracy continues,” wrote Ayo, who is also filling the opposition docket for the shadow cabinet minister for Public Service and Good Governance.
Edward Porokwa becomes member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
The appointment of eight members of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, was done in accordance with the United Nations’ resolution of Establishment of a Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
Longest bridge in East Africa sails on Lake Victoria
Forming a special crossing section over part of Lake Victoria, the largest water body in Africa, the bridge was built at the cost of USD 2.5 million.
African Development Bank Funds Railway Project to link Tanzania with Burundi and DR Congo
The African Development Bank Group has so far invested over USD 9 billion in Tanzania since it started its operations in the country in 1971.
Tanzania extends traffic rights to International Airlines following EU ban on its aircraft
he TCAA has granted additional rights, for the period of six months, to Ethiopian Airlines and Qatar Airways to support and facilitate local and regional connections to major Tanzanian destination
Tanzania to ground down passenger buses in July, over electronic ticketing mishaps
In fact, the country’s Land Transport Regulatory Authority had previously made it mandatory for all bus companies in Tanzania to issue electronic tickets and replace the paper boarding passes.
Police in Tanzania fire tear gas canisters onto church members in Dar-es-salaam
Members of the ‘Kanisa la Ufufuo na Uzima,’ (Church of resurrection and Life), were compelled to conduct prayers in the open after the government closed their church premises about two weeks earlier.
Tanzania: United Nations alarmed by incidents of abductions and torture to silence opposition and critics
Opposition leaders and their supporters have reported a pattern of escalating attacks and human rights violations, primarily in regions where political tensions are high.