East African Legislative Assembly adopts accounts committee report on previous years’ audits
According to the audited report, the Community operated with a budget of USD 105 million, but actual expenditure reached only USD 72.7 million, resulting in a budget absorption rate of 69 percent.
Africa launches single continent’s currency Marketplace saving USD 5 Billion in trade bottleneck
The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System’s African Currency Marketplace (PACM is a next-generation Financial Market Infrastructure (FMI) out to solve the continent’s longstanding challenge of currency inconvertibility.
Anthrax kills 60 hippos, 27 buffaloes and affects 27 people in DR Congo
It all started in mid-May, when 57-year-old man called Pierre was admitted to a health center in the Lubero area after suffering from severe itching on his right hand, followed by pruritus and a swelling of his forearm.
As regards reparations, the Democratic Republic of Congo requests the Court to order the Respondent State to withdraw its troops from the Applicant State’s territory and immediately halt all forms of support for M23 coalition.
Impala Hotel in Arusha soon to reopen for Business
It another imminent return of Impala Hotel, the formerly popular accommodation property in Arusha City but this time under new management and different name
Over USD 50 Million needed for emergency Health Response in DR Congo
Dire health and humanitarian crisis in Democratic Republic of Congo prompts escalation of efforts by the World Health Organization and partners, plus more funds
The World’s first Ebola Vaccine launches in Uganda
Principal investigators from Makerere University and the Uganda Virus Research Institute, with support from the World Health Organization, worked to get the trial ready within just four days after the outbreak was reported.
Lagos Free Zone gets investment boost from International Finance Corporation
Owned by Singapore based Tolaram, a diversified multinational group with operations across Africa, Asia, and Europe, the Lagos Free Zone is strategically integrated with the Lekki Deep Sea Port.
MS Europa Luxury Cruise Ship sails into Tanzania on Valentines Day. To sample local cuisine
The main selling point of the ship happens to be its assortments of global, continental and country food delicacies, making the Europa a typical floating hotel.
Police kills two men who ‘kidnapped’ school children in Mwanza City
The two children have however been rescued and taken to Sekou Toure Hospital for medical examinations, but otherwise, the police assured the parents that the kids looked fine.
Tanzanian Sailor alleged to Commit Suicide aboard a ship in the Netherlands
Reports which were made available to The Tanzania Times over the weekend indicate that the late Fadhil Omar had hanged himself in the Rawabi ship’s cabin as the vessel docked at the Port of Rotterdam.
Sam Nujoma: The Namibian President with a Tanzanian Passport
Sam Nujoma who was also going under the alias of Samwel Mwakangale, acting as a teacher from Dodoma in Tanzania, was an activist and guerrilla leader who became Namibia's first democratically elected president.
EAC rejects Military intervention in solving DR Congo conflict. Tshisekedi snubs Tanzania’s Summit
While the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame who is being accused by the West for aiding the rebels’ groups fighting in the DR Congo, managed to attend the meeting in Dar-es-salaam, the Congolese President, Felix Tshisekedi did not turn up.