Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Tanzania

Regional court dismisses Maasai eviction case against Tanzania government

A regional court on Friday dismissed a case brought by a group of Maasai villagers claiming the Tanzanian government used violence to evict them from their ancestral lands in the north of the country.

Reuters

Scientists engineer mosquitoes that cannot spread malaria

Researchers will collect parasites from children in Tanzania to see whether discovery works in real world

The Independent UK

World's strangest lakes - from bubblegum pink pools to 'mummifying' waters

Lake Hillier in Western Australia, Spotted Lake in Canada, Pamukkale in Turkey and Lake Natron in Tanzania are among the most striking and different lakes in the whole world

Daily Mirror

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Tanzania and Zambia want to upgrade the 'Uhuru Railway' – but can they?

Half a century ago, the Tanzania-Zambia Railway (Tazara) stood out as a crucial symbol of Africa’s struggle for independence. The 1,860km-long railway connects Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia with Dar es Salaam at the Indian Ocean.

The Conversation

Sadock John, from robbing houses to a football World Cup

From the streets of Tanzania to representing his country at a football World Cup.

Al Jazeera

How Shiite Islam reached Tanzania, and Ashoura processions became an annual tradition

Each year, the largest contemporary Muslim pilgrimage takes place in Iraq to remember Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson. Before the pandemic, this event reportedly drew more than 30 million people, but in recent years participation declined to more than 14 million. This procession from Najaf to Karbala, where Hussein…

The Conversation

East African footballers are a rarity on the global stage: we analysed why

When Tanzania’s national football hero Mbwana Ally Samatta signed with Aston Villa in 2020 this was far more than just another move of an African player to the top of the global game. He was the first Tanzanian to feature in the English Premier League and his transfer sparked enthusiasm…

The Conversation

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Visa dissonance: Why world music performers can't always make it to the stage on time

Sounds like a musician's dream come true: A duo from the African nation of Comoros was invited to Peter Gabriel's world music fest. But there was a daunting obstacle: Getting a visa to enter the U.K.

WEKU

Tanzanian Defence Minister visits BDL

Hyderabad

The Hindu

India, Tanzania to set up task force to prepare five-year ‘future road map’ on defence cooperation

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met Tanzanian Minister of Defence and National Service Dr. Stergomena Lawrence Tax to discuss a range of issues in New Delhi

The Hindu

Tanzanian TB patients have a lower quality of life than people who haven't had the disease

Numerous researchers have documented the quality of life and mental health of specific population groups. Examples include people living with HIV, the elderly, students, men who have sex with men, and pregnant women accessing health services. One review found that people with tuberculosis (TB) have a relatively high prevalence of…

The Conversation

Mount Kilimanjaro climbers can share slope selfies in real-time thanks to new Wi-Fi

Tanzanian authorities installed the high-speed broadband network on the slopes of Africa's tallest mountain last week and say it should reach the summit by the end of this year.

WEKU

F1 | Lewis Hamilton says he is 'fully transformed' by Africa trip

Lewis Hamilton documented across social media his Africa trip to Namibia, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania, noting that they were “some of the best days of my entire life”

The Hindu

Mount Kilimanjaro gets high-speed internet so climbers can share their ascents on social media

‘All visitors will get connected,’ Tanzania’s information minister says

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Reuters

Exclusive-Rotavirus childhood vaccine shortage hits four African countries

Supplies of a vaccine to prevent the deadly rotavirus infection in children have either run out in Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal and Cameroon or are close to doing so, officials close to the roll-out told Reuters, after disruptions at drugmaker GSK.

Daily Mirror

Survivor of 'nasty doctor' Al-Qaeda chief killed by 'ninja' strike hails brutal death

Former US ambassador Prudence Bushnell said there is "one less mass murderer in the world" after the death of Ayman Al-Zawahiri. In 1998, she was injured US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were devastated by bombs

France 24

DR Congo to reassess withdrawal plan for UN peacekeeping mission

In tonight's edition: After dozens of deaths during last week's violent demonstrations against the United Nations, DR Congo's government reexamines the withdrawal plan for the UN's MONUSCO mission. Also, the head of al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, was killed in a US drone strike on Sunday. He helped mastermind terror attacks…

USA Today Sports Media Group

Myles Turner addresses trade rumors

Myles Turner: I didn't look up what Tanzania was like on Google. I didn't look up what Africa was like. I didn't really even ask for people's opinions. I just wanted to go into it super clear-headed. For me personally, with all this, the wildness ...

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Conversation

Change of guard in Kenya: the 5 reasons neighbours watch every step

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta – whose final term in office ends after the 9 August polls – has been a key figure in east Africa. Over the last nine years, he has tried to create markets and address issues like peace, malaria and climate change. Within the East African Community,…

USA Today Sports Media Group

Phil Mickelson explains video with gorillas that took social media by storm ahead of LIV Golf Bedminster

Mickelson and wife, Amy, recently visited Rwanda before visiting Tanzania.

The Conversation

How conflicts intertwined over time and destabilised the DRC – and the region

The conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the deadliest the world has ever witnessed. One report estimates the death toll at 5.4 million while a more conservative count puts it at one million dead. Much of the conflict is centred in North Kivu and…

The Conversation

Moving the Maasai: Tanzania is repeating Kenya's colonial past

Images of distressed members of the Maasai community being forcibly moved from their homes, beaten and harassed by police and the army in northern Tanzania in June set social media alight with concern. Activists have since voiced their anger over land and human rights, and they have good reason to…

Daily Record

Comrie's 'birthday' tree action for climate sees link up between Scotland and Tanzania

When two climate warriors met at COP26 it led to a project to encourage trees in two countries putting down firm roots with Comrie Croft in Perthshire getting in on the idea.

The Conversation

Why sexual and reproductive law for east African countries is being resisted

Six of the countries of the East African Community – Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania – recently concluded public hearings on a new sexual and reproductive health bill. Proponents of the bill argue that it will improve access to sexual and reproductive health which, in turn, will…

Daily Mirror

Passport Office chaos left family members getting documents back months apart

Rob Jones' children received their passports more than a month apart ahead of jetting off from their Devon home to a big multi-destination holiday to Tanzania, Zanzibar and Greece

1 … 15 16 17 18

People

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

English Premier League

East African Community

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.