The government said yesterday it will appeal the ruling by a United Kingdom court that ordered the national carrier ATCL to pay $30.1 million (Sh69.23 billion) in compensation to a Liberian firm for breach of contract in an aircraft leasing deal. The case involved a 2013 agreement between Willis Trading...
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Tanzania named Best International Wildlife Destination
Tanzania has cemented its status as one of the world’s best tourism destinations after scooping the Best International Wildlife Destination award at the Outlook Travellers Awards held in India at the weekend, its embassy said. The East African country achieved the feat ahead of its wildlife tourism rivals Kenya and...
Home affairs minister fired for mismanaging fire department contract
Tanzanian home affairs minister Kangi Lugola was fired on Thursday after Tanzanian President John Magufuli accused him of mismanaging a 408 million euro ($453 million) contract. Magufuli, who faces re-election for a second five-year term this year, has cultivated the image of a hard-nosed leader who swiftly fires ministers and...
Wema Sepetu keeps her spot in the limelight
Wema Sepetu, Tanzanian actress and beauty contestant, was crowned Miss Tanzania in 2006. Since then, she has undergone a transformation before our eyes and maintained her relevance in the showbiz industry. Be it through social media, her love affair with the celebrated Tanzanian artiste Diamond Platnumz or even for the...
Zanzibar women mean business
Once a destitute housewife with no steady source of income, everything changed for Faida Mohammed Shaib in 2016. The up-and-coming entrepreneur is today an economically empowered lady, traversing the East African region and minting money from her agricultural produce processing business. "I have no problem with the market. I sell...
World Bank considers withholding education loan to Tanzania over women and girls’ rights issues
Tanzanian opposition leaders and civil societies ask the World Bank to condition a $500 million secondary education loan on meeting democratic and human rights standards, testing the Bank's influence on domestic policy issues. “You’re sort of setting yourself up for failure if you’re making a loan to improve girls’ schooling with a...
Tanzania must have free and fair elections in October 2020
For generations, Tanzania has stood out from its neighbours as a beacon of stability, peace, and democracy in a region characterised by civil unrest. In 1979, for instance, the town of Moshi hosted critical Ugandan talks that led to elections in 1980. In 1993 and then 2000, Arusha was the site...
Bad weather and election fever hits East African economies
Economist Razia Khan warns that locust invasion, excessive rainfall and political tensions in Tanzania and Uganda will negatively impact East African economies. While bumper agricultural production is tipped to be a key growth driver for Kenya, the locust menace has created a near-term uncertainty on the final harvest of the...
Rwanda and Tanzania ranked 51 and 96 of 180 on corruption in CPI report
Rwanda and Tanzania are making progress toward limiting corruption than their neighbours in the Eastern Africa region, according to the recently released Corruption Perception Index Report for 2019. The report produced by Transparency International ranked Rwanda at number 51 while Tanzania at 96. Kenya and Uganda were both ranked at...
Magufuli promises free and fair elections
Tanzanian President John Magufuli has invited international monitors to observe proceedings at this year’s general election and promises a “free and fair” democratic process amid concerns of a potential crackdown in Tanzania. Magufuli’s long-ruling CCM party won 99 percent of seats in local government polls in November that the US...