The skull of beheaded Ngoni traditional leader, Chief Songea, will soon be brought back to Tanzania from Germany. Chief Songea was beheaded during the Maji Maji uprising in the 20th century and demand of people to see his skull in the Tanzanian museum has turned serious lately. The Maji Maji […]

Profit graph of London-based company Acacia Mining has taken a southward turn in 2017 in Tanzania. It plunged a loss of more than $700m following ban of gold and copper exports by the government since March. In the month of May shares of the company dropped about 30 percent amid […]

Farmers of maize crops in Tanzania have asked the government to provide them with strong drought and pest resistant seeds so that they don’t need to buy the same from private producers at hefty prices. A farmer in the Tanga region said, “It is high time the government facilitated farmers […]

Tanzania is seeking to attract tourists in the southern circuit too and so the government has come up with a new plan with the help of which tourism in the area could be promoted. According to Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Jumanne Maghembo, the country’s southern circuit is untapped […]

Twenty people including 12 women have been freshly arrested from an HIV/AIDS training session in Tanzania’s semi-autonomous Zanzibar island accused of homosexuality over the weekend. Police said the vigilance will be intensified further against LGBT group as homosexuality is illegal in Zanzibar and also against the Tanzanian law. All the […]

Petra Diamonds announced to have halted operations temporarily at its Williamson mine in Tanzania opposing seizure of a consignment in Dar es Salaam which was getting prepared for export in Antwerp, Belgium. Meanwhile, shares of Petra Diamonds in the London market has dropped 8 percent at 82.65 pence at 1318 […]