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1938 - 2020 KWAHERI MZEE…Burial Next Wednesday

Former President Benjamin Mkapa will be laid to rest on Wednesday next week at his home village of Lupaso in Masasi District, Mtwara Region, the Government has announced. Briefing journalists in Dar es Salaam…

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Tanzania’s Former President Benjamin Mkapa Dies

Tanzania's former President Benjamin Mkapa, who served from 1995 to 2005, died in the early hours of Friday, President John Magufuli said in a statement. Mkapa, the East African nation's third…

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Tanzania Has What It Takes To Be ‘African Economic Giant’

East Africa’s sleeping giant is finally awakening. Right in the middle of the global Coronavirus pandemic, Tanzania has provided a rare piece of good news — on 1 July 2020, the country achieved its…

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Africa Shine On! Tanzania

H.E. Job Daudi Masima, Ambassador of the United Republic of Tanzania was at the heart of a Africa Shine On!'s meeting on Zoom organised by SID Israel (Society for International Development - Israel Branch)…

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CCM Picks Dr. Hussein Mwinyi as Zanzibar Presidential Candidate

Tanzania’s governing party has picked Defence Minister, Dr. Hussein Mwinyi as Zanzibar presidential candidate in the October polls. Mwinyi won the inter-party elections by over 78 percent, in a vote…

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PM Ikulu Race Off To A Flier…Reveals Why He Is Seeking Second Term In Office

It was pomp and fanfare as President John Magufuli returned nomination forms at Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) headquarters here yesterday, giving reasons as to why he seeks re-election to the highest office of the…

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Tanzanite Stones Lined Up As Major Tourism Boosters

Tanzania has unveiled yet more tourism attractions, this time round coming up with two of the world's biggest tanzanite stones.   The Government that purchased the gems from a smallscale miner,…

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Magufuli Gets High Praise On All Fronts

The Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance has congratulated President John Magufuli on the remarkable achievements of his Government over the nearly five years of his reign in all economic, political…

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