Tanzania wants to fix the mess at Tunduma, where trucks heading to Zambia and the DRC get stuck in brutal traffic jams. Construction Minister Abdallah Ulega told TANROADS to figure out how to widen the border road, and he wants three lanes built to handle the congestion. The government also plans to drop a new weighbridge at Iboya so trucks don't have to flip around at Mpemba anymore.
The current weighbridge setup has been causing massive delays because heavy vehicles need to double back for weight checks. Once the Iboya facility goes live, Mpemba will only deal with traffic coming from Mbeya. Regional bosses are also being pushed to upgrade feeder roads in the area.
Truck drivers have been complaining forever about how the single...
United African University of Tanzania's board chair, Prof Rwekaza Mukandala, told graduates that pumping money into tech education and getting the government plus private companies to team up would help crank out more qualified people in the field. The vice chancellor, Prof Sung Kim, mentioned they're dropping around three million bucks on training lecturers and students to boost the pipeline of professionals who actually know what they're doing with modern systems.
A couple of fresh graduates said their degrees would help them level up personally and maybe do something useful for the communities they're from.
India upgraded its Kabul mission to full embassy status and let the Taliban assign diplomats to their Delhi posts after Afghanistan's acting foreign minister visited. Mawlavi Amir Khan Muttaqi showed up to discuss humanitarian projects like maternity centers and cancer treatment facilities, and both sides agreed to restart air cargo flights for trade. Around 21,000 Afghan refugees are scattered across Delhi neighborhoods, with most landing in spots like Lajpat Nagar and Bhogal.
The refugee community is split on whether closer diplomatic ties will actually help them since they're stuck living on temporary visas without access to government services or property ownership. Women who fled the education ban remain skeptical about trusting...
Thailand's prime minister told reporters his military would keep bombing Cambodian positions until the threat disappears, and he pushed back against claims that both sides agreed to halt fighting. Anutin Charnvirakul posted on social media that operations would continue despite Donald Trump saying he brokered a ceasefire during phone calls with both leaders. Cambodia's defense ministry confirmed that Thai aircraft were still hitting targets and accused them of expanding strikes to civilian areas.
The fighting has displaced over 500,000 people and killed more than 20 since the territorial dispute flared up again this year. A previous truce fell apart after landmines injured Thai soldiers at the border, and the conflict traces back to...
Tanzania's National Sports Council teamed up with the football federation and Blueberry Travels to organize group flights for supporters heading to Morocco for the AFCON tournament. Benson Chacha from NSC mentioned that fans kept asking about coordinated trips, so they picked a travel company to handle the logistics. Kelvin Charles from Blueberry broke down the pricing, with packages running from around $2,300 to $3,000 per person, depending on which match you want to catch.
The cheapest option covers the opener against Nigeria, while the most expensive single-game deal is for the Tunisia matchup. Hardcore fans who want to see all three group-stage games can grab a bundle that costs roughly $4,400 to $5,250, depending on whether you...
Fadhil Nkya grabbed his fourth straight win at the Lina PG Tour Pro-Am event after finishing the 72-hole competition in Morogoro with a plus-16 total. The Dar es Salaam Gymkhana Club player beat clubmate Rajab Iddy by three strokes and has already banked 27.2 million shillings this season, which is apparently the biggest payday any Tanzanian pro has ever pulled in a single year. The series honors his late mom, who used to compete nationally and worked with the Tanzania Ladies Golf Union.
Isihaka Daudi from TPDF Lugalo Golf Club won the elite amateur division despite struggling through his final round, and his earlier performances kept him one stroke under par overall. Hawa Wanyeche made some noise by becoming the first woman amateur to...
Tanzania's tourism sector pulled in $3.92 billion by May and finally overtook gold exports as the country's biggest foreign-currency generator. The expansion created 1.5 million direct jobs and another million across the supply chain, with companies like Altezza Travel growing from ten employees to 250 since 2015. Mountain guide Abraham Kipokola noted that porter wages hit 25,000 shillings daily with full meals, and helicopter evacuations became standard for medical emergencies on Kilimanjaro.
The industry shifted hard toward sustainability and transparency, with monitoring groups like KPAP forcing ethical labor practices to become measurable rather than optional. Local Tanzanian operators grabbed market share from foreign agencies and...
A 79-year-old guy from Ijumbi Ward just handed over some land and a building to the Tanzania Police Force without asking for anything back. Prosper Rweyendera donated in Muleba District, and Senior Assistant Commissioner Blasius Chatanda showed up to accept it. The regional commander praised the move because getting property in Kagera is apparently tough.
Chatanda went on about how Tanzania has been super stable since breaking free from colonial rule in 1961. The country hasn't dealt with civil war or major internal fighting, which keeps people safe and lets them focus on regular life stuff. He said the lack of ethnic tension helps everyone feel connected.
Rweyendera mentioned that having police around helps communities grow, and...
Coast Region officials got told to ditch the red tape and back President Samia Suluhu Hassan's 100-day promises after she got sworn in back in November. Regional Commissioner Abubakar Kunenge gathered district bosses, council chairs from all nine councils, and department heads to check progress on delivering what the president committed to handling.
Kunenge mentioned the Coast Region has been crushing it under Samia's leadership with serious gains in manufacturing, tourism, farming, roads, schools, and healthcare. The region scored major development wins over the past four years, and local leaders are riding with her agenda.
Tanzania Investment and Special Economic Zones Authority rep Joseph Haule asked councils to find more land for...
