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A judge in Bulawayo went off on Peter Dube while handing down double life sentences for murder. The businessman from Gweru got suspicious that his second wife, Nyasha Nharingo, was cheating and basically lost it. Justice Munamato Mutevedzi called him a sadist and psychopath who was a total...

Tanzania keeps expanding universities across different regions while pumping money into education projects that help the economy grow stronger, according to Deputy Secretary General Elijah Mwandumbya at the Institute of Financial Management graduation in Dar es Salaam. The government runs...

Transport Minister Makame Mbarawa announced that Tanzania keeps pushing green energy vehicles to save the planet, while Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchemba opened the first Sustainable Land Transport Week at the convention center in Dar es Salaam. The government already runs electric-powered trains...

Kinondoni District Commissioner Saad Mtambule told people in Dar es Salaam that learning Chinese makes sense right now because the language opens doors globally and helps Tanzania make more money through cooperation with Beijing. Matthew Senga from the University of Dar es Salaam explained that...

African Union and European Union leaders met up in Luanda and agreed to work together on keeping peace while boosting economies and handling migration without making everything chaotic. Vice President Emmanuel Nchimbi brought Tanzania's squad to the summit, where both sides talked about building...

Bakari Machumu ditched his vice chairman spot at the Tanzania Editors Forum after realizing his new government gig at State House would create mad conflicts. The dude handed his resignation papers to TEF Chairman Deodatus Balile during a meeting in Dar es Salaam and explained how being Director...

Tanzania rolled up to a scientific conference in Istanbul through Chief Medical Officer Grace Magembe and told everyone the government plans to keep using research data plus international partnerships, to protect pregnant women and babies from diseases. The delegation explained how the country...

Tanzania Revenue Authority Commissioner General Yusuph Juma Mwenda linked up with Barrick Gold Mine bosses in Dar es Salaam to talk about making tax payments smoother and keeping everything running clean. Resident Manager Melkiory Ngido brought his squad to the meeting, where both sides agreed...

Former President Jakaya Kikwete rolled up to Mkwawa University College of Education in Iringa and handed out degrees to over a thousand graduates while serving as the University of Dar es Salaam Chancellor. Seven students copped their master's degrees with Joyce Dismas and three others getting...

The African Development Bank threw 2.2 billion dollars at Tanzania between 2021 and 2025 while Patricia Laverley ran their operations and most of that cash went straight into roads, power lines and water systems. Over 600 million dollars got pumped into the Standard Gauge Railway while...

Taiwan President William Lai just dropped plans for a massive 40 billion dollar defense budget over eight years after Donald Trump kept pushing the island to spend way more on military gear. The whole thing is about making Taiwan tough enough that China cannot roll up and take over since Beijing...

East African Community countries pulled up to Nairobi to hash out business rules and customs stuff after some partner states were caught charging fees that break the fairness guidelines. Deputy Minister James Kinyasi Millya showed up for Tanzania at his first big meeting since getting sworn in...

Tanzania crushed Burundi 5 to 0 and punched their ticket to the semifinals of the CECAFA Zone qualifiers while keeping their shot at the 2026 Africa Cup of Nations Under 17 finals in Morocco alive. Coach Elieneza Nsanganzelu said the match was way harder than the scoreline showed since Burundi...

Young Africans coach Pedro Goncalves is feeling pretty good about his team's chances against JS Kabylie in Algeria, even though he knows the opposition has bagged two African Champions League trophies. The squad of 24 players bounced after beating FAR Rabat 1 to 0 and Goncalves said getting...

EACOP Tanzania pulled up to a graduation ceremony in Moshi and confirmed that 80 young people finished their training at three different VETA schools. Acting General Manager Geofrey Mponda explained that getting locals ready for jobs is basically what the whole project is about. The year-long...

Fumba Town hit its 10-year mark after starting as a wild bet on Zanzibar's southwestern coast back in 2015. CPS Africa CEO Sebastian Dietzold said the hardest part was getting people to believe it could actually work since nobody had built a private sustainable township in East Africa before...

A group of business leaders from South Korea checked out Tooku Garments in Tanzania, where they watched how the factory makes jeans. Investment Officer Kasimu Mohamed Said showed them around the facility, which is run by Chinese investors and ships quality denim products overseas. The factory...

The Tanzanian government created a dedicated Youth Ministry and appointed Joel Nanauka as minister, sparking conversations among University of Dodoma education policy students about whether leadership would finally address their economic struggles. Nanauka, known for motivational speaking about...

A global engineering company announced plans to drop over 3.4 trillion shillings into revitalizing the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority through a 30-year concession deal that will rebuild tracks and supply 32 locomotives plus 700 wagons. The railway authority confirmed at a regional mining and...

Internal Auditor General Benjamin Magai told researchers at the Tanzania Institute of Accountancy conference in Mwanza to cook up studies that actually hit different instead of collecting dust in academic journals. He explained that findings need to reach policymakers and regular people so they...