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Tanzania keeps riding the wave of stability that Julius Nyerere set up decades back when the country became a safe spot for refugees and freedom fighters from chaotic neighboring countries. The first president pushed this whole vibe about peace being more than just avoiding fights, and it...

President Samia Suluhu Hassan told city elders that Tanzania needs to defend its stability after post-election chaos broke out in Dar es Salaam. She pointed out that the violence killed and injured Tanzanians, which goes against everything the country stands for about unity. The president called...

Tanzania dropped 130 billion shillings in loans at 10 percent interest to help young people, women, and disabled folks start businesses since they brought the program back. Finance Minister Hamis Omary said the cash has already helped tons of Tanzanians get their operations running while the...

Zanzibar's health officials told a group of nurses who just wrapped up their mainland Tanzania internships to keep things professional and compassionate when they get back to work. Permanent Secretary Mngereza Mzee Miraji said these graduates are a big part of the government's plan to beef up...

A Tanzanian religious group is calling for a three-day national fast and prayer session after wild unrest around the October general election left people dead and buildings trashed. Sheikh Alhad Mussa Salum from the Tanzania Community for Reconciliation and Peace wants believers across all...

Tanzania's Registration, Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency tracked over 5,200 registered trustee boards across the country, with most of them running community and religious groups. Administrator General Frank Kanyusi broke down the numbers at a recent Dodoma meeting, showing 19 boards for...

Tanzania's Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchemba told people at the closing event for Tanzania Startup Week 2025 that young tech companies are basically the backbone of hitting that Vision 2050 goal of becoming a trillion-dollar economy. He said the annual gathering gives homegrown innovators a real...

Tanzania's government is going hard on antimicrobial resistance by pumping up health systems, backing more scientific research, and pushing people to use medicines the right way. Vice President Emmanuel Nchimbi said the country launched a massive awareness campaign called Holelaholela Itakukosti...

Zanzibar got almost every single HIV patient on antiretroviral meds right now, with 96 percent of the 10,241 diagnosed people getting treatment. Women are getting hit way harder than men, though, and the 25 to 34 age group is catching the most STIs that bump up HIV risk. Dr Ali Salim Ali from...

Tanzanian cops are telling people to stay away from protests set for next week because they think the whole thing is basically a setup for chaos. Deputy Commissioner David Misime said police intelligence caught wind of sketchy online coordination that looks more like riot planning than peaceful...

Tanzania's president told investors their money and operations are safe after meeting with a Commonwealth trade official at State House in Dar es Salaam. Samia Suluhu Hassan sat down with Lord Hugo Swire from the Commonwealth Trade and Investment Council to talk about getting more business...

Deputy President Kithure Kindiki says Kenya will start construction on a brand-new airport within the next couple of months, and he's not holding back about how outdated the current setup is. The government wants to drop around 200 billion shillings on the project through private partnerships...

Kenya just finished building a 66-kilometer highway between Ngong and Suswa after the whole thing got stuck in development hell for years. The route gives drivers another way out of Nairobi, and it should take some heat off the absolutely packed Nairobi-Mai Mahiu road that people hate. The...

Rigathi Gachagua is basically rolling out the welcome mat for any ODM politicians who might get the boot. The former deputy president says his Democracy for the Citizens Party is ready to take in people like Edwin Sifuna and Babu Owino if things go sideways for them in Raila Odinga's party...

Kenya's military is pushing back hard against accusations that its officers pocketed some meth from a major bust. The Kenya Defence Forces seized over a thousand kilograms of crystal meth worth around 8.2 billion shillings during a joint operation off the Kenyan coast, and they arrested six...

Evans Ondieki broke down outside Milimani Law Courts while demanding answers about security analyst Mwenda Mbijiwe, who vanished back in June 2021. The court ordered Inspector General Douglas Kanja to show up and explain where Mbijiwe is, and Ondieki went off on authorities for trying to start...

Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies set up shop in Nairobi with a new Africa headquarters and training center that will teach medical workers across East Africa how to handle advanced blood-processing equipment. The Japanese company said the facility will help address Kenya's massive blood...

MP Ndindi Nyoro from Kiharu Constituency sent five public primary school teachers to Dubai as a reward for crushing the national exams. The program started back in 2022 to motivate day school teachers and get schools competing harder, and it covers headteachers from top performers, plus subject...

Geoffrey Mosiria, the Nairobi Chief County Officer, got moved from his environmental job and said he pissed off powerful people by shutting down their illegal construction projects near rivers and clubs that were breaking rules. He mentioned stopping one big-shot developer's building, and that...

Mbagathi Level 5 Hospital in Nairobi just got an 11 million shilling oxygen plant that lets them make their medical oxygen on site instead of buying it from suppliers. Dr. Alexander Irungu, the hospital CEO, said this means patients won't have to wait around during emergencies anymore since the...