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Tanzania Mainland at 64: Leaders’ role in economic transformation

When Tanganyika gained independence in 1961 under President Julius Nyerere, the economy was small, agrarian and heavily dependent on raw exports. GDP stood at less than $1.5 billion, with over 80...

  1. Quiet under pervasive fear

  2. Present yet absent: When our phones take over social events

  3. 200,000 flee new advance of Rwanda-backed rebels in Congo despite Trump peace deal

  1. Tanzania Police assure public of calm after security organs thwart planned protests

  2. Samia grants pardons and sentence reductions to 1,036 prisoners

  3. The rise and rupture: How Nyerere and Kambona’s political alliance collapsed

  4. Silence falls over Mbeya as Tanzanians mark 64 years of independence

  5. Youth challenged to lead East Africa’s anti-corruption drive

  6. Tanzanian scientist charts the future of global agriculture

Africa

200,000 flee new advance of Rwanda-backed rebels in Congo despite Trump peace deal

The Rwanda-backed M23 group has been advancing towards the lakeside town of Uvira on the border with Burundi.

  1. 'Big hopes for Africa': Defence firms scramble for drone market at Egypt arms expo

  2. Congo President Tshisekedi accuses Rwanda of violating peace deal

  3. Shooting at South African bar leaves 11 dead, including a young child, police say

  1. Benin president says coup bid thwarted, vows retribution

  2. Another coup in Africa as soldiers overthrow President, seize power in Benin

  3. Congo, Rwanda leaders affirm commitment to Trump-backed peace deal

  4. Trump puts his own name on US Institute of Peace

  5. Congo and M23 accuse each other of sabotaging peace deals

  6. Cameroon's opposition figure Ekane dies in detention

World

Japan threatening us militarily, China foreign minister tells German counterpart

Relations have soured in the past month since Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi warned that Japan could respond to any Chinese military action against Taiwan if it also threatened Japan's...

  1. Trump threatens Mexico with 5% tariff increase over water dispute

  2. Zelenskiy, European leaders to convene in London

  3. Indonesia says more than $3 billion in recovery funds required after Sumatra floods

  4. Kremlin says new US security strategy accords largely with Russia's view

Business

Bank of Tanzania set to establish credit guarantee firm to boost SME Financing

BoT Governor, Emmanuel Tutuba, announced the plan on December 8 during a meeting with leaders of financial institutions at the central bank’s headquarters in Dar es Salaam.

  1. Women entrepreneurs handed new business centre in Namanga

  2. New driver database aims to boost trust and transparency in transport sector

  3. Tanzania aims to save over Sh2.8 trillion by boosting local production

  4. Bagamoyo Port’s arrival to shake East African trade map

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