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Artistes shouldn’t be punished for political gigs, says PM Nchemba

Tanzania’s Prime Minister, Mwigulu Nchemba, has expressed surprise at activists urging citizens to boycott Tanzanian artistes who supported CCM during the 2025 general election campaigns.

  1. The Weeknd secures landmark $1 billion catalogue financing deal, retains ownership

  2. South Africa arrests Kenyans working on US refugee applications

  3. Parents hospitalised in shock after two children die in Kilimanjaro house fire

  1. Tanzania turns to diplomacy after new US travel restrictions

  2. Gender-based violence against men on the rise in Iringa

  3. Two police officers killed as five die in Songwe road crash

  4. US shuts doors to Tanzanian students, businesspeople, tourists

  5. Ex-Harvard morgue boss gets eight years for selling body parts

  6. Trump orders 'blockade' of sanctioned oil tankers leaving, entering Venezuela

Africa

South Africa arrests Kenyans working on US refugee applications

South Africa on Wednesday said its authorities had arrested and would deport seven Kenyan nationals illegally working on processing refugee applications for the U.S. government.

  1. M23 says it will withdraw from seized Congo town after US request

  2. M23 says hundreds of Burundi soldiers captured in latest Congo offensive

  3. Oil tensions rise as Dangote targets Nigerian regulator over fuel imports

  1. US ends temporary legal status for Ethiopians

  2. Food rations to Sudan to be reduced due to funding shortages, WFP says

  3. IMF reaches staff level agreement on Ethiopia's fourth review, unlocks $261 million

  4. Uganda to receive up to $1.7 billion of US funding under Trump health plan

  5. Congo rebels enter strategic town as peace deal crumbles

  6. 200,000 flee new advance of Rwanda-backed rebels in Congo despite Trump peace deal

World

Ex-Harvard morgue boss gets eight years for selling body parts

From 2018 to 2020, he transported stolen body parts—including brains and faces—from the Harvard morgue to his home in for resale.

  1. Trump orders 'blockade' of sanctioned oil tankers leaving, entering Venezuela

  2. Pakistan's military chief Asim Munir in spotlight over Trump's Gaza plan

  3. Bondi gunmen were inspired by Islamic State

  4. Trump sues the BBC for defamation over editing speech

Business

Asahi Group to acquire Diageo’s majority stake in EABL

Diageo the world's largest spirits maker, plans to sell its 65% stake in East African Breweries to Japan's Asahi Holdings, for about $2.3 billion, the maker of Johnnie Walker whisky and Guinness...

  1. Stakeholders demand shift to agroecological farming for food safety

  2. Step up investment in aviation, government urges private sector

  3. Why most Tanzanian startups fail early on

  4. Why EAC monetary union delays persist

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