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Samia grants pardons and sentence reductions to 1,036 prisoners

Others who have benefited include inmates suffering from chronic or terminal illnesses, and elderly prisoners aged 70 or above.

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

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

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

  1. Tanzanian scientist charts the future of global agriculture

  2. Tanzania renews call for investment in high-quality tree seeds to secure future forests

  3. WHO warns rising antimicrobial resistance is undermining decades of medical progress

  4. What would Nyerere do?

  5. Unsung architects of freedom: The hidden forces behind Tanganyika’s independence

  6. Tanzanian diaspora joins push to reclaim stolen ancestral remains

Africa

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

Egypt, at the crossroads of the Middle East and Africa, hopes to make its own sizable military-industrial complex – nourished by $1.3 billion of U.S. aid a year – a hub to manufacture and export...

  1. Congo President Tshisekedi accuses Rwanda of violating peace deal

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

  3. Benin president says coup bid thwarted, vows retribution

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

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

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

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

  5. Cameroon's opposition figure Ekane dies in detention

  6. Ramaphosa dismisses Trump’s threat to bar South Africa from 2026 G20 summit

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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