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<news:title><![CDATA[Tanzania to host continental engineering conference in September]]></news:title>
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<news:title><![CDATA[TECH Global University, the highest-rated university in the world by its students]]></news:title>
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<news:title><![CDATA[Benjamin Mkapa Hospital seeks Sh7 billion for life-saving bone marrow transplants ]]></news:title>
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<news:title><![CDATA[Iranian national jailed 30 years for drug trafficking in Indian Ocean]]></news:title>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-21T15:10:58Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[Information officers urged to register with the accreditation board]]></news:title>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The Journalists Accreditation Board (JAB) Chief Information Officer, Mr Prudence Constantine (centre), speaks with members of the Journalists Association of Morogoro executive committee, during a visit of the Board delegation to the association offices in the Morogoro Municipality, on Thursday, May 21, 2026. PHOTO| JUMA MTANDA]]></image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-21T15:07:23Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[Tanzania launches law review to make Form Four compulsory for all citizens]]></news:title>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Education, Science and Technology Minister, Prof Adolf Mkenda, speaks in Dodoma on Thursday, May 21, 2026, during a national stakeholders’ meeting convened to collect views and recommendations on how the proposed education law should be structured to support implementation of the revised education policy. PHOTO |CITIZEN REPORTER]]></image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-21T15:01:00Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[TIE urges universities to align research with real-world challenges]]></news:title>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The Director General of the Tanzania Institute of Education (TIE), Dr Aneth Komba, inspects exhibitions during Innovation Week at the Dar es Salaam University College of Education.]]></image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-21T13:40:44Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[PM Mwigulu issues six directives to East African states on Lake Victoria safety, conservation]]></news:title>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister, Dr Mwigulu Nchemba, speaking during the Lake Victoria Day commemorations in Mwanza City.]]></image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-21T13:38:19Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[Top drivers ready for Mkwawa Water Rally in Iringa]]></news:title>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-21T13:31:51Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[ Tanzania’s women make their mark at Limuru with Neema Olomi leading the way]]></news:title>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-21T12:02:24Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[Eswatini quickly embraced Trump&apos;s deportee program despite doubts over legality]]></news:title>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Pheap Rom, a Cambodian refugee and former U.S. resident, looks on during an interview with Reuters following his repatriation from Eswatini, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 7, 2026.]]></image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-21T11:47:59Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[Kenyan court rules parts of law criminalising consensual sex between adolescents invalid]]></news:title>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Director at the Network for Adolescent and Youth of Africa Victor Rasugu and Martin Onyango, Associate Director for Africa Legal Strategies of the Center for Reproductive Rights, attend a press conference after the high court ruled that sections of a law targeting sexual offences cannot apply to minors found to have had consensual intercourse in Nairobi, Kenya, May 20, 2026.]]></image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-21T11:39:45Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[DR Congo shifts World Cup preparations amid Ebola outbreak]]></news:title>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-21T11:34:36Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[Russia says it is concerned about Ebola outbreak in Uganda, DRC]]></news:title>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Workers stand guard at the gate of the Kibuli Muslim Hospital where a Congolese man died of Ebola Bundibugyo virus in Kibuli suburb of Kampala, Uganda May 16, 2026.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/international/pakistan-steps-up-diplomatic-bid-to-get-us-iran-peace-talks-on-track-5467844</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-21T11:11:24Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[Pakistan steps up diplomatic bid to get US-Iran peace talks on track]]></news:title>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[US Air Force tanker aircraft are lined up at Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel, May 19, 2026.]]></image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-21T11:03:43Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[US charges Raúl Castro with murder as Trump escalates pressure on Cuba]]></news:title>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Cuba's former President Raul Castro claps during a ceremony marking the 69th anniversary of the July 26, 1953 rebel assault which late Cuban leader Fidel Castro led on the Moncada army barracks, in Cienfuegos, Cuba, July 26, 2022.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/international/record-274-climbers-scale-mount-everest-in-a-single-day-from-nepali-side-5467834</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-21T10:58:18Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[Record 274 climbers scale Mount Everest in a single day from Nepali side]]></news:title>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Climbers walk in a long queue as they head to summit Mount Everest in the Solukhumbu district, also known as the Everest region, Nepal, May 18, 2026.]]></image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-21T10:55:16Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[Trump administration pressures Palestinian UN envoy to drop General Assembly vice presidency bid]]></news:title>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Riyad H. Mansour, Palestinian Permanent Observer to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council during the meeting on the situation in the Middle East, at UN headquarters in New York City, U.S., February 18, 2026]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/rising-mental-health-concerns-in-tanzania-prompt-special-prayers-for-youth-5467754</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-21T10:35:17Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[Rising mental health concerns in Tanzania prompt special prayers for youth]]></news:title>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Upendo Nkone (right) speaks during a press briefing on the forthcoming gospel crusade. Also pictured are international preacher Johannes Amritzer (left) and the lead pastor of Calvary Temple Church, Philip David (centre).]]></image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-21T10:18:19Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[Amani emerges as global eco-tourism gem as visitor numbers rise]]></news:title>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[One of the tour guides at the Amani Nature Forest Reserve in Muheza District holds the world’s largest millipede species, found within the reserve. PHOTO|MBONEA HERMAN.]]></image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-21T09:46:39Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[VP’s, PM’s offices need to focus on urban development – 2]]></news:title>
<news:keywords><![CDATA[TANZAM,Justine Mrope, ,Eniva Solomoni]]></news:keywords>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-21T09:05:10Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[Distant wars and Ruto’s battle at home]]></news:title>
<news:keywords><![CDATA[KENYA,WILLIAM RUTO]]></news:keywords>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Kenyan President William Ruto. PHOTO | COURTESY]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/sports/foreign-athletes-set-to-compete-in-the-cape-to-cairo-marathon-5467592</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-21T08:27:34Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[Foreign athletes set to compete in the Cape to Cairo Marathon]]></news:title>
<news:keywords><![CDATA[John Stephen, Timothy Mdinka]]></news:keywords>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Athletics Tanzania (AT) President Rogati Stephen (right) officially launched the Cape to Cairo Marathon alongside race coordinator Timothy Mdinka, ahead of the second edition of the international race scheduled for May 31 in Arusha.
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-21T08:16:18Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[Simba SC eye top league spot as they take on Coastal Union]]></news:title>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-21T08:05:58Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[Getting to the bottom of the race for East Africa&apos;s $17 billion refinery]]></news:title>
<news:keywords><![CDATA[ Aliko Dangote,EACOP]]></news:keywords>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The President of the United Republic, Samia Suluhu Hassan, speaking with Aliko Dangote, the owner of the Dangote Group, at State House in Dar es Salaam on May 16, 2026. PHOTO | COURTESY]]></image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-21T08:03:50Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[Court hears testimony in $195m graphite mining legal dispute involving Pula, ARC]]></news:title>
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<news:title><![CDATA[Inside Dar es Salaam’s abortion network operating in the shadows, risking lives]]></news:title>
<news:keywords><![CDATA[Ahmad Makuwani, ,Elias Kweyamba,Ali Said,Peter Majanjala ]]></news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/who-warns-antimicrobial-resistance-still-major-health-threat-despite-global-efforts-5467490</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-21T07:14:16Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[WHO warns antimicrobial resistance still major health threat despite global efforts]]></news:title>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-21T07:24:07Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[Registrar puts political parties under pressure]]></news:title>
<news:keywords><![CDATA[Sisty Nyahoza, ,Mary Chatanda,CCM,CHADEMA,Samia Suluhu Hassan]]></news:keywords>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Chadema Secretary General John Mnyika]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/tanzania-opens-xi-jinping-thought-research-centre-on-socialism-for-new-era-5466672</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-21T07:15:16Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[Tanzania opens Xi Jinping Thought Research Centre on socialism for new era]]></news:title>
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<loc>https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/business/efta-bond-oversubscription-pushes-corporate-debt-market-to-over-sh2-trillion-5467468</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-21T06:44:40Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[EFTA bond oversubscription pushes corporate debt market to over Sh2 trillion]]></news:title>
<news:keywords><![CDATA[Peter Nalitolela ,CMSA,EFTA,CRDB, Nicomed Bohay, ,Nicodemus Mkama]]></news:keywords>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Capital Markets and Securities Authority (CMSA) Director General Nicodemus Mkama speaking during the listing of the EFTA bond at the DSE on Wednesday May 20,2026. PHOTO | CORRESPONDENT]]></image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-21T06:26:07Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[NMB declares record Sh305bn shareholder dividend payout]]></news:title>
<news:keywords><![CDATA[ Ruth Zaipuna,NMB]]></news:keywords>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[NMB Bank Plc Board Chairman, David Nchimbi (centre) speaks in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. With him is Chief Executive Officer, Ms Ruth Zaipuna and Director of Investor Relations, Sustainability and Corporate Communications, Innocent Yonazi. PHOTO | COURTESY]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/government-now-turns-to-bonds-to-finance-road-projects-5467454</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-21T06:19:38Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[Government now turns to bonds to finance road projects]]></news:title>
<news:keywords><![CDATA[ Abdallah Ulega ,JNIA,Samia Suluhu Hassan]]></news:keywords>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Minister Abdallah Ulega being praised by other ministers after presenting 2026/2027 budget estimates for Works Ministry in Parliament yesterday. PHOTO | Said Khamis]]></image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-21T02:00:00Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[Airtel expands digital services in Mwanza as connectivity demand rises]]></news:title>
<news:keywords><![CDATA[Amir Mkalipa, ,Mlaki Mchala,SGR,AIRTEL]]></news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/how-weak-teacher-preparation-is-hurting-classroom-quality-in-tanzania-5466250</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-20T15:49:00Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[How weak teacher preparation is hurting classroom quality in Tanzania]]></news:title>
<news:keywords><![CDATA[Mariam John Nyang’anyi, University of Dodoma]]></news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/government-raises-defence-budget-by-17-57pc-to-boost-modernization-5466254</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-20T15:48:48Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[Government raises defence budget by 17.57pc to boost modernization]]></news:title>
<news:keywords><![CDATA[Rhimo Nyansaho,JKT,SADC,EAC]]></news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/eac-unveils-first-lake-victoria-basin-report-amid-alarm-over-environmental-decline-5466854</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-20T15:48:14Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[EAC unveils first Lake Victoria Basin report amid alarm over environmental decline]]></news:title>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Executive Secretary of the Lake Victoria Basin Commission, Dr Bwire Masinde]]></image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-20T15:31:44Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[War knows no borders: Tanzania warns Iran conflict threatens economies, urges swift resolution]]></news:title>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchemba]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/sports/former-caf-general-secretary-v%C3%A9ron-mosengo-omba-elected-new-dr-congo-fa-president-5466972</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-20T15:24:02Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[Former CAF General Secretary Véron Mosengo-Omba elected new DR Congo FA president]]></news:title>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Confederation of African Football (CAF) General Secretary Véron Mosengo-Omba]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/revealed-causes-of-contract-disputes-in-tanzanian-football-5466242</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-20T15:14:09Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title><![CDATA[Revealed: Causes of contract disputes in Tanzanian football]]></news:title>
<news:keywords><![CDATA[Jacob Mashenene , Aloyce Komba ]]></news:keywords>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Contract disputes involving players, coaches and football clubs in Tanzania have become a recurring feature whenever the Tanzania Mainland Premier League season is about to start. PHOTO | FILE]]></image:caption>
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