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Tanzania to renegotiate mining and gas contracts after passing new laws

Tanzania's parliament passed two laws on Monday allowing the government to force mining and energy companies to renegotiate their contracts, despite pleas from the...

Tanzania football chief charged with embezzlement

Tanzanian football chief Jamal Malinzi was on Thursday charged with embezzlement for falsifying invoices to pocket cash given by sponsors, court documents showed. Malinzi, who...

Pregnant girls won’t attend state schools – Tanzania’s Magufuli reaffirms

Tanzanian President John Magufuli has rejected activists' calls for the government to allow pregnant students to attend state schools, saying it was immoral for...

Tanzania signs contract with Chinese firm to expand main port

Tanzania's government signed a $154 million contract on Saturday with the state-run China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to expand the main port in the...

Plastic bag bans in Africa: reality or fantasy?

Plastic bags are used daily across Africa - the bans are hoped to tackle the pervasive problem of waste. In both Tunisia and Kenya,...

Everton to play pre-season friendly in Tanzania

Everton will celebrate their new partnership with Kenyan gaming firm SportPesa by playing a friendly in Tanzania during pre-season in July, becoming the first...

Tanzanian bank FBME shut down over US terror funding charges

Tanzania has shut down one of the country's largest banking institutions, FBME, following charges of aiding the finance of terrorism by US authorities. A statement from the central bank said it had revoked its licence. It was accused in the US of, among other things, money laundering and facilitating the payment of thousands of dollars from a financier of the Lebanese Hezbollah Islamist militants.

At least 29 pupils killed in Tanzania bus crash

At least 29 primary schoolchildren, two teachers and a driver died in a bus crash in northern Tanzania on Saturday. The grisly accident occurred at...

Tanzania’s Magufuli sacks 10,000 civil servants over fake certificates

Almost 10,000 civil servants in Tanzania have been sacked over fake education certificates. Tanzania's President John Magufuli has said that civil servants whose names were on...

UN official expelled from Tanzania

An official of the United Nations has been expelled from Tanzania by the government. A statement from the foreign ministry confirmed the exit of...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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