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All eyes on Samia

Tanzanians will on Thursday and Friday be watching President Samia Suluhu Hassan closely as she announces the nominee for Prime Minister and addresses Parliament, respectively

  1. George’s Kitchen, Zerobrainer0 nominated for 2025 TikTok Awards Sub-Saharan

  2. Fund for loss and damage opens first call, but the money falls far short of needs

  3. New foundation launched in Tanzania to transform education across Africa

  1. Only 5% of female sex workers get screened for cervical cancer, study finds

  2. Barrick reports record cash flow after strong 3rd quarter

  3. Government now injects Sh45bn to modernise Mbeya’s MUST

  4. TLS offers free legal aid for election cases

  5. Sarkozy released from ‘nightmare’ prison

  6. Security agents in Arusha for tourism study

Africa

A third Tunisian opposition leader launches hunger strike in prison

TUNIS. Jailed Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi, 84, began a hunger strike, joining two prominent politicians who are protesting what they call “unjust imprisonment,” lawyers said on...

  1. World Food Programme may have to pause food aid in Congo due to record low funding

  2. South Africa takes over as interim Chair of SADC after Madagascar steps down

  3. SADC leaders congratulate Samia and extend condolences over recent Tanzania’s election-related unrest

  1. Cameroon security forces killed 48 in election protests, UN sources say

  2. Egypt's Suez Canal revenues rise 14 percent

  3. Nigeria says US help against Islamist insurgents must respect its sovereignty

  4. Trump says there 'could be' US troops on the ground in Nigeria, or air strikes

  5. Ivory Coast's Ouattara secures fourth term with landslide election win

  6. World's oldest ruler re-elected in Cameroon, protests erupt

World

Sarkozy released from ‘nightmare’ prison

He entered La Santé prison in Paris on Oct 21 as the first former head of an EU state to be incarcerated

  1. Mamdani’s victory exposes fault lines in Jewish Democratic politics

  2. Russia's Lavrov says he is ready to meet Rubio

  3. Philippines evacuates 100,000 people as Fung-wong intensifies into super typhoon

  4. ICC issues arrest warrant for ally of Philippine ex-President Duterte over drug war, ombudsman says

Business

Tanzania’s Treasury Registrar unveils targets to transform public entities by 2030

The strategic plan represents a decisive shift from viewing public enterprises merely as service providers to recognising them as active drivers of industrialisation, job creation, and fiscal...

  1. Tirdo, Stamico join forces to boost research and value addition in Tanzania’s strategic minerals sector

  2. Tanzania, DRC drive Barrick’s gold output surge in Africa

  3. Tanzania, Rwanda pilot East African instant payment network

  4. Why more African countries are embracing Chinese currency

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