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Tanzania unveils Sh318 billion defence and national service headquarters

The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), General Jacob Mkunda, has said the construction of the new permanent headquarters for the Ministry of Defence and the National Service (JKT) in Dodoma will cost...

  1. Treasury registrar sets governance, risk agenda for Arusha meeting

  2. Tanzania seeks home-grown engineering solutions from universities

  3. Policy credibility, not capital alone, defines Africa’s next growth phase

  1. Why UDSM is among Africa’s leading universities

  2. Rhoda Magoiga: The woman redefining Tanzania’s agricultural future

  3. Latra targets 260 new buses to address transport gaps in Dar

  4. Court rejects State’s bid to introduce fresh evidence in Lissu treason case

  5. Tanzania registers injectable drug in major boost to HIV prevention and treatment

  6. Lissu ready to discuss October 29 events, questions Republic’s preparedness

Africa

Over 1,000 Kenyans recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine, report says

As of February 2026, 89 Kenyans were on the Ukrainian frontline, 39 were hospitalized, and 28 missing in action, the new report said.

  1. AngloGold earnings surge on record prices, reports 5 million ounce US gold reserves

  2. Tunisia jails lawmaker for eight months for mocking president

  3. Five miners presumed dead after mudslide in South African diamond mine

  1. 5 bodies of migrants washed ashore in east of Libya's capital Tripoli, police officer says

  2. Zambia Vice President Nalumango hosts Africa’s richest Indian Prateek Suri in prestigious courtesy meeting

  3. Freelance journalist detained in Cameroon while reporting for AP on US deportees

  4. Zimbabwe war veterans challenge Mnangagwa term extension in court

  5. Nigeria says 100 more US military personnel arrive to tackle Islamists

  6. Turkey's Erdogan says Israel's recognition of Somaliland benefits nobody

World

Islamic State claims two attacks on Syrian army

The group said it had begun a “new phase of operations” in Syria, describing Sharaa as a “watchdog” of the global coalition and vowing that his fate would be no different from that of Assad.

  1. Trump says he is sending a hospital ship to Greenland

  2. Iran tells UN chief it will respond 'decisively' if subjected to military aggression

  3. US pays $160 million of more than $4 billion owed to UN

  4. King Charles' brother Andrew released after arrest over misconduct relating to Epstein

Business

CRDB, mining commission ink MoU to boost small-scale miners’ access to capital

Valid mining licences, gold sale agreements and stored gold in accredited refining facilities will be accepted as loan security

  1. Zanzibar pact signals new regional front in fight against illegal fishing

  2. Focus shifts to upgrade path after Moody’s affirmed Tanzania rating

  3. KwanzaHub unleashes Gen Z innovation as 12 students compete for seed capital

  4. Gold powers Tanzania’s export growth as earnings hit $17.6 billion

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