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Tanzania’s anti-drug authority vows crackdown despite looming threats

The Drug Control and Enforcement Authority (DCEA) Commissioner General, Mr Aretus Lyimo, has revealed that death threats from anonymous sources are among the occupational hazards he faces in the...

  1. Probe commission granted 42-day extension, sparks debate

  2. Sub Saharan Africa’s financial systems withstand geopolitics

  3. Dying to live: How young Africans are being lured into Russo-Ukraine war

  1. Lab crisis hits 40 percent of secondary schools, threatening science drive

  2. UDOM’s Njombe model: Blue print for employment-focused higher education

  3. WaterAid, govt partner to upgrade WASH services for 65,000 Dar residents

  4. Tiseza overhauls facilitation strategy to boost capital inflow

  5. Police quash insurgency rumours after viral videos

  6. Islamic State claims two attacks on Syrian army

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

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

Moody’s projects a medium-term GDP growth rate of at least 6 percent, fuelled by aggressive investments in key sectors.

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

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

  3. Tanzania cracks down on tax evasion at inland container depots, eyes 24-hour operations to boost revenue

  4. Bank of Tanzania nears 20-tonne gold reserve target 18 months early

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