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Tanzania starts burials for those killed in ferry disaster
By VOA, 951, September 24, 2018 (EAT)
Tanzania was in mourning on Sunday as the first dozen bodies were buried from a ferry accident that left at least 224 people dead. The overcrowded ...

MV Nyerere Ferry , Tanzania
Survivor pulled from capsized MV Nyerere ferry as death toll reaches 218
By Reuters, 1927, September 23, 2018 (EAT)
Divers rescued a man from the wreck of an overcrowded Tanzanian ferry on Saturday, two days after it capsized on Lake Victoria. Bodies continued to...

MV Nyerere , Tanzania
Body count soars to 136 in Tanzania ferry tragedy
By Reuters, 1149, September 22, 2018 (EAT)
At least 136 bodies have been retrieved after a Tanzania ferry sank on Lake Victoria, Simon Sirro, a top police official said on Friday. Scores mor...

MV Nyerere , tanzania ferry
Death toll in Tanzania ferry tragedy rises to 86
By Citizen Reporter, 1125, September 21, 2018 (EAT)
The death toll in the Tanzania ferry tragedy has reached 86. According to Mwanza regional commissioner John Mongella, 42 more bodies were retrieved...

MV Nyerere , tanzania ferry
Africa’s rapid population growth puts poverty progress at risk: Gates
By Reuters, 1026, September 18, 2018 (EAT)
Rapid population growth in some of Africa’s poorest countries could put at risk future progress towards reducing global poverty and improving health...

Africa's population growth , bill gates , poverty
‘Don’t use birth control,’ Magufuli tells Tanzania women
By CNN, 806, September 12, 2018 (EAT)
Tanzania's President John Magufuli has told women in the East African nation to stop taking birth control pills because the country needs more people,...

birth control , magufuli
List of Raila overseas trips after Uhuru handshake
By Citizen Reporter, 1427, August 25, 2018 (EAT)
Opposition leader Raila Odinga left the country this week for a one-week visit in Germany. Pictures on his social media pages showed him departing ...

raila odinga , Uhuru Raila handshake
Raila in Tanzania for Magufuli sister’s burial
By Benjamin Muriuki, 1157, August 21, 2018 (EAT)
Opposition chief Raila Odinga on Tuesday left the country for Tanzania to attend the funeral of Monica Joseph Magufuli, sister to President John Magu...

Monica Joseph Magufuli , President John Magufuli , raila odinga , Tanzania
All for CECAFA: They call me Swaila in Dar
By Isaac Swila, 850, July 1, 2018 (EAT)
Isaac Swila Dar Chronicles My arrival in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to cover this year's edition of the Cecafa Club Championship was intriguing as m...

CECAFA , Dar es Salaam , Isaac Swila
Conjoined twins die at age 21 in Tanzania
By CNN, 819, June 13, 2018 (EAT)
Few people share as much in life as conjoined twins. For Maria and Consolata Mwakikuti, conjoined twins and orphans from Tanzania, this was certainly ...

conjoined twins , Maria and Consolata Mwakikuti
All unregistered bloggers to take down their sites: Magufuli
By Reuters, 1044, June 12, 2018 (EAT)
Tanzania ordered all unregistered bloggers and online forums on Monday to suspend their websites immediately or face criminal prosecution, as critics ...

Tanzania bloggers
TZ: All unregistered bloggers to take down their sites
By Reuters, 1233, June 12, 2018 (EAT)
Tanzania ordered all unregistered bloggers and online forums on Monday to suspend their websites immediately or face criminal prosecution, as critics ...

blog , bloggers , internet , John Magufuli , journalism , license , Tanzania , Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority
Ugandans now have to pay tax to use social media
By CNN, 904, June 5, 2018 (EAT)
The Ugandan Government has imposed taxes on social media to raise money for the country and to avoid donor aid. Ugandans will have to cough up UGS2...

bloggers , cybercrime bill
Bloggers win court order stopping State crackdown
By Reuters, 1852, May 4, 2018 (EAT)
Tanzanian bloggers and rights activists won a temporary court injunction on Friday against a government order to register their online platforms that ...

Tanzania bloggers
Bloggers given two-week deadline to pay Ksh.90,000
By Reuters, 1327, April 24, 2018 (EAT)
Tanzania's communications regulator has given bloggers two weeks to register their platforms under strict new online content rules, amid concerns that...

Blogging , Dr. John Pombe Magufuli , internet users , social media , Tanzania , youtube
Bloggers to pay Ksh.93K as Magufuli clamps down internet use
By CNN, 1030, April 13, 2018 (EAT)
The Tanzania Government has introduced a $930 (Tsh2million or Ksh.93,000) fee for those wanting to have an online blog. As part of sweeping new int...

Africa internet usage , John Magufuli , Tanzania bloggers
Six Tanzanian opposition leaders charged with incitement
By Reuters, 1946, March 28, 2018 (EAT)
Tanzania has charged six opposition leaders with insurgence, a move branded by critics of the government as an effort to silence dissent. Freeman M...

Chadema , Tanzania opposition politician , Tracing Tanzania's electoral history: Chadema vs CCM - Lowassa Vs Magufuli
Tanzania president says will not bail out struggling banks
By Reuters, 1424, March 12, 2018 (EAT)
Tanzania's President John Magufuli has ordered the country's central bank not to bail out any struggling banks as East Africa's third-largest economy ...

bad debts , bailout , banking , failing banks , international monetary fund , John Magufuli , Tanzania
Tanzania opposition MP jailed for insulting President Magufuli
By Reuters, 1341, February 27, 2018 (EAT)
A court in Tanzania sentenced two opposition leaders to five months in prison on Monday for insulting President John Magufuli, a decision likely to fu...

Opposition politician , President John Magufuli , Tanzania
Tanzanian church accuses gov’t of harming democracy
By AFP, 1515, February 11, 2018 (EAT)
A Catholic church in Tanzania on Sunday accused the government of President John Magufuli of violating democratic norms by limiting freedom of express...

Catholic Church , President John Magufuli , Tanzanian Church