Tanzania : News

[Daily News]Arusha -AT least three people are feared dead and 20 others seriously injured when three explosions, thought to be bombs, rocked the Soweto section of Kaloleni in Arusha on Saturday evening. (AllAfrica)

[Malawi News Agency]Blantyre -The Netball Association of Tanzania (CHANETA) has announced that the country will not take part in the coming African Netball Championship which is scheduled to kick-off on June 24th, 2013 at Blantyre Youth Centre in Malawi. (AllAfrica)

[Daily News]Ifakara -THE Mlimba Health Centre located 150km from Ifakara District, Morogoro Region has said it has recorded zero maternal deaths since January, this year to date, despite scores of pregnant women visiting the centre from the district and beyond the region, thanks to the much improved services and facilities at the centre. (AllAfrica)

[Daily News]London -VIRGIN Atlantic is considering government proposal for the British airline to operate direct flights between London and Dar es Salaam to serve thousands of tourists and other travellers preferring the route. The airline founder and British business magnate Sir Richard Branson held talks with President Jakaya Kikwete here on Friday and expressed his enthusiasm to fully explore that possibility. The government has approached Virgin Atlantic after British Airways suspended its operations early this year citin (AllAfrica)

[ICRC]The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) welcomes the recent signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Tanzania and the ICRC Special Fund for the Disabled. (AllAfrica)

[African Arguments]Just over a fortnight ago, Jakaya Kikwete, President of Tanzania, kicked off a firestorm of controversy with what many in Rwanda and outside of it saw as a terrible faux pas. (AllAfrica)

[Daily News]Dodoma -THE National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) will soon release data on the literacy rate in Tanzania.The Minister for Education and Vocational Training, Dr Shukuru Kawambwa, told the National Assembly that the process of preparing the statistics was in the final stages and were expected out in the next few weeks. (AllAfrica)

[Daily News]farming is now considered as a new big deal for making good money by majority of farmers in the wildlife-rich district of Serengeti, whose environment is still virgin land. (AllAfrica)

[Daily News]TARIME is one of the areas notorious in practicing female genital mutilation (FGM) in the country. But there are positive signs indicating that anti-FGM campaign is now widely bearing fruit in the area. (AllAfrica)

[Daily News]THE UNIVERSITY of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) plans to expand its Open Distance and E-learning programme in all its faculties and colleges, in a bid to expand its capacity of student admission. (AllAfrica)

[Daily News]Bukoba -AUTHORITIES in Kagera Region are alarmed following an outbreak of Malaria in 29 villages in Muleba District that had already been covered under the Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) Programme. (AllAfrica)

[Daily News]TANZANIA Chamber of Minerals and Energy (TCME) has asked Tanzanian journalists to work responsibly and help in portraying the good image of the country to attract more investors in the mining sector in particular. (AllAfrica)

[Daily News]PENSIONERS have appealed for Pension Funds to offer them loans so they engage in economic ventures during retirement. (AllAfrica)

[Daily News]Access Bank has donated 10 computers worth over 6m/-to Mugabe Secondary School in Dar es Salaam, as part of its strategy to sensitise application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in schools. (AllAfrica)

[Daily News]INVESTORS' appetite for five-year maturity bonds remained high during Wednesday auction by the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) that recorded a 52.19 per cent oversubscription, a sign of the improved liquidity in the market. (AllAfrica)

[Daily News]Dodoma -RORYA District Council has lodged a special application for 1bn/- for the construction of a hospital in the district. (AllAfrica)

[UN News]The United Nations war crimes tribunals set up in the wake of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s are despite various delays, close to completing their work, their officials told the Security Council today, stressing that they will need support of the international community to address remaining challenges. (AllAfrica)

[Daily News]Mara -THE Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA) will donate thousands of iron sheets to Tarime District Council any time from now. TANAPA's Outreach Programme Manager, Mr Ahmed Mbugi has confirmed that plans are underway to hand over the iron sheets. "We are now verifying how the iron sheets will be used. (AllAfrica)

[Daily News]Dodoma -THE government has directed all district councils to pay school fees for students with disabilities in line with President Jakaya Kiwete's directive to have them exempted from paying schools fees. (AllAfrica)

[Daily News]KCB Bank Tanzania has pledged to sustain its support to business enterprises as well as empower the citizens through activities under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). (AllAfrica)

[Daily News]CCM Secretary General Abdulrahman Kinana has filed a suit before the High Court in Dar es Salaam against Iringa Urban MP (Chadema) Rev. Peter Msigwa, demanding, among others, 350m/- damages. (AllAfrica)

[Daily News]Dodoma -TANZANIA received 1.806 billion US dollars in direct foreign investments (FDIs) in 2012, up from 1.33 billion US dollars in the preceding year, the National Assembly was told on Thursday. (AllAfrica)

[Daily News]THE shilling depreciated yesterday to the lowest level in 18 months, with analysts pointing to the recurrence of the historical low level reached about two years ago. (AllAfrica)

[Daily News]Mara -THE Uhuru Torch Race is making its relays in Mara Region where it will pass through 72 development projects valued at 6.5bn/-, according to the Mara Regional Commissioner (RC), Mr John Tupa. (AllAfrica)

[Daily News]Dodoma -THE government is now keen on addressing structural problems that fuel inflation. Presenting in the National Assembly the State of the Economy for 2012 and the Development Plan for 2013/14, the Minister of State in the President's Office (Social Relations and Coordination), Mr Stephen Wassira, said the government would now focus on the factors that lead to increased inflation. (AllAfrica)

[Daily News]When the Minister for Water, Prof. Jumanne Maghembe presented his ministry's annual budget proposals for 2013/14 in the National Assembly last month, he must have been shocked by the reaction of Members of Parliament. (AllAfrica)

[Daily News]Dodoma -THE residents of Lower Rombo in Kilimanjaro Region have been facing acute shortage of water since the country's independence in 1961, the National Assembly was told on Thursday. (AllAfrica)

[State Department]This story originally appeared in the May/June 2013 edition of Frontlines, an online publication of the U.S. Agency for International Development. (AllAfrica)

[IPS]Zanzibar -Khadija Komboani's nearest well is filled with salt water thanks to the rising sea around Tanzania's Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar. (AllAfrica)

[Daily News]EASTERN Zone triumphed 2-0 over Western Zone in a boys soccer match of the ongoing National Secondary Schools Games at the Kibaha Education Centre grounds in Coast Region on Thursday. (AllAfrica)

In Africa, there has been a large increase in the use on mobile phones. The project “The role of mobile phones towards improving coverage of agricultural extension services: a case study of maize value chain” is looking into how this new communication channel can be used by agricultural stakeholders to strengthen the agricultural extension services in Kilosa District, Tanzania. - Output from the Norwegian funded Enhancing Pro-poor Innovation in Natural Resources and Agricultural Value Chains (EPINAV) Programme in Tanzania.