Born on October 6, 1937, John Gideon Okello left Uganda in December 1952 aged 15 and travelled towards eastern Uganda where he worked briefly. He crossed into Kenya in July 1954.Continue Reading
The secretariat of the East African Community (EAC) regional bloc has dismissed a post on X, formerly Twitter, which claimed that the bloc’s member countries have launched a common regional currency.Continue Reading
Stakeholders gathered yesterday to deliberate on ways to ensure the sustainability of the tourist industry, which accounts for 30 percent of Zanzibar’s gross domestic product (GDP).Continue Reading
Ali Hassan Mwinyi, a schoolteacher turned politician who led Tanzania as its second post-independence president and helped dismantle the doctrinaire socialism of his predecessor, Julius K. Nyerere, died on Thursday in Dar es Salaam, the country’s former capital. He was 98.Continue Reading
The liquor shortage in Zanzibar is far from over, even after a court order granted relief to the three importers.Continue Reading
Opposition party ACT Wazalendo has said it is not aware of a special committee on reforms and has directed the party’s leadership to follow up on the decision of the Central Committee which directed its leaders to meet with President Hussein Ali Mwinyi.Continue Reading
Zanzibar President Hussein Mwinyi explains disagreement on taxes was the main issue that has led to the stalling of oil and gas exploration in Zanzibar by UAE Company RAK Gas.Continue Reading
Travelling to a few places so far, I discovered that the Tanzanian passport can change the way one is treated at airports and international bordersContinue Reading
In the final episode, we look at Okello’s ban in Tanganyika, rejection in Kenya tragic end in Uganda.Continue Reading
Tanzania is set to build a bridge that will connect mainland to the Islands of Zanzibar to ease movement of goods and people, which if undertaken, the 50 km bridge will be the first in Africa.Continue Reading
