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38 min ago | AllAfrica.com

Tanzania: No Danger From Uranium Exploration, People Assured

THE government has allayed fears of possible dangers to the environment and the people in Manyoni district, Singida region, during exploration and mining of uranium in the area.

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38 min ago | AllAfrica.com

Tanzania: Zanzibar Legislators Call for National Unity Govt Self-Censorship

A LEGISLATOR of the Zanzibar House of Representatives, Mr Omar Ali Shehe , has said Zanzibaris were unhappy with the performance of the Government of National Unity , formed jointly between Chama Cha Mapinduzi and CUF two-and-half years ago.

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38 min ago | AllAfrica.com

Tanzania: Lawmakers Agitate for Broader Tax Basebase

MEMBERS of Parliament expressed concern over the tax base, saying the government should widen it.

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4 hrs ago | AllAfrica.com

Tanzania: Zanzibar Legislator Commissions Buses for Students' Transport

HASSAN Mussa, a Standard Seven student was seriously injured in his left eye by a commuter bus conductor when trying to stop the student from boarding the bus.

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9 hrs ago | Miami University RedHawks

Field Hockey's Shannon Regan spent a month in Tanzania, spending most of her days at a construction site helping build a school.

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13 hrs ago | AllAfrica.com

Tanzania: Schoolgirls Need Books, Not Husbands

PRIMARY school pupils in Sumbawanga municipality have literally accused their parents to the acting Regional Commissioner for Rukwa, Mr Iddy Kimanta, for withdrawing some of their number in order to marry them off to suitors, for a dowry.

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17 hrs ago | AllAfrica.com

Tanzania: Legislators Decry Uplifting of Imported Cars' Prices At Dar es Salaam Port

Members of Parliament have decried a tendency by Tanzania Revenue Authority officials to uplift the price of imported vehicles at the Dar es Salaam Port to increase import duties and other levies.

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21 hrs ago | Uganda News Picks

Saida Karoli Rumored Dead

The bongo flavor artist from Tanzania best remembered for her song, 'Maria Salome' is rumored to have died after the boat she was traveling in capsized in Lake Victoria taking her live.

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Tue Jun 18, 2013

IRIN

Tanzanian high-risk groups denied HIV services

KAMPALA, 18 June 2013 - Sexual minorities, sex workers and people who use drugs who are at a higher risk of HIV than the general population, but in Tanzania, they face widespread police abuse and discrimination in health facilities, according to the new report by Human Rights Watch and the Wake Up and Step Forward Coalition , a local rights group.

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Taxing Times - Tanzanians Tax Payers to Come Up With U.S.$11billion

Tanzanians will have to dig deeper in their pockets to raise Tsh11.154 trillion in taxes to help fund the Tsh18.2 trillion budget as proposed by finance minister, Dr William Mgimwa last week.

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AllAfrica.com

Tanzania: New Hopes Emerge On Dar es Salaam Port

DECREASING congestion, curbed theft and diminishing corruption are but few of the indicators of the reforming Dar es Salaam Port whose image had been damaged by poor services.

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Atlas Shrugs

Muslims Nearly Hack to Death Pastor in Tanzania

Pastor in Tanzania Hacked Nearly to Death as the Nation Sees Rise in Radical Islamists ICC Note: Pastors in Tanzania,increasingly plagued by violent attacks on churchesby radical Islamists, now face imminent danger for the carrying out of their pastoral duties.

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AllAfrica.com

Tanzania: Mineral Smuggling Subjects Dar to Substantial Loss in Uncollected Tax

RAMPANT mineral smuggling by small and medium miners in the country remains a serious problem that needs all stakeholders' concerted efforts to address and rescue the government from massive revenue loss.

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AllAfrica.com

Tanzania: Pedestrian Killed in Hit and Run Incident

A PEDESTRIAN died on the spot when a speeding lorry knocked him in a hit and run incident along Kilwa Road at Kongowe Mzinga on Sunday evening.

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AllAfrica.com

Tanzania: Education On Tax Compliance Must Be Enhanced

THE issue of tax evasion is, as usual, dominating the Members of Parliament's weeklong debate on the 2013/2014 national budget that started in the designated capital Dodoma.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

Canada.com

Blind Calgary climber reaches Everest Base Camp

Shabudin Hussein, right, is the first blind Canadian to climb to the Mount Everest Base Camp, an elevation of 5,364 metres .

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AllAfrica.com

Tanzania: 'Ferry Electronic Ticketing System a Success'

THE government is considering using the electronic ticketing system at all ferry points in the country, after the Magogoni Ferry proved a success.

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AllAfrica.com

Tanzania: Kikwete Sketches Plans to Handle Oil, Gas Finds

TANZANIA says it has made capacity building its priority to ensure that the massive discoveries of oil and gas reserves in the country are gainfully utilised.

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Vanguard

Three dead in Tanzania grenade attack on political rally

Three people have died in Tanzania following a grenade attack on an opposition political rally over the weekend, officials said Monday.

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AllAfrica.com

Tanzania: Perilous ID Racket Exposed At Dar Port

WITH an additional 5,000/- on the price of a boat ticket to Zanzibar, a person can travel without having an ID, contrary to a directive by the Surface and Marine Regulatory Authority .

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