Tanzania will not back down from DRC intervention

Dar es Salaam will not back down from sending troops to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as part of a United Nations intervention brigade, despite two written warnings from the March 23rd Movement (M23) rebel group, Tanzanian officials say. M23 rebels withdraw through hills on November 30, 2012, after leaving the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo village of Karuba. Salva Rweyemamu, director of communication for the Tanzanian president, told Sabahi the government received two...

Read More

EAC leaders want monetary union talks speeded up

 President Jakaya Kikwete confers with Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta during yesterday’s East African Community Heads of State Summit in Arusha. Mr Kenyatta, who was elected last month, was attending the Summit for the first time Negotiations on the proposed East African Monetary Union (EAMU) should be concluded in August for signing in November this year, the regional leaders’ summit directed yesterday. However, experts say several issues need to be addressed to pave the way for ...

Read More

NEC plans biometric system ahead of 2015

   The NEC chairman, retired Judge Damian Lubuva, told a delegation from the Zimbabwe Electorial Commission (ZEC) that a decision had been made to put the system in place before the elections.“Yes we intend to introduce the biometric electoral system,” he said.Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) introduced the system ahead of the March 4 elections, but it was replete with technical glitches.Biometric technology can be used to store unique physical characteristics...

Read More

JK: Doors wide open for Dutch investors

PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete on Monday held talks with the Netherlands Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Frans Timmermans, where he hailed the support of the Dutch government and welcomed investments in various sectors.The President who arrived here on Sunday night for an official visit of the Kingdom of The Netherlands at the invitation of the Dutch government said the two countries have enjoyed good relations, economic cooperation and mutual understanding, calling for further strengthening of the partnership.He welcomed investors in horticulture, particularly in the southern highlands and Zanzibar;...

Read More

Dr Salim berates religious tensions, calls for harmony

The government has been urged to take serious measures in resolving the emerging religious tensions in the country before heightened animosities of people of various faiths tear apart. The call was made in Dar es Salaam yesterday by former Organisation of African Unity secretary general Dr Salim Ahmed Salim as guest of honour at the 19th commemoration of Rwanda Genocide. He said although government leaders are seeking a permanent solution to religious friction, more efforts are needed by all Tanzanians to make their country an island of peace and harmony.   “The government is working...

Read More

Malawi makes U-turn in lake border dispute

 Tanzanian Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation minister Bernard Membe Dar es Salaam/Lilongwe. Malawi says it is still banking on the SADC Forum of Former Heads of State and Government to resolve its border dispute with Tanzania.In an apparent softening of Malawian President Joyce Banda’s earlier hard line stance, the country’s Foreign Affairs minister, Mr Ephraim Chiume, said Malawi had not yet pulled out of mediation led by the forum’s chairman, former Mozambican President...

Read More

Tensions heighten over Loliondo land disputeloli

                                                           Loliondo Tensions have heightened in Loliondo, Ngorongoro District, following government decision to ‘stick to its guns’ in taking 1,500 square...

Read More

Govt busts fake permits syndicate

 Immigration Department spokesperson Mbaraka Batenga displays � at a press briefing in Dar es Salaam             yesterday � forged residence permits and receipts Three arrested   The Immigration Department has apprehended three persons claimed to belong to a syndicate engaged in the manufacture of various government and private firm documents including stamps and residence permits worth millions of money.The Department’s spokesperson,...

Read More