Muslim cleric Sheikh Ponda Issa Ponda
Dar es Salaam. The High Court yesterday set free 52 followers of Muslim cleric Sheikh Ponda Issa Ponda, who have been serving...
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Tanzania wants China to refurbish Tazara railway
The railway link between Dar es Salaam and Lusaka, which was established in the early- to mid-1970s, then financed and built by the Chinese government, has for long been ailing as a result of poor maintenance and management problems. The line, which is over 1,860 kilometers long, covers some of Africa’s most challenging terrain but it was the lack of rolling stock and locomotives combined with regular line outages which have reduced the initial cargo volumes considerably in recent years, causing...
Monday, October 7, 2013
Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda meet again
Nairobi/Dar es Salaam. The heads of state of Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda are scheduled to meet later this month in Kigali amid growing concerns about Tanzania’s apparent isolation by the “coalition of the willing”.Rwandan President Paul Kagame will host his Kenyan and Ugandan counterparts, Mr Uhuru Kenyatta and Mr Yoweri Museveni, respectively, on October 28 and 29 to discuss joint infrastructure projects, The Citizen has reliably learnt.On the agenda will be the planned Mombasa-Kampala-Kigali...
