Tag: Tanzania
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Elephant tramples 35-year-old farmer to death
A 35-year-old farmer was trampled to death by an elephant in Southern Tanzania’s District of Tunduru, local leaders said on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Zuberi Maocha of Mishaje village in Tunduru District, Ruvuma Region, about 1,205 km from Tanzania’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam. Wema Waziri, Mishaje village chairperson, said that the…
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12 Tanzanian peacekeepers killed, 40 others injured in DR Congo – UN
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres on Friday said at least twelve United Nations peacekeepers have been killed in clashes in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Guterres said early reports suggested 12 Tanzanian peacekeepers were killed on Thursday evening in the North Kivu region in the east of the country. Another 40 were…
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Tanzania sets aside special room for lactating legislators
Lactating legislators were on Wednesday gave a special room in Tanzania’s parliament to nurse their babies in the latest development over breastfeeding in public. Women are routinely castigated in some countries for exposing their flesh to nurse, even though breastfeeding is considered the best health option for mother and child. “We have allocated a room…
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20 students die in bus crash en route to write exam
29 school children, two teachers and a driver have died in a bus crash near Karatu in northern Tanzania Saturday morning. The students of the Lucky Vincent English-Medium School in Arusha city were en route to write an examination in Karatu when their bus skidded off the road and fell into a river, police say.…
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Photos: Tanzanian beauty queen left with broken head after horrific attack by robbers
This pretty young lady is a beauty queen, based in Tanzania. The Miss Tanzanian 2016 contestant, Queen Nazil, from Ilala area in Dar es Salaam, was attacked by a gang of robbers last Saturday night after being dropped at home by a friend. “She had just arrived home after a night out with friends; and…
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China-Africa cooperation: Chinese foreign minister visits Nigeria soon
Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, will follow a two-decade-long diplomatic tradition to make Africa, including Nigeria, his first overseas destination in 2017, a spokesperson said Tuesday. Wang will pay an official visit to Madagascar, Zambia, Tanzania, Republic of Congo and Nigeria from January 7 to 12, Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Geng Shuang, announced at a news…