Mwanza Region

Residents Lynch Four for Illegal Fishing

Residents of Sengerema District, Mwanza Region, have lynched four anglers allegedly found using a poisonous chemical known as thionex for fishing in Lake Victoria. The anglers, who were also caught with banned slot-size nets at...

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Tanzania: Over 157,000 Need Food Relief

Over 1.57 million people in 63 districts in 15 regions need free and subsidized food from the government beginning this November, revealed by the September 2009 Rapid Vulnerability Assessment. Food security conditions have...

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Tanzanian government bans ring net fishing in the Indian Ocean

The Tanzanian government has banned fishing using ring nets in the Indian Ocean.The ban comes after local fishermen clashed with their Tanzanian counterparts over the use of ring nets. The locals claimed the ring nets are...

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Tanzania: Brewery to Invest U.S.$62 Million in New Plant

Tanzania Breweries Limited (TBL) has announced an expenditure of about US $62 million (Tsh 82 billion) for the construction of a modern facility which is set to boost production capacity by 22 percent.

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Barclays Employees Give Back to the Community

Barclays Bank Tanzania employees and customers on October 31st participated in 23 projects in Dar es Salaam, Morogoro, Mwanza, Mbeya, Arusha and Zanzibar as they marked the 14th year of 'Make a Difference Day', organized...

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Tanzania: World Bank's Sh40 Billion Boost to Famine War

Mwanza — The World Bank has issued $30 million (Sh40 billion) to Tanzania to help it deal with the imminent food shortage facing 40 districts on the Mainland and the Isles. The funds were channelled through the Tanzania Social...

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Tanzania’s albinos celebrate death sentences for body part killers

Jonathan Clayton, Africa Correspondent and Erick Kabendera Mwanza in Tanzania Ngeme Luhagula has not had a peaceful night’s sleep since she saw her daughter hacked to death before her eyes two years ago. Yesterday she could not...

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Tanzania: Gunmen Stage Daring Raid On Petrol Station

Armed robbers raided GBP petrol station at Nyakato are on the outskirts of Mwanza City and made away with unspecified amount of daily sales of the station on Saturnday night. The armed bandits opened fire in the air eight times...

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Tanzania: Papers Now Teaching Aids

Netherlands Development Organisation, SNV, has trained 36 primary school teachers from Mkolani, Buhongwa and Sangabuye wards in Mwanza City in using newspapers as a teaching aid. SNV communication official, Ayeta Anne Wangusa,...

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