Shinyanga Region

Railway to Cost Over U.S$3.5 Billion

Kigali — A new study on the Dar-Kigali-Bujumbura railway line has released the final cost of the project saying that it will take a whopping $3.5bn. Ministers of Infrastructure from Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania are scheduled to...

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Rwanda: Ministers to Meet Over Isaka Railway Findings

Rwanda will on December 08, host an inter-ministerial meeting for ministers in charge of transport for countries that share the Isaka Railway line to discuss a report on expansion of this rail line with other stakeholders.

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AfDB President Set to Discuss Cooperation and It During Official Visit

Nov 09, 2009 (African Development Bank/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, will be on an official visit to India from November 9-11, 2009. While in India,...

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Four Tanzanian Men to Hang, Albino Man Killed for Body Parts

A court in the Shinyanga region of northern Tanzania this week sentenced to death four men convicted of killing a 50-year-old albino man whose body parts the killers believed to have magical powers. There are an estimated...

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African Eagle Resources reports latest drilling results from Dutwa nickel projec

African Eagle Resources, the mining group that runs the flagship Dutwa nickel project in Tanzania has reported the first assay results from its 2009 drilling programme. The initial aaim of the drilling programme was to define...

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Mining Week: 6 November

African Consolidated Resources (AFCR), the Zimbabwe focused mineral exploration group, concluded a contract with South African project manager TWP Holdings for the production of gold from its sulphide concentrate dump at...

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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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Four sentenced to death after dismembering albino man in 'witchcraft' murder

Four men have been sentenced to death by hanging, for killing a 54-year-old albino man. Tanzanian television footage showed the men, who killed Lyaku Willy and removed his head and legs, leaving the courtroom in Shinyanga...

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Rwanda: President Kagame Receives Top U.S. Treasury Official

The visiting Deputy Treasury Secretary of the United States government, Neal Wolin, yesterday held discussions with President Paul Kagame. The discussions aimed at seeking more ways in which the US can continue to partner with...

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Africa: Fishing in Troubled Waters

In two decades of fishing on the Zambezi, Darius Wamulume has never seen anything like this. With deep ulcerations and tissue decay, the fish he has caught recently is too unsightly to sell and too suspect to eat.

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