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Tanzania church attack: Saudis held for ‘act of terror’

YoopyaMay 6, 2013September 2, 20240

Eight people – including four of Saudi origin – have been arrested over an explosion that killed two people at a church in the northern

Zanzibari singer Bi Kidude dies

YoopyaApr 17, 2013May 27, 20230

Thought to be more than 100 years old, she was a legendary performer of Taarab, a style of Swahili Arab-influenced music. In 2005, she was

Tanzania finds more bodies after building collapse

YoopyaApr 1, 20130

Emergency workers in Tanzania’s main city, Dar es Salaam, have now pulled at least 30 bodies from the ruins of a collapsed multi-storey building. The

Tanzania: Dar es Salaam building collapse ‘kills 17’

YoopyaMar 30, 20130

At least 17 people have been killed after a multi-storey building collapsed in the centre of the main Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam on

Tanzania: Dar es Salaam building collapse ‘traps dozens’

YoopyaMar 29, 20130

At least three people have been killed and dozens more are trapped after a multi-storey building collapsed in the centre of the main Tanzanian city,

Tanzania president denies doctors’ leader torture

YoopyaJul 2, 20120

By Fumbuka Ng’wanakilala DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzania’s President Jakaya Kikwete denied any government involvement in the kidnap and torture of Steven Ulimboka, the

Power cuts slow Tanzanian economic growth

YoopyaMay 8, 20120

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Frequent power blackouts caused Tanzania’s economic growth rate to slow to 6.5 percent in the fourth quarter of last year

Tanzanian president sacks finance, energy ministers

YoopyaMay 5, 20120

By Fumbuka Ng’wanakilala DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete axed his finance and energy ministers on Friday in a reshuffle that had