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Tanzania’s vice-president, Philip Mpango, has threatened to resign over a prolonged water shortage affecting residents of the northern Mwanga District. Mpango on Thursday accused contractors working on a major project aimed at supplying water in the region of taking too long time to complete it. The project, worth over US$100,000 …

The Tanzanian government has banned 16 titles of a popular children’s book series from being used in schools for allegedly advocating LGBTQ rights. The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series are said to violate the country’s traditions, customs and cultures.Education Minister Adolf Mkenda said the books endanger the quality of …

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has cancelled Independence Day celebrations scheduled for Friday and directed that the budget instead be used to build dormitories for children with special needs. The 61st Independence Day event was to cost $445,000, money that will be used to build eight dormitories in primary schools …

John Pombe Magufuli, President of Tanzania has died. The announcement was made by the country’s Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan on state TV. According to her, Magufuli died of heart complications while being treated at Mzena Hospital in the port city of Dar es Salaam. Magufuli’s death followed more than …