London, June 2, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Egypt has become the first African country to record over one thousand death from coronavirus. The latest figures is 1005 after the government reports new 46 fatalities on Monday. On Monday the ministry of health announced a further 1,399 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of infections to 26,384 READ ...

London, May 21, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has announced that university students and final-year secondary students will return to class on 1 June. Sporting events, which have also been halted for at least two months to stop the spread of coronavirus, will also resume then. But other secondary school and primary school pupils will ...

London, May 20, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The Japanese government has contributed $1.5 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to support the implementation of the four-year Boresha Lishe nutrition project in rural areas of central Tanzania.  Launched in 2017, the Boresha Lishe project aims to improve nutrition for 30,000 women and children through social behaviour ...

London, May 11, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The government of Tanzania has relaxed some restrictions on international flights to allow some categories of flight movements amid growing demand for the service, authorities say. The relaxation touches repatriation flights, operations related to humanitarian aid, medical and relief flights, technical landings where passengers do not disembark and other safety-related operations. ...

London, May 4, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Coronavirus test kits used in Tanzania were dismissed as faulty by President John Magufuli on Sunday, because he said they had returned positive results on samples taken from a goat and a pawpaw. Magufuli, whose government has already drawn criticism for being secretive about the coronavirus outbreak and has previously asked ...

London, April 23, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Nigerian government has secured the release of 60 out of the 73 Nigerians serving various jail terms in Tanzanian prisons. Currently, the 60 Nigerians are awaiting evacuation home courtesy of a special arrangements being made by the Nigerian ambassador to Tanzania for their repatriation. The Head, Media and Public Relations Unit, ...

London, April 4, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Tanzanian government is extending up to three months the validity of visas for visitors who were unable to travel because of the Covid-19 pandemic. READ ALSO: SOMALIAN WOMEN CELEBRATE CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN AS HUSBANDS STAY AT HOME WITHOUT DRUGS “With the Covid-19 outbreak, Tanzania Immigration Services Department would like to inform the ...

London, March 18, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Canadian start-up, Jaza has secured $1.7 million to provide access to electricity for households in rural Tanzania. READ ALSO: SADIO MANE DONATES 30 MILLIONS FCFA TO COMBAT COVID-19 OUTBREAK IN SENEGAL The funds were raised through a crowdfunding exercise involving the Shell Foundation, the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation (DRK), Ceniarth, the ...

London, March 6, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the non-profit search engine Ecosia have announced a massive effort to replant some 900,000 trees in degraded landscapes in Tanzania. The planting will take place over two years in Tanzania’s iconic Southern Highlands region, primarily in and around Mt Rungwe and the Njombe forests. Recently, the people ...

London, March 3, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Tanzania’s State House has shared a picture of President John Magufuli exchanging a foot greeting with opposition politician Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad, observing new measures by the health ministry to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The deadly virus, which broke out in January in China’s central city of Wuhan, has ...