London, Nov. 13, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Tanzanian parliament on Tuesday passed amendments designed to allow HIV/AIDS self-testing and lowering the age of HIV testing without parental consent to 15 years. “These amendments will significantly accelerate our intentions to meet the 90-90-90 goals which aim at ending the AIDS epidemic by 2020,” Ummy Mwalimu, Minister for Health, told ...

London, Nov. 13, 2019 (AltAfrica)-As part of progammes to meat the global goal of universal access to clean cooking energy by 2030, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and its partners have distributed about half a million (500,000) ethanol cooking stoves to households in various wards of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. RELATED: DIRTY STOVES, ...

London, Oct. 25, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The authorities in Tanzania have arrested four Chinese contractors because of slow progress in a state-funded project in the coastal city of Dar es Salaam. The three men and a woman are employed by two companies contracted to build a canal and a section of road after it was washed away ...

London, Oct. 2, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Tanzania’s President John Magufuli announced an extension to an economic crimes amnesty Monday after prosecutors were flooded with 467 requests in the initial seven-day period. Demand for the amnesty, which allows suspects to negotiate their freedom from jail, has been so great that Magufuli agreed to extend the offer for another ...

London, Sep 28, 2019 (AltAfrica)- Hilaria Paschal is a talented weaving artist, producing colourful woven baskets and jewelry. She also runs a small business, marketing and selling her own wares and those made by her women’s group. That’s aside being a farmer, the traditional occupation for most women in her age group The southern highlands of ...

London, August 11, 2019 (AltAfrica)-At least 62 people have been killed and scores injured in a fuel tanker explosion in Tanzania Pictures posted online show flaming wreckage scattered over a wide area and charred bodies lying on the ground. Police say a damaged tanker truck exploded in eastern Tanzania as people were trying to siphon ...

London, June 20, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The United States embassies in Uganda and Tanzania have issued warnings about “rumours of impending attacks” in areas frequented by foreigners. According to the embassy in Kampala, “There are rumours of impending attacks in areas frequented by expats within East Africa, including Uganda.’’ The warning was issued on Thursday, a day ...

London, May 30, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Hollywood actor Idris Elba is in Tanzania with his new wife where they have visited the Serengeti National Park, popular with tourists who want to see wild animals. Elba’s wife, Sabrina Dhowre, has posted pictures on Instagram and thanked the tour guides for showing the couple around a region of the ...

London, April 29, 209 (AltAfrica)-Tanzania plans to limit the number of mobile phone numbers an individual can own to a single line per network, in its bid to boost security and tame cybercrime. This will involve a fresh biometric registration of all SIM card holders from May 1 to September. Subscribers have to present their ...

London, April 25, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Tanzania aims to have six times its current power generation capacity by 2025 through investment in thermal and renewable energy, deputy energy minister Subira Mgalu has told parliament The East African country boasts reserves of over 57 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of natural gas, but faces periodic power shortages. Investors have ...