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 ...

London, Feb. 18, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Tanzania has overtaken Nigeria as the African leader in rural electrification projects. READ ALSO: AFDB GIVES MOROCCAN YOUTHS A NEW FUTURE IN AGRICULTURE This is because the electrification programme being implemented through Rural Energy Agency (REA), in the East African country has yielded sub substantial achievements, placing Tanzania in the top ...

London, Feb. 2, 2020(AltAfrica)-Twenty people have died and a dozen others were injured in a stampede during a church meeting in the northern Tanzanian city of Moshi, the government said Sunday. It was not immediately clear what prompted the stampede, which took place on Saturday. But it occurred when church faithful were being ushered through ...

London, Feb. 2, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Tanzania’s new rail line, the standard gauge railway (SGR) will undergo its first formal testing in May, after the completion of the construction of the first phase in April. Speaking to The EastAfrican in Dar es Salaam this week, SGR project manager Machibya Masanja said construction is going on around the clock to ...