BY THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER Arusha City has sent one of its biggest sporting delegation in recent years to Mbeya for the 2026 Local Government Games (SHIMISEMITA), underlining its new ambition to compete strongly in the national competition. The city is represented by 139 people, including 127 athletes and has entered competitors in all 15…
Overall winner Jatin Sonecha ( left) proudly displays his trophy. Above: Division ‘C’ winner George Ogutu takes a powerful swing during the tournament, which attracted more than 70 golfers. (Photos by a Correspondent) BY THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER Veteran golfer Jatin Sonecha produced a spectacular display of skill, experience and composure to walk away with…
FROM THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER IN ARUMERU For Erick Pallangyo, a tricky section of his village road in Meru District stopped being justa just another inconvenience when he saw how seriously it could affect someone in an emergency. A resident of Akheri Ward in Patandi Village, Pallangyo, recalled witnessing a pregnant mother give birth to…
FROM THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER IN BABATI The police in Babati are holding 16 people for questioning in connection with a fire that broke out at the Dudumera sugarcane and sorghum estate on the night of August 15, 2026 that also destroyed three tractors, with the actual loss still largely unknown. Manyara Regional Police Commander…
BY THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER Educationists meeting in Arusha have called for more interactive and practical methods for teaching Mathematics, often seen as a difficult subject although it is the cornerstone of nearly all development in life. The opinion was reached at during the Second African-Nordic Conference on Mathematics, held in Arusha from August 11-14,…
FROM THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER IN BABATI A 13-year-old Standard Three pupil at Tarangire Primary School wa trampled to death by an elephant on Monday, August 17, 2026, while walking to school in Kakoi Village, Nkaiti Ward, Babati District in Manyara Region. Accounts from the scene indicate that the pupil was travelling with others when…
BY THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER TANZANIANS, travellers, visitors and farmers have been advised to prepare for wetter-than-normal conditions after the Tanzania Meteorological Authority (TMA) warned that a strong El Niño is expected to influence the October to December 2026 short-rains season. TMA says above-normal to normal rainfall is expected in Arusha, Manyara, Kilimanjaro, Kagera, Geita,…
BY KUSEKWA KUSEKWA The Court of Appeal has upheld the death sentence against six people for the 2013 Roman Catholic church bombing during a Mass for the Canonical Erection of the Burka Parish in Arusha’s Olasiti area that left three people dead and dozens injured. The six, Abashari Omary, Yusuph Hutta, Ramadhani Waziri, Abdul Juma,…
Fossil and genetic evidence increasingly suggests that our species did not emerge from one isolated corner of the continent. Instead, different populations across Africa appear to have remained separated at times and connected at others, meeting, migrating and interbreeding over many thousands of years. East Africa played an enormously important role in this story, but…
BY SUKHDEV CHHATBAR The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has invited tender applications for services needed to stage Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2027, to be held in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. As of August 12, the CAF official tender portal had listed 19 service packages connected to AFCON 2027 operations, covering areas including hotels…
