BY SUKHDEV CHHATBAR Tanzania has raised concern over the sharp decline of ‘swala twiga,’ Kiswahili for gerenuk or the highly specialised antelope that browses on leaves and pods rather than grazing, which is common for its close relatives, the impalas and gazelles. The 2024/2025 National Wildlife Census released in Arusha by the Ministry of Natural…
FROM KUSEKWA KUSEKWA IN MOSHI The High Court at Moshi has acquitted suspected drugs dealer, one Nestory Machibya, who was charged with trafficking freshly picked Catha Edulis leaves or “Mirungi,” a narcotic drug, allegedly in six bags weighing 116.69 kilogrammes and worth hundreds of thousands of shillings in street value. Judge Safina Simfukwe ruled the…
BY THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER Tanzania’s conservation fraternity is mourning the death of veteran environmental conservationist John Gospel Yonazi Salehe who was laid to rest on June 23, 2026 at his home in Njiro, Arusha city. Veteran conservationist died on June 19, 2026 at Mount Meru Hospital in Arusha following a short illness. He was…
EAC POISED TO PASS 2026/27 BUDGET BY DAVID CHIKOKO The East African Community (EAC) has proposed dollars 110.86 million budget for the 2026/27 financial year, placing regional security, trade growth, domestic revenue mobilisation and digital transformation at the centre of the bloc’s next phase of integration. EAC Secretary General (SG), Amb Stephen Patrick Mbundi, presented…
BY DAVID CHIKOKO President Samia Suluhu Hassan has appointed two Tanzanian judges serving in Arusha-based regional courts to the Court of Appeal of Tanzania. The two are Justice Imani Daud Aboud of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) and Justice Yohane Bokobora Masara, Principal Judge of the East African Court of Justice…
Livestock vaccination exercise in Arusha supporting healthier animals, safer communities and stronger livelihoods for farmers and pastoralists in the Northern Zone (Photo by a Correspondent) BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT The livestock vaccination and identification campaign in the Northern Zone has effectively contained the outbreak of animal diseases, including cross border epidemics from neighbouring countries. The…
Rotary Club of Arusha President Ralph Williams. BY THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER The Rotary Club of Arusha recently marked two major milestones in its continued drive to improve access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene in schools and communities across northern Tanzania. In Arusha City, the club, together with the Arusha Urban Water Supply and…
BY MBONEKO MUNYAGA The government shall in fiscal 2026/27 spend Shillings 62.33 trillion, up from Sh 56.49tr in 2025/26, which is Sh 5.84tr or 9.3 per cent upped spending that aligns with the global average of between 6.0 to 10 per cent annual budgetary increase, depending on a country’s nominal GDP growth. In 2025, Tanzania…
BY SUKHDEV CHHATBAR Brussels Airlines has extended its new Kilimanjaro route to year-round operations after selling more than 10,000 tickets in a very short span. The Belgian national carrier made its direct inaugural flight to Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) on June 3, bringing 248 passengers aboard an Airbus A330-300 aircraft and marking a major boost…
BY RICHARD MWANGULUBE Cancer has shown to affect Maasai herders more with doctors hinting at over consumption of raw meat, unboiled milk and a harsher living environment as possible causes. Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) Executive Director, Prof Gileard Masenga, told journalists recently that they received more than 6,000 cancer patients annually, including about 40…
