By The Arusha News Reporter The Bank of Tanzania (BoT) has officially announced that today, April 5, 2025, is the last day to use old Tanzanian shilling banknotes as legal tender. The banknotes to be withdrawn are in denominations of 20, 200, 500, 1,000, 2,000, 5,000 and 10,000 shillings, issued from 1985 to 2003 and…
By The Arusha News Reporter TRC Director-General, Mr Masanja Kadogosa, detailed the project’s scope when he met and held talks with Arusha Regional Commissioner (RC), Mr Paul Makonda, on March 25, 2025. The Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) is in the final stages of building the Dar es Salaam to Musoma Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), to…
By Nicodemus Ikonko On January 28, 2024, six Park Rangers while patrolling the Burunge Wildlife Area, saw three people with two motorcycles and decided to arrest them as they suspected that, they had no permission to be in the area. Unfortunately, two of them escaped using the motorcycles, leaving behind the appellant who also attempted…
By The Arusha News Reporter The Sheikh of Arusha Region, Shaban Juma Abdallah, has stressed the importance for Tanzanians to live peacefully together as one family, denouncing violence as being uncharacteristic of the nation’s culture and way of life. “Any leader who calls for chaos after elections should be ignored,” said Sheikh Abdallah, adding: “Tanzanians…
By The Arusha News Reporter in Tanga Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral ceremony of the former East African Community (EAC) Secretary General (SG), Ambassador Juma Volter Mwapachu (82), held at the Chumbageni family residence in Tanga on March 30, 2025. Among them included the Deputy Minister for Culture, Arts and Sports, Mr Hamisi Mwinjuma…
By Kusekwa Kusekwa Rose Anochiche Ashery Sanga has won a case at the High Court in Arusha that challenged the decision of the Chief Secretary, who had confirmed as rightful the termination from employment of her late husband, Anochiche Ashery Sanga. He was a senior assistant technician with the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA). Judge…
By Nicodemus Ikonko The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arusha is about to complete its new Cathedral, which has been under construction for nearly 14 years, according to Father Paul Malisa, the Parish Priest of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus where the Cathedral is located, he told The Arusha News. Once completed, the Cathedral will…
By Nicodemus Ikonko Arusha’s Mt Meru Regional Referral Hospital will in the next two weeks commission a state-of-the-art digital screening machine for breast problems in women, billed to drastically reduce diagnosis costs. The hospital’s Radiologist, Mr Lwitiko Mwaipopo, told The Arusha News that the Sh 460m machine was received from South Korea last month. It…
By Kusekwa Kusekwa The High Court in Manyara Region has sentenced one Paskal Petro Saqware to death by hanging for the killing of a nursery school pupil, whose name has been withheld for ethical reasons, in Babati District, last year. Judge Frank Mrindoko ordered Saqware to hang until he dies after convicting him of murder…
‘Masika’ Season Arrives Breathing Hope to New Life By The Arusha News Reporter The eagerly awaited “Masika” rains have commenced, bringing significant relief to Arusha and Kilimanjaro, which experienced a severe heatwave in January and February that scorched most farm crops and threatened domestic animals in the predominantly livestock-keeping regions. Rains are predicted through next…
