AUABC Chairperson Mr Kwami Senanu (right) briefs journalists after opening the 50th Ordinary Session in Arusha on November 17, 2025. In the centre is Vice-Chairperson Yvonne Chibiya. (Photo: Tumaini Mbwambo). By The Arusha News Reporter. The Chairperson of the African Union Advisory Board Against Corruption (AUABC), Mr Kwami Senanu, has called for renewed unity, innovation…
Photos courtesy of Wildlife and Environmental Care Initiative – WECI. Nanja Dam in Monduli District has completely dried up this year, leaving more than 80,000 people—over half of the pastoral district’s population of more than 150,000—and over 12,000 livestock without a reliable source of water. Sources told The Arusha News that a 20-litre container of…
By Sukhdev Chhatbar Illegal fishing in Lake Manyara threatens to deplete the unique Manyara tilapia, a tasty tropical fish found only in the Rift Valley-lake. Researchers note with concern that the endemic fish in the soda lake system has been heavily depleted by the use of undersized fishing nets, fishing in restricted zones, and increased…
By Kusekwa Kusekwa The Court of Appeal, sitting at Arusha, has dismissed the appeal lodged by two former Arusha International Conference Centre (AICC) employees, challenging their employer to pay them each terminal benefits equivalent to one-year salary instead of five-year salary as was allegedly under the AICC’s Group Endowment Assurance Scheme and the AICC Staff…
By Kusekwa Kusekwa Tanzania’s 13th Parliament opened in Dodoma on Tuesday, November 11, 2025 with key appointments to the country’s top leadership positions beginning with the election of the Speaker and some two days later, endorsed former Finance Minister, Dr Mwigulu Lameck Nchemba (50), as the new Prime Minister. Dr Mwigulu’s confirmation—369 votes out of…
By Kusekwa Kusekwa The High Court in Arusha has dismissed a suit filed by former director and shareholder of Coastal Travel Limited, Ms Anna Westh De Brauwer, who was demanding USD 315,000 as the alleged outstanding value of shares she claims to have relinquished to the air taxi company eight years ago. Justice Frank Mahimbali…
By Kusekwa Kusekwa The Court of Appeal, sitting at Arusha, has confirmed the 30-year jail sentence imposed on bus conductor Said Jumanne, alias Tembo, for raping a 14-year-old girl at Mlimani area, within Monduli District in 2017. Justices Barke Sehel, Omar Makungu and Eliezer Feleshi ruled against Tembo, the appellant, after dismissing the appeal he…
By Kusekwa Kusekwa The Court of Appeal, sitting at Arusha, has confirmed the 30-year jail sentence imposed on bus conductor Said Jumanne, alias Tembo, for raping a 14-year-old girl at Mlimani area, within Monduli District in 2017. Justices Barke Sehel, Omar Makungu and Eliezer Feleshi ruled against Tembo, the appellant, after dismissing the appeal he…
Participants during a breast cancer awareness walk in Arusha. (Photo by a Correspondent.) By David Chikoko About 4,500 new breast cancer cases are recorded in Tanzania every year, making it the second most common cancer among women after cervical cancer, according to the latest GLOBOCAN 2022 report. The warning comes as Four Points by Sheraton…
The late Robert Wallace. By Staff Writer Sukhdev Chhatbar In Tanzania, Christian funerals often follow a familiar rhythm — solemn hymns, a church service and a slow procession behind a flower-covered casket. However, on October 25, the farewell ceremony for the late Robert Wallace, a Braeburn School teacher, passionate sportsman, and promising volunteer columnist for…
