BY THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER The Drug Control and Enforcement Authority (DCEA) has arrested 550 suspects and seized more than 8.4 tonnes of illicit drugs during a year-long crackdown across the Northern Zone. The operation, carried out between July 2025 and June 2026, covered Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Tanga and Manyara regions, where DCEA conducted 227 operations…
The government has started to repair the Serengeti National Park’s arterial roads to enhance visitor experience and comfort in the world’s biggest natural game sanctuary and place of unparalleled safari memories. The Head of Communication in the Tanzania National Parks Authority (TANPA), Ms Catherine Mbena, told The Arusha News that works have started on the…
BY THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER The Rotary Club of Njiro Arusha has promised that a long-overdue community library will be completed within a year. The promise was made by the new President of the club, Tanzania’s prominent politician, diplomat and philanthropist, Amb Daniel Ole Njoolay, during his installation last weekend. Amb Ole Njoolay said the…
BY THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER Residents of Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Manyara and Tanga have been alerted to prepare for colder mornings, occasional strong winds, dusty conditions and scattered rainfall this July, which is expected to be the coldest month of Tanzania’s June-to-August ‘Kipupwe’ or dry season. The Tanzania Meteorological Authority (TMA) Director-General, Dr Ladislaus Chang’a, said…
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…
