By Professor Raymond MoshaTel: (+255) 769 417 886 | Email: rmosha@depaul.edu One of the precious sources for my reflections in this column is the timeless and timely wisdom that I have learned from our African ancestors. Today I want to reflect on a proverb that I often heard from my grandparents, which goes this way…
By Mtego wa ChuiEmail: mtegowachui@gmail.comYouTube Channel: kwasimutokalondon Know what?When Tanzanians meet in unison overseas, it is special.In your homeland, you tend to take certain things for granted. Greetings in the mother tongue. Checking out neighbours, walking to the market together (mothers and babies) or leisure. You are in sync. One rhythm. Sometimes there is the…
By The Arusha News Reporter The East African Community (EAC) Council of Ministers has proposed a budget of USD 109,338,151 for the 2025/2026 financial year compared with USD 103,800,000 in fiscal 2024/25, roughly a modest USD 5,533,151 rise in expenditure to fund the bloc’s operations. The budget will now be scrutinised by the General Purpose…
By Nicodemus Ikonko Arusha-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), ABC Impact, has raised Sh 30 million to provide free bicycles to girls in rural areas aiming to ease their daily long journeys to and from school, markedly protecting them from potential dangers along the way. The funds were raised during a charity dinner gala held at the…
By The Arusha News Reporter The Arusha-based Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) and several NGOs have filed an application to formally request an Advisory Opinion from the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR), also in Arusha, regarding the obligations of African states to protect human rights in the face of the escalating climate…
By Kusekwa Kusekwa The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has lost an appeal at the High Court in Manyara that had challenged the acquittal by the Hanang’ District Court of one Emanuel Mussa, who was originally charged with rape and impregnating a 17-year-old school girl. Judge Mwihambi Nenelwa Mwihambi ruled recently that she found the…
By Nicodemus Ikonko Prominent Arusha businessman, Mr Willy Chambulo, has pleaded with the government to create a more conducive environment for Tanzanians to attain wealth, cautioning that the state should not appear as though it were an enemy of businesspeople. Contributing to a plenary debate during the recently held Arusha Investment Forum 2025, Mr Chambulo…
By Joan Kibona in Arusha and Fina Lyimo in Moshi At least four people, including two from the same family, lost their lives following heavy rains in Arusha and Kilimanjaro regions early this week. In Arusha, a young boy, who could not be immediately identified, was swept away by floodwaters after falling from a moving…
By The Arusha News Reporter Tanzania’s top lady golfers, including Arusha’s Madina Idd, will take part in the four-day Kenya Ladies Golf Championship at the prestigious Kenya Railway Golf Club in Nairobi. The championship which started Wednesday May 1, at Sigona Golf Course, is a segment of the series of regional events being organized by…
By The Arusha News Reporter Tanzania’s Simba SC will play Morocco’s RS Berkane in the final of the CAF Confederation Cup on May 17 (first leg in Morocco) and May 25 (second leg in Tanzania), marking a historic moment for the East African football giant. The much-anticipated clash pits a roaring Simba—chasing their first-ever continental…
