Arusha News
Arusha villages to get electricity
Tanzania's Rural Energy Agency to supply villages in Arusha area.
Tanzania Electrical supply company TANESCO has announced that it will provide electricity to 58 villages in the Arusha area, connecti...
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Tanzania opens first geopark
Tanzania is launching its first geopark with the creation of the 12,000sq-km Ngorongoro-Lengai Geopark in the north of the country, in an effort to attract geology-based tourism.
The landscape of the...
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Identity cards for Maasai in northern Tanzania
Electronic identification for communities in Ngorongoro.
Maasai pastoral communities living within the confines of north Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) are to be issued with electronic...
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African Court in Arusha celebrates 10 years
Symposium to mark decade of African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) in Arusha celebrates its tenth anniversary with a two-day symposium o...
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Tanzania combats poaching with drones
Pilot scheme introduced in Tarangire National Park near Arusha.
The Tanzania goverment has sanctioned the use of drones in Tarangire National Park in an aerial surveillance battle against poachers...
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Tanzania orders foreign livestock to leave Arusha region
Drought leads to livestock trespassing into national parks in Arusha area.
The Tanzanian government has ordered that the estimated five million livestock that have crossed into Tanzania's northern...
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East African electronic passports
E-passport will give citizens easier access around East African Community.
The East African Community (EAC) is set to introduce e-passports, facilitating easier movement around the trading bloc who...
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Lake Victoria water unsafe to drink
Polluted Lake Victoria has become breeding ground for disease.
The millions of people using Lake Victoria as a source of drinking water are at risk of diseases such as cholera, typhoid and dysenter...
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Rwandan genocide tribunal to close in Arusha
International court in Arusha dissolved after 20 years.
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha is being formally dissolved on 31 December, 20 years after it was established...
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Tanzania jails Chinese poachers for 20 years
Tanzanian president gets tough with poachers.
Tanzania sentenced four Chinese men to 20 years in jail each, on 18 December, after they were convicted of smuggling rhino horns. In addition the four...
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Tanzanian opposition makes gains in Arusha
Although the ruling CCM held on to the presidency by a large margin in the Tanzanian elections on 25 October, the opposition coalition made gains in its heartland in northern Tanzania as well in Dar E...
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Serengeti voted world's best safari
Six Tanzanian destinations in top 50 African safaris
Tanzania's Serengeti National Park has been voted the world's best safari destination in an online survey conducted by Safari Bookings, a leadi...
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Tanzania estimates voting figures
About 24 million people eligible to vote
Tanzania's Bureau of Statistics has estimated that about 24 million people out of a population of 48,522,230 people are eligible to vote in the coming gener...
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Arusha-Tengeru highway construction begins
Part of the Arusha-Holili road project
After years of promises the Tanzanian National Roads Authority (Tanroads) has announced the start of construction on the 14.2 km Arusha-Tengeru section of the...
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Arusha to open baby elephant orphanage
Tanzania copes with oprhans of poached elephants
Tanzania is set to open its first baby elephant orphanage in Arusha to deal with young elephants orphaned following the deaths of their mothers due...
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Tanzania and Kenya sign deal to tackle illegal timber trade
Countries join forces to battle illegal cross-border trade
Tanzania and Kenya have signed an agreement to combat the illegal logging and timber trade across the borders of both countries.
The m...
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Tourist disputes continue between Kenya and Tanzania
Talks between Kenya and Tanzania on the organisation of cross-border tourism have broken down again.
The meeting in mid-March proved as inconclusive as the one in February and at present both sides...
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Tanzania sentences albino killers to death
32 witch doctors arrested in Tanzania
A court in north-west Tanzania has sentenced four people to death for the murder of an albino woman who was killed so that her limbs could be used for black m...
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Arusha tourist meeting postponed
Tanzania's decision to postpone a top level meeting of Kenyan and Tanzania's tourist industry ministers and operators, which was set for the first week in February, has caused an immediate tough react...
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South Sudan breakthrough at Arusha summit
Rival factions sign agreement during peace talks in Arusha
There was a major breakthrough in the ongoing South Sudan peace talks on 22 January when the three rival factions of the ruling Sud...
