ZANZIBAR: PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has made six appointments and assigned new responsibilities to several others.

AFRICA: A contract has been awarded for construction of an electrified standard gauge railway from Tanzania into Burundi, ...

According to UN Women Programme Specialist for Women’s Economic Empowerment, Ms. Lilian Mwamdanga, the program aims to bridge ...

Juma Jux proposed to his Nigerian lover, Priscilla Ojo, for the 2nd time in a romantic setup after their Islamic wedding, He ...

Often dismissed as pests, rats have long been misunderstood. But the African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus), the world’s longest, is challenging that perception. With its intelligence and ...

The resolutions this past weekend by leaders from the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) calling for direct talks between the Congolese government and ...

African leaders agreed on the consolidation of two regional peace initiatives aimed at resolving the ongoing conflict in the ...

Analysts say the deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in ...

African leaders on Saturday demanded an immediate ceasefire and negotations, to end a severe outbreak of fighting in the ...

At the Tanzania Summit, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) equally announced that it has committed $70 million in ...

Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ...