Family Planning Is 'Sure' Pathway to Poverty Reduction in Tanzania

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Robust family planning services are widely recognised as cost effective health intervention and essential components of sustainable development and poverty alleviation.

Tanzania Communication and Development Centre (PCDC) Manager James Mlali said this during an interview in Dar es Salaam yesterday that family planning improves the economic well-being of both individual families and communities.

East Africa: 'Uganda First Oil to Flow After 2020'

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Kampala — The ambitions of the Ugandan government to have first oil flowing by 2020 may not be possible as the required infrastructure will not be completed by then.

Last week, Standard & Poor's (S&P Global) released the latest credit rating for Uganda and noted that construction work on the required infrastructure for oil production might only start mid-2018, delaying any earlier than 2020 oil production prospects.

Two Police Shot, Injured in Kibiti By Unknown People

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Kibiti — Tanzania, Two police traffic officers who were shot by unknown assailants have been identified as Sergeant Salum and Constable Masola, according to information from the police.

Magufuli Warns Coast Bandits

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Coast — Criminal gangs that have been causing menace in Kibiti, Rufiji and Mkuranga districts, Coast Region, should surrender lest they are flushed out by security organs from the areas,

Escrow Monster Resurfaces

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Businessmen Rugemalira and Singh Sethi appear in court, facing six counts, including economic sabotage

Arraongnment of the two alleged key players in the infamous 306bn/- Tegeta escrow account scandal at the Kisutu Resident Court yesterday, resonates with eight of the resolutions reached by the National Assembly way back November 2014.

Three Legislators Approach High Court Over Suspension

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Dodoma — Three Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) MPs have applied for a judicial review at the High Court in Dodoma to go through the Speaker's decision on suspending them from the House on June 2 and 5 respectively, this year.

Tanzania: Cashews Boost Traditional Exports By U.S.$120 Million

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Dar es Salaam — A rise in cashew exports boosted the value of traditional exports by 16.75 per cent in the year ending April 2017.

According to the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) economic review for May, traditional exports improved to $863.6 million from $739.7 million in the year that ended in April 2016, largely powered by cashew nuts