Tanzania

ALI HASSAN MWINYI

Tanzanian head of state Ali Hassan Mwinyi's December 4 decision [...]

A PARTY OF MUSICAL CHAIRS

Head of state Ali Hassan Mwinyi appointed Cleopa Msuya as the new prime minister on December 5 after dissolving parliament [...]

MALIMA ON THE SPOT

Since Tanzania's head of state Ali Hassan Mwinyi called, under pressure from fund donors, for postponement of the World Bank's [...]

ZANZIBAR PRESIDENT AND THE UNION

The constitution of the Tanzanian Union is expected to be, once again, at the heart of a lively parliamentary debate [...]

NYERERE BOOK GOING GREAT GUNS

The book written by Tanzania's former head of state Julius Nyerere and published by Zimbabwe Publishing House at the beginning [...]

WEIDI MWASAKAFYUKA

Former Tanzanian ambassador to France Weidi Mwasakafyuka, now retired, was questioned by Dar es Salaam police for three hours on [...]

MALECELA'S TRIP TO IRAN

Tanzanian prime minister (and first vice-president) John Malecela made use of an official visit to Iran from November 5 to [...]

SERIOUS SKIDDING IN EDF ACCOUNTS

The latest report from the European Union's court of accounts zeroes in on several serious cases of malfunctioning by its [...]

MWINYI TACKLES CORRUPTION HEAD-ON

At virtually the last second, head of state Ali Hassan Mwinyi has requested postponement (until next year) of the World [...]

Spotlight
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES IN CCM

With just under a year to go to the presidential elections in October 1995, the problem of who to nominate for the party's presidential ticket is a real headache for Chama cha Mapidunzi (CCM), the government party.

NOVEL PACKAGE FOR SONGO SONGO

On the occasion of the conference on energy in Africa, held in Cape Town (Republic of South Africa) last month, [...]

Final agreement on Williamson Diamonds

The Tanzanian government has signed an agreement enabling the South African mining conglomerate De Beers to take over Williamson Diamonds [...]

KENMARE OBTAINS GOLD PRODUCTION PERMIT

The Irish company Kenmare Resources, which is already active in [...]

TOKYO TAKES TVZ TO TASK

Japan has suspended all aid to the state-owned Zanzibar television station TVZ following complaints of bias made against the station [...]

AID FOR LAKE VICTORIA FISHERFOLK

The European Development Fund management committee is to consider allocating ECU 8.4 million (US$10.7 million) to a project to improve [...]

SEVERAL "MISTER TEN PERCENT"

Four high-ranking government officials (three ministers and a top official of National Provident Fund, NPF) are alleged to have been [...]

DOUGLAS HURD

Britain's foreign secretary will begin a week-long swing on November [...]

In 1995, Tanzania will still be the principal beneficiary of [...]

LETHARGIC ELECTIONS

Local elections planned in Dar es Salaam for the end of October seem to have aroused as much interest as [...]