Tanzania

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The Tanzanian ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party still owes the Treasury 23 million shillings (70,620 dollars) for its live [...]

CHRISTOPHER MTIKILA

Chairman of the Democratic Party (DP, opposition) in Tanzania, Christopher Mtikila is at the centre of a political debate that [...]

OPPOSITION LEADER ON TRIAL

The Chairman of the opposition Democratic Party (DP), Reverend Christopher Mtikila (see p.8) and four of his supporters, who have [...]

Although an initial promisory sales contract was signed for two [...]

UNCERTAIN OUTLOOK FOR AIR TANZANIA

According to the French monthly economic news bulletin compiled by French commercial attachés in Eastern Africa, Lettre d'Afrique Orientale, the [...]

RELIGIOUS STRIFE OR RELIGIOUS WAR

President Ali Hassan Mwinyi of Tanzania swapped over on January 28, his ministers of foreign affairs and labour, respectively, Ahmed [...]

DUTIES SLAPPED ON ZANZIBAR IMPORTS

The Tanzanian government has announced a sharp drop in customs revenues, that is forcing it to improve collection of import [...]

A DIFFICULT PROJECT TO FINANCE

Several European companies (including Thomson-CSF and Marconi), Japanese, American and South African (MNET) are showing interest in the project to [...]

REGIONAL PROJECTS GET EC AID

At a recently held meeting in Djibouti, regional projects that will benefit from European Community aid were discussed. About ten [...]

French commercial advisers in Eastern Africa and representatives of French [...]

According to a Kiswahili Tanzanian daily, Dar es Salaam Uhuru, [...]

AIRPORT MANAGEMENT TRANSFER

Tanzania's government has decided to hand over the management of its airports to an independent company, according to Lettre d'Afrique [...]

CCM'S NEW EXECUTIVE

The fourth national Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) congress saw Ali Hassan Mwinyi re-elected to the presidency of the party for [...]

RECURRING NIGHTMARE FOR ALAF

British firm Comcraft Services Ltd (CSL) that left Tanzania in 1988 after encountering problems with State company Aluminium Africa Ltd [...]

SHAABEN SEIF AMEIR

The chief of police in Zanzibar announced last week, the [...]

GEORGES ROCHICCIOLI

France's former consul general to London (1987-1991) and to Dakar (1984-1987), Georges Rochiccioli has been nominated as ambassador to Tanzania [...]

China has rescheduled a 190 million loan to Tanzania and [...]

GREY MEINZEL

The Eastern Africa regional representative of the French engineering firm, [...]

JAPANESE AID TO REFUGEES

The Japanese ministry of Foreign Affairs announced last week that it will grant 9.8 million $ to pay for various [...]