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Crissa shines for Tanzania in 50m backstroke final at African Championships

Tanzania, May 8 -- Dar es Salaam. Tanzanian swimmer Crissa delivered an impressive performance at the African Swimming Championships in Algeria after qualifying for the final of the women's 50-metre b... Read More


Police called to Uganda's embassy in Abuja as diplomats fight

Uganda, May 8 -- Uganda's High Commission in Abuja, Nigeria descended into chaos this morning as diplomats and staff exchanged heated words, leaving police officers from the host country visibly start... Read More


Tempers flare in Kayunga as NRM camps clash over district speaker post

Uganda, May 8 -- Political tensions among leaders and supporters of the ruling NRM party are heating up in Kayunga District over who should be the party's flag bearer for the post of district Speaker.... Read More


Chimpanzees terrorise Mubende residents

Uganda, May 8 -- As evening descends on Ssegenya, parents usher children indoors earlier than before. Farmers move in groups. Conservationists repeatedly return to a single question: who bears respon... Read More


Higher education access: Why FAWE Uganda chose girls over boys

Uganda, May 8 -- When the Higher Education Access Programme (HEAP), a flagship initiative targeting bright but economically constrained learners, was rolled out in 2017, its primary focus was on the g... Read More


Experts warn Uganda's university research is failing to influence policy

Uganda, May 8 -- Universities across Uganda are producing increasing volumes of academic research, but education experts warn that much of it is failing to influence public policy, industry practices,... Read More


Five years in jail, Sh2m fine: the law Karen Nyamu may have just walked into

Nairobi, May 8 -- On March 25, 2026, a female learner who had just started senior school under Kenya's competency-based curriculum was welcomed into the Senate chambers. Speaker Amason Jeffah Kingi i... Read More


Tanzania, DR Congo begin talks to enhance cooperation in oil and gas exploration

DODOMA, May 8 -- TANZANIA and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have begun talks aimed at strengthening cooperation in oil and natural gas exploration, transport and distribution projects to impr... Read More


TTF unveils plans to host Taekwondo Championship in Dar in efforts to promote the sport nationwide

DAR ES SALAAM, May 8 -- THE Tanzania Taekwondo Federation (TTF) has announced plans to host the National Taekwondo Championships later this year in Dar es Salaam as part of efforts to promote and deve... Read More


Guitar solo reign not gone forever, Bongo Flava tells it al

DAR ES SALAAM, May 8 -- IT was in early 1980s when Freddie Ndala Kasheba rose from obscurity to command the Tanzanian music scene with his scary 12-stringed guitar and to some extent it brought shiver... Read More