Dar es Salaam, Jan. 2 -- AS 2021 kicks off, religious leaders have called on all Tanzanians, irrespective of their religious affiliations, to pray, asking for God's mercy and make the year prosperous for the nation.

They said given the hard times that the world is experiencing, Tanzanian faithful must ask the Almighty God to save them from any kind of pandemic such as the world ravaging disease - Covid-19.

The clerics sent their messages at different worshipping houses during the New Year Eve.

Dar es Salaam Archbishop, Yuda Thaddeus Ruwa'ichi of the Catholic Church described 2020 as a year of challenges as the country, like other countries in the world, got a big test of Covid-19.

"We passed across a very difficult time, and other cou...