Residents of Masama Mbweera Village in Hai District, Kilimanjaro Region, have been left puzzled after unknown people allegedly stole a coffin from a local shop and abandoned it by the roadside.

Minerals Minister Anthony Mavunde has urged Tanzanians to abandon superstitions surrounding the mining sector, attributing financial ruin among miners to speculative extraction rather than witchcraft.

The Government has given people illegally possessing firearms two months to surrender them voluntarily without facing legal action, as part of a campaign to prevent gun-related crime and strengthen national security.

Tanzania’s expanding production of perishable goods is creating a new investment opportunity in cold-chain infrastructure, with demand growing across horticulture, livestock, fisheries, poultry, food processing and logistics.

People living with severe obesity will have an opportunity to undergo specialist assessments and learn about surgical treatment options during a weight-loss surgery camp scheduled to run until September 11.

Tanzania must shift its focus from celebrating innovative ideas to ensuring they reach the market, create businesses and jobs, and solve problems facing citizens, speakers at the opening of Innovation Week Tanzania 2026 have said.

Zanzibar has scooped three major titles at the 2026 World Travel Awards (WTA) as the islands continue to attract record numbers of international visitors.

As Tanzania earns billions of shillings from growing tourist numbers and successful wildlife conservation, communities living around protected areas in Serengeti District, Mara Region, are paying another price for that success through crop destruction, livestock losses and threats to their safety.

Tanzania’s ambitious plans to restore its forests under the National Development Vision 2050 face a major bottleneck, with a huge shortage of seedlings hampering reforestation efforts.

Tanzania’s land is increasingly becoming an economic asset under pressure, as climate change, population growth, expanding agriculture and weak spatial planning collide to raise the cost of doing business and threaten livelihoods.