Tanzania is using the 153rd Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in Arusha to showcase its experience in governance and democracy to an international audience, with lawmakers highlighting the country’s constitutional development, multiparty politics and rule of law. Chairperson of the Tanzania IPU Parliamentary Group, Damas Ndumbaro, said the presence of delegates from different countries offered Tanzania an opportunity to explain its governance experience beyond what he described as a narrow understanding of democracy and good governance. Speaking on the sidelines of the Assembly yesterday, Dr Ndumbaro said Tanzania had made significant progress when its governance and democracy were viewed from a...

Outgoing Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) President Dr Tulia Ackson has called on her successor to prioritise peace and security and strengthen parliamentary oversight, particularly in countries affected by conflict, as she prepares to hand over the leadership of the global parliamentary body this week. Dr Ackson, whose three-year term ends during the 153rd IPU Assembly in Arusha, said the next leadership should focus on implementing the organisation’s 2027–2030 strategy while maintaining attention on issues that cut across its work, including conflicts such as the Russia-Ukraine war, climate change and human rights. “I expect that the incoming president who will be elected...

The Government has renewed the Special Mining Licences for the North Mara Gold Mine for another 15 years, allowing the operation to continue under its existing ownership and partnership structure.

Minerals Minister Anthony Mavunde has ordered a technical review of levies and other statutory charges affecting small-scale miners, opening a joint Government-industry process to examine how payments are treated as minerals move from extraction through processing to sale. The review follows concerns raised by small-scale miners in Geita over the difficulty of linking payments made at earlier stages of the production chain to the same mineral consignment when it reaches another processing or regulatory point. No levy or royalty was removed at the meeting. Instead, Mr Mavunde directed the Mining Commission, small-scale mining representatives and regional authorities to examine the...

For the very first time, book lovers can walk into public libraries around Maryland, in the US, and request Kiswahili children's books, something that was unfathomable just a few years back.

More than 125,500 residents in villages surrounding North Mara Mine are expected to benefit from improved access to clean and safe water following completion of a Sh2.665 billion water project.

The government has begun construction of a regional referral hospital and a college of health in Rufiji District, with a combined value of Sh17.35 billion, a move aimed at bringing specialist medical services closer to residents in the southern parts of Coast Region.

Africa must move from development policies and agreements to implementation if its vast resources are to translate into tangible benefits for its people, Vice President Deogratius Ndejembi has said.

Tanzania is seeking international investment in five strategic projects as the government steps up efforts to attract capital to support industrialisation and the economic transformation agenda under Dira 2050.

CRDB Bank Foundation is seeking to connect international development finance with Tanzania’s underserved rural communities and businesses as it explores new ways of mobilising capital for agriculture and rural enterprise development.