Tanzania expects to finalise agreements on major investment projects in the coming months, including a $42 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) development that officials hope will support industrialisation, Finance Minister Khamis Mussa Omar has told Reuters. The LNG project, led by Equinor and Shell, is part of efforts to establish East Africa as a major energy hub. It is expected to facilitate the development of 47.13 trillion cubic feet of natural gas reserves. Other partners include ExxonMobil, Pavilion Energy, Medco Energi and the state-owned Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC). Officials had expected the LNG agreement to be signed before June....

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Their strategic foothold menaces a chokepoint through which roughly 12 percent of the world's trade by volume transits.

The new 'politico-military' group will be headed by Kabila, ​with four rebel leaders serving as deputies.

The Lake Zone recorded Sh4.02 trillion in mineral sales in the year ending June 2026, accounting for nearly 59 percent of Tanzania’s total trade through official mineral markets as rising sales reinforced its dominance over other mining regions.

Nutrition experts have called for greater education and support for young parents to improve child nutrition, warning that limited knowledge, financial constraints and unequal childcare responsibilities can undermine efforts to prevent malnutrition.

The government has connected 222 public health facilities to an integrated electronic medical records (EMR) system designed to improve access to patients’ medical histories, streamline referrals and strengthen healthcare delivery across different levels of care.

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