Cheap cash fuels flurry of mergers

>Mponea, takes pride in the amount of beer he drinks without getting drunk. He doesn’t talk about the cost.

Germany’s real estate sector is riding a wave of mergers and acquisitions, as market players seek to take advantage of low interest rates and the relative lag in property prices compared with those in neighbouring countries.

Overwhelmed by huge debts, the management of Moshi-based co-operative society has now started selling some of its assets to pay debts running into billions.

The Controller and Auditor General’s (CAG) report on the finances of political parties, which was handed over to the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee on Tuesday, paints a disturbing picture.

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 Increasing truancy in primary schools in Serengeti District has been attributed to child labour in newly-introduced tobacco farms.

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Manchester City's Ivory Coast international midfielder Yaya Toure says he does not know which club he will be playing for next season.

The BBC's Will Ross in the Nigerian capital Abuja says a car bombing at a bus station on Thursday night has heightened security concerns ahead of next week's World Economic Forum.