Country’s economic woes, do we need a dictator?

Country's vision must go beyond economic goals - Scholars
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Scholars are of the view that the country's vision should go beyond economic goals and. The sentiments were shared yesterday in Dar es Salaam at the launch of the Nyerere Resource Centre (NRC) at the commission for Science and Technology ...

>Debate has been raging about the on-going process of writing the Supreme Law of Tanzania. The Constituent Assembly (CA) has been going through a turbulent moment – its members being at times optimistic, disappointed, confused, happy as well as sad.

He is accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity and torture during a bloody reign

>Tanzanian shilling has been declining in relation to the major global currencies such as the US dollar in the recent past. In the week starting January 19, 2015 we observed the exchange rate of $1 for over Sh1,800.

A gathering of female lawmakers from opposition parties has blamed President Jakaya Kikwete, saying his inaugural speech in the Constituent Assembly (CA) has planted seeds of chaos and division among the Katiba team members.

This year’s Form Four results are better than last year’s, thanks to the lowering of the grading formula. Had it remained the same, the class of 2014 would probably have set a record low.

>Before July last year, a barrel of oil that is trading at $50 would have cost a local oil importer Sh82, 500 at an exchange rate of 1,650 against the US dollar.  Barely six months later, the same barrel costs a Tanzanian importer Sh93, 000—an extra Sh11, 500—thanks to the tumbling local currency against the US dollar.

The struggles faced by small business owners in Zimbabwe

Any chances that Tanzania’s tourism could gain from the terrorist attacks in Kenya have been dampened by poor marketing skills and the neighbourhood factor, The Citizen has learnt.