EAC finance ministers in fresh talks ahead of budget cycle

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Tanzania jails former finance, mining ministers over gold deal
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DAR ES SALAAM A Tanzanian court sentenced two former ministers to three years in jail on Monday over corruption charges related to the award of a gold audit tender, according to court documents. The convictions of former Finance Minister Basil Mramba ...
Tanzania jails two former finance ministers for graftThe Standard Digital News (satire) (press release) (registration) (blog)

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African Finance ministers call for $100b economic incentive  The Citizen Daily

By Prince Akpah
Leadership in Africa is taking a different dimension. We have seen the rise of accomplished women taking up prominent positions and using it to influence lives positively across the continent. As some consider it an opportunity to rub shoulders with their male counterparts, others have also used it to inspire young women who look up to role models. Even though the roles they take can be very challenging they have also proven to be up to the task and their accomplishments have...

>The government yesterday outlined eight priority areas in its 2014/15 Budget geared at lowering the cost of living in the country as well as improving social services.

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Zanzibar Faces Fresh Elections Amid Crisis Talks
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Zanzibar's opposition chief Maalim Seif Hamad called for calm having previously threatened to lead protests if results of annulled elections were not released on the semi-autonomous Tanzanian islands. (AFP). Zanzibar, Tanzania: Zanzibar has formally ...
Zanzibar formally annuls October 25 elections amid crisis talksThe Standard Digital News (satire) (press release) (registration) (blog)

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The African union has announced the official commencement of a new round of negotiations between the Sudanese government and the rebels in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa on November 18.

Hold talks with responsible ministers to end land disputes
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SECRETARY General of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), Mr Abdulrahman Kinana, has directed local leaders in Ngorongoro council to meet ministers for Lands, Housing and Human Settlement Development and that of Natural Resources and Tourism to ...

Dar es Salaam. The government faces severely limited funding options for the 2015/16 financial year which would affect implementation of infrastructure projects and social service delivery.

The Council of Ministers for the East African Community (EAC) is expected to sign a document of Economic Partnership Agreement (Epa) with the European Union (EU) at the end of this year.