EU-Ukraine deal triggers new clashes

>The National Social Security Fund’s USh34b latest purchase of 100 million additional shares in power company, Umeme, has come under fresh scrutiny following questions raised by top government officials.

An army assault on pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine will not have taken Vladimir Putin by surprise, but the ferocity of the clashes may have - and could be a game-changer if they spin out of control.

Political temperatures have shot up in Zanzibar even before the formal announcement of the arrangements for the referendum on the new constitution, with three camps setting the pace for the campaign and, by extension, the poll in April next year.

>Minority members in the Constituent Assembly (CA) yesterday were up in arms over the chairperson of Committee Number One, Ms Ummy Mwalimu, claiming she violated standing orders in the House.

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CA triggers boom in food, drink business
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A FEW days before the Constituent Assembly (CA) began its meeting here over three weeks ago, Dodoma Regional Commissioner (RC), Dr Rehema Nchimbi, had sounded optimistic that her region was going to benefit a lot economically from this meeting.

Conflict triggers defection of over 1700 members
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MORE than 1,700 Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) members have joined the opposition Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema), citing conflicts within the ruling party. The move was triggered by Maasai community leaders who persuaded a ...

 Investors’ appetite for a two-year Treasury Bond (T-Bond) was high last week, buoyed by an improvement in yields but the government accepted just a few bids.

A one-two punch of bad weather and overproduction has ignited a price war among US car dealers and manufacturers.

Lake Tanganyika, Burundi-Tanzania border, May 20, 2015 – UNICEF has rushed relief supplies to Tanzania’s north-western border with Burundi, in response to a devastating cholera outbreak among 50,000 Burundian refugees gathered on the shores of Lake Tanganyika.
UNICEF has dispatched cholera treatment supplies, as well as WASH, health and nutrition items, shuttled in from Burundi and Tanzania to the affected area, and is working with partners on both sides of the border to help scale up the...