Our team can break the medal drought

The UN Security Council hears a proposal to create a medal for bravery in UN peacekeeping, to be named after a Senegalese soldier who saved lives during the Rwandan genocide.

Team Tanzania captain Suleiman Kidunda has promised that the side will cause upsets at the 2014 Commonwealth Games planned to start next Wednesday in Glasgow, Scotland.

South Africa is facing one of the worst droughts to hit the region in 30 years, affecting food production and prices, while many small farmers are expected to go out of business, writes the BBC's Nomsa Maseko.

Tanzania is among seven African countries where drought-tolerant maize seeds will be produced for distribution across the continent, The Citizen was informed here at the weekend.

>Athletics Tanzania (AT) has come up with a six-year development plan, hoping to restore the country’s dented pride.

Bagamoyo. Little known Gabriel Gerald yesterday clocked 1:13:10 hours to win the Bamamoyo Historical Marathon, which attracted a huge turnout in the coastal town.

The symbolic highest level of appreciation --Head Of State Global Leadership Gold Medal Award from Lions Clubs International President Barry Palmer -- was officially presented to his Excellency the President of the United Republic of Tanzania Dr. Jakaya M. Kikwete at the State House in Dar es Salaam.
The presentation was made by District Governor Lion Wilson Nathaniel Ndesanjo who led a six-man delegation to the State House in Dar es Salaam. The Governor also presented his personal...

Can Ethiopia cope with worst drought in decades?

The Middle East’s driest winter in several decades could pose a threat to global food prices, with local crops depleted and farmers’ livelihoods blighted, UN experts and climatologists say.