Patients now made to pay in bid to rescue MSD

South African teacher Pierre Korkie and US journalist Luke Somers and are killed by al-Qaeda militants in Yemen during a rescue attempt by special forces.

The Italian coastguard says it has launched a major rescue operation to try to save more than 1,000 migrants in difficulty on the Mediterranean Sea.

Govt to pay MSD so it can serve health institutions
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The government yesterday asked Medical Sores Department (MSD) to continue providing service to health institutions, pledging to settle a debt of Sh1.145,839, 223.85 billion by June this year. The request was prompted by Special Seats MP (CCM) Rizik ...
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>Legislators wound up a heated debate on the Tegeta escrow account scam yesterday, with Deputy Finance Minister Mwigulu Nchemba directing the taxman to collect all money due from those linked with the scandal through Mkombozi and Stanbic banks.

>Assaults on albinos have been in the media spotlight for the past seven years, yet the only thing we know for sure is this:  They are attacked, mutilated and killed for their body parts--presumably for use in witchcraft concoctions. The people behind these inhuman and callous acts remain unknown even though investigators have arrested, interrogated and prosecuted many people reportedly hired to attack albinos.

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Rescue, relief effort goes on
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A SECTION of Morogoro and Manyara regions that was badly affected by floods following an incessant downpour over a large expanse of land covering Manyara and Morogoro regions has been declared a disaster area. The Prime Minister, Mr Mizengo ...

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Refugee rescue | 100-year-old ship ferries thousands to safety
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A 100-year-old ship ferries thousands of Burundians to safety. Meet the captain, three aid workers and a woman fleeing home for the fourth time. Photo Via UNHCR. A 100-year-old ship ferries thousands of Burundians to safety. Meet the captain, three aid ...

Last Monday was the African Child’s Day. This was amidst the backdrop of Nigerian school girls being abducted, and close home, having witnessed brutal child abuse cases symbolized by the kid (Nasra) from Morogoro who had been locked up in a box, and two other girls (Yusta and Merina) who were hospitalized as a result of brutality of their ‘bosses’.

If you are neither in Dodoma nor closely following what is transpiring in the designated Capital, you might not have a clue on a trying moment the new constitution writing process is in.