Teary send-off for Ludewa MP

President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday led hundreds of mourners in paying last respects to the fallen Africa liberation hero, Brigadier General Hashim Mbita.

Dar es Salaam. Shirikisho la Muziki Tanzania linaandaa tamasha maalum la kumuaga na kumpongeza Rais Jakaya Kikwete kwa kuinua tasnia ya muziki kwa kipindi cha miaka 10 ya uongozi wake.

On Wednesday, the Tanzania Heads of Secondary School Association (Tahossa) urged the government to stop sending primary and secondary school funds through district councils, and instead, deposit the monies directly into school accounts. The district councils should have the primary duty of overseeing how the money was being spent, they recommended during the Tahossa annual general meeting in Mwanza recently.

The US will "surge" its response to the worst-ever outbreak of Ebola by sending at least 50 public health experts to West Africa.

Mali urges the UN to send a rapid intervention force to fight Islamist militants in the country, following the killing of peacekeepers in the north.

Australia is expected to announce that it will help health workers travel to West Africa to treat Ebola victims.

Emotions ran high yesterday as residents of Kigoma Ujiji Municipality gathered in big numbers to pay their last respects to eight people, including six pupils and their teacher, who were killed by lightning that accompanied a downpour.

The African Union will send a 5,000 strong force to stop violence in troubled Burundi, giving Bujumbura a four-day deadline to agree but warning it would send troops anyway.