Twiga eyes 1.5m tonnes

At least 41 tonnes of food are needed for the flood victims in Ugweno Division, Mwanga District in Kilimanjaro Region where 250 houses and 263 hectares of crops were destroyed, authorities in the area have revealed.

Customs officials in Thailand say they have made the biggest seizure of smuggled ivory in the country's history, as Jonathan Head reports.

Cotton production is projected to increase by 4,000 tonnes this season from 246,000 tonnes the previous period.

Tanzanian police seize eight tonnes of marijuana on Mount Meru
Coastweek
ARUSHA, Tanzania (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian police confirm they have seized 9,102 kg of marijuana in an ongoing crackdown operation in northern part of the country. Arusha Regional Police Commander Liberatus Sabas said the seizure follows an operation ...
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The government has ordered Coast Region Co-operative Union (Corecu) and Cashew Nut Board of Tanzania to bar from export over 500 tonnes of raw cashew nuts belonging to Sparkle Way Ltd until the firm pays Sh3.4 billion it owes farmers in the Coast Region.

OUT eyes regional expansion
Daily News
THE Open University of Tanzania (OUT) plans to expand operations to both member states of the East African Community (EAC) and Southern African Development Community (SADC), it has been revealed. Speaking in a telephone interview with this paper ...

 Poland is eying investment opportunities in mining, food processing and machinery as it stakes claim on a share of the Tanzanian market,

Membe eyes ten-fold number of Mt Kili climbers
Daily News
THE Minter for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr Bernard Membe, has launched a campaign for locals and foreigners to scale Mount Kilimanjaro, targeting a ten-fold increase in the current number of trekkers. Flagging-off the event for ...