Africa Tanzania The country is home to 257.808 refugees and asylum seekers, and the government has pledged to continue to be 'an icon of African generosity and hospitality towards refugees, despite the expense and sacrifices involved'
Africa Tanzania Digital giants operating in Tanzania may have to start paying 2% tax by July this year, as the Minister of Finance and Planning made the tax proposal official during the presentation of the annual budget to Parliament
Africa Tanzania The country on Sunday reversed a decision to lift, for an initial period of six months, a ban on the export of wild animals, in place since 2016, in a suspension that would have helped traders
Africa Tanzania In an initiative to formulate a continent-wide position on the trade in live elephants and ivory, the country pledges to conserve wildlife and use its ivory stockpiles to raise public awareness and will neither be sold nor destroyed
Africa Tanzania The government has surveyed and identified 163 water sources for conservation and protection; most of which are facing threats from human activities and climate change
Africa Tanzania Tanzania National Parks introduced cycle tourism as 27 cyclists began their climb to the top of the 4.566m Mount Meru this weekend; cycling tourism is seen as a new concept with the potential to diversify incoming visitor
Africa Tanzania The country is home to East Africa's only billionaire, according to the latest Africa Wealth Report 2022
Africa Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan was recently crowned the winner of "The Africa Road Builders - Babacar Ndiaye" Trophy, awarded to African personalities or companies involved in the development of transport infrastructure on the continent
Africa Tanzania The country is seeking at least $700 million from the IMF as it adjusts its lending strategy to take on more concessional loans and reduce the risk of debt distress, part of President Hassan's plan to boost the fiscal position
Africa Tanzania Rajabu, the rhino thought to have the largest family in East Africa and one of the country's most reproductive male rhinos, has died in Tanzania at the age of 43; the eastern black rhino is listed as a critically endangered species
Africa Tanzania The nation's authorities said they have formed a team of experts from various fields, including rock experts and chemists, to investigate the causes that led to the water contamination in the Mara River
Africa Tanzania The SADC's regional counter-terrorism centre will be hosted in Dar es Salaam; once operational, it is expected to synergize with national and regional early warning centres of SADC member states to prevent and contrast terrorist threats
Africa Tanzania The country is trying to establish its own vaccine production facility, then exporting vaccines to Eastern and Southern African states; the country is likely to spend $100 million by 2030 to import vaccines, thus the need to set up its own local capacity