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Three-horse title race ignites after draw in Kariakoo derby

Tanzania, May 5 -- Dar es Salaam. The 2025/2026 Tanzania Mainland Premier League has dramatically shifted into a three-horse title race following the thrilling 2-2 draw between Young Africans (Yanga) ... Read More


Trade: Tanzania, Kenya set May deadline on barriers

Tanzania, May 5 -- Dar es Salaam. Tanzania and Kenya yesterday agreed to eliminate all non-tariff barriers by the end of this month in a move aimed at improving trade between the two countries. The t... Read More


Government focuses on Afcon 2027 projects in Sh525bn budget

Tanzania, May 5 -- Dar es Salaam. The government has proposed a Sh525.3 billion budget for the ministry of Information, Culture, Arts and Sports for 2026/27, with most of the funds directed to project... Read More


Govt bets on coffee, cocoa to lift Bukedi out of poverty

Uganda, May 5 -- The government has intensified efforts to promote coffee and cocoa farming in Bukedi sub-region, positioning the two cash crops as key drivers in the fight against household poverty a... Read More


Budaka moves to tackle school hunger with new feeding programme

Uganda, May 5 -- Children in Uganda's eastern district of Budaka arrive at school each day in neat uniforms, exercise books in hand, ready for lessons. But for many, the school day has long been marke... Read More


Kaliro residents decry power delay despite Shs75m transformer installation

Uganda, May 5 -- Residents of Bwayuya Parish in Kaliro District have expressed frustration over delays in connecting electricity to their area, months after a transformer was installed to link them to... Read More


Zimbabwe benchmarks Uganda's higher education access programme

Uganda, May 5 -- Zimbabwe's higher and tertiary education officials are in Uganda to study a programme that is expanding access to university education for academically qualified but economically disa... Read More


Samia reprimands Ruto over Tanga refinery plans

Nairobi, May 5 -- Kenya's president arrived in Dar es Salaam on Monday, May 4, for a state visit intended to improve relations with neighbouring Tanzania. However, he probably did not expect to be rep... Read More


Where's the truth? SHA's numbers don't add up

Nairobi, May 5 -- Kenya's new health insurer has more members, charges more money, and is losing billions. The old one, with fewer members and lower premiums, ran a surplus. When the government repla... Read More


Rain without a pause: Climate change deepens coastal seven-days rain phenomenon

Nairobi, May 5 -- Every year during the rainy season, Mombasa braces for a familiar stretch of unrelenting downpour. For days on end, the skies over Kenya's coast open without mercy, heavy rain pound... Read More