2+ hour, 44+ min ago   (853+ words) It always starts innocently enough. “Let’s create a quick WhatsApp group so we can coordinate faster.” Fair enough. One group for the team. Quick updates. Easy communication. Then six months pass and your personal phone has basically become an extension…...

1+ hour, 23+ min ago   (395+ words) Arusha. The Court of Appeal has set free Mr Daud Juma, alias Nkimbili, who was sentenced to hang for murdering his aunt, Ms Christina Juma, over witchcraft allegations related to his wife’s reproductive complications. Mr Juma was acquitted after the…...

1+ hour, 46+ min ago   (140+ words) Chinese animated film Niulai has become an unlikely box-office sensation after its crude and eerie-looking 3D animation was widely mocked online. Then came the memes. As scathing reviews and jokes about the film's unusual visuals spread across Chinese social media, curiosity…...

4+ hour ago   (608+ words) Dar es Salaam. The Information Services Department, popularly known in Kiswahili as Maelezo, has suspended MwanaHALISI’s publishing licence for six months over a story claiming that Vice President Emmanuel Nchimbi had rejected a call to resign. The suspension took effect…...

5+ hour, 24+ min ago   (249+ words) After lighting up Dar es Salaam and Mwanza, the Bongo Flava @30 celebrations are now heading to Dodoma, bringing the music, nostalgia and energy to Tanzania’s capital city. The nationwide celebration marking three decades of Bongo Flava continues on August 22 at…...

5+ hour, 41+ min ago   (716+ words) Dar es Salaam. The government has given cement manufacturers eight days to reduce prices and improve supplies following weeks of shortages that have pushed the price of a 50-kilogramme bag to as high as Sh26,000 in some retail outlets. The directive…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (797+ words) Dubai/Washington. Iran will shift to a "fully offensive" military ​posture because efforts to negotiate a permanent end to the war with the US have stalled, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday, as Washington ruled out extending ‌a…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (179+ words) Dar es Salaam. The National Assembly’s fourth sitting has been postponed to Wednesday, August 26, 2026, to accommodate the Maulid public holiday announced by the National Muslim Council of Tanzania (Bakwata). “Under the motion moved by Prime Minister Dr Mwigulu Nchemba on…...

23+ hour, 58+ min ago   (345+ words) Kishapu. A total of 45 development projects worth Sh18 billion are expected to be launched during the Uhuru Torch race in Shinyanga Region, covering Kishapu, Shinyanga and Kahama districts. Speaking on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, during the reception of the Uhuru Torch at Mwigumbi…...

1+ day, 56+ min ago   (814+ words) Arusha. The Court of Appeal has quashed the death sentence by hanging for seven individuals in three separate cases, including one convicted of murdering his stepmother after a traditional healer told him she caused his stomach pain and erectile dysfunction....