Tanzania - The African Mirror

Jan

05

2024

TotalEnergies hires former Benin PM to assess E.Africa land purchases

FRANCE'S TotalEnergies has hired former prime minister of Benin Lionel Zinsou to assess land purchases in Uganda and Tanzania as part of the Tilenga oil and East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) projects. Activist groups, led by Friends of the Earth France, are suing TotalEnergies over the projects, accusing it of failing to protect local people and the environment. TotalEnergies rejects the allegations. TotalEnergies said on Thursday that as the land acquisition process draws to a close, Zinsou will evaluate the procedures used, the conditions for consultation, the compensation and relocation of people affected, and grievance handling. Zinsou's consulting firm…

Dec

17

2023

By ANGE ADIHE KASONGO

Congo recalls envoys to Kenya and Tanzania over alliance launch in Nairobi

NEWS

DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo recalled its ambassadors from Kenya and Tanzania for consultations after a new Congolese military alliance that includes rebels was launched in the Kenyan capital. Alain Tshibanda, spokesperson for Congo's foreign ministry, announced the X platform. The envoy to Tanzania was recalled because Tanzania hosts the headquarters of the East African Community, to which Congo also belongs. Earlier on Saturday, the Kenyan embassy's head of mission had been summoned to the foreign ministry in Kinshasa. The Kenyan government could not immediately be reached for comment. On Friday, Congolese politicians and groups including the M23 rebels, who have seized…

Dec

07

2023

By CONRAD ONYANGO, BIRD STORY AGENCY

Ethiopia, Tanzania and Morocco ranked Africa’s top tourism performers

NEWS

THE end of a civil war in Ethiopia, Tanzania’s president featuring in a historical tourism documentary and rising infrastructure and marketing investments in Morocco have bolstered the three countries' tourism rankings on the continent, according to a new report. The three countries were ranked as Africa’s top tourism performers in 2023 after exceeding their pre-pandemic arrival numbers by the highest margins. “Africa recovered 92% of pre-crisis arrivals (in) this seven-month period, with Ethiopia, Tanzania and Morocco by far exceeding their respective pre-pandemic levels in January-July 2023,” according to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Barometer. The Barometer ranked Ethiopia…

Dec

06

2023

By NUZULACK DAUSEN

Tanzania flood deaths rise to 63, prime minister says

NEWS

THE death toll from floods in northern Tanzania following torrential rains this weekend has risen to 63, the prime minister said, adding to hundreds of other deaths caused by extreme weather in East Africa since seasonal rains began in October. Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said in comments broadcast on television that the number of injured stood at 116 people. Landslides had destroyed half of one village he visited, he said. "We are here in front of bodies of our fellows. We have lost 63 loved ones. Of the total fellows we lost, 23 are men and 40 are women," he…

Nov

22

2023

By BONFACE ORUCHO, BIRD STORY AGENCY

Tanzania pushes East Africa into an era of gas-fueled vehicles. But can it last?

NEWS

TANZANIA has pushed East Africa into a new era of gas-powered mobility with the commissioning of the country's first integrated compressed natural gas (CNG) filling station and conversion centre. TAQA Dalbit, a joint venture of Egyptian energy company TAQA Arabia and JCG Oil &Gas announced the inauguration of the facility branded as "Master Gas" on November 11. A press statement by TAQA Arabia indicated the facility would serve up to 800 vehicles daily. This is the first of 12 similar facilities planned for the East African country. "The new CNG Filling Station and Conversion Centre is a monumental achievement that…

Nov

21

2023

By BONFACE ORUCHO, BIRD STORY AGENCY

Tanzania pushes East Africa into an era of gas-fueled vehicles. But can it last?

ENVIRONMENT

TANZANIA has pushed East Africa into a new era of gas-powered mobility with the commissioning of the country's first integrated compressed natural gas (CNG) filling station and conversion centre. TAQA Dalbit, a joint venture of Egyptian energy company TAQA Arabia and JCG Oil &Gas announced the inauguration of the facility branded as "Master Gas" on November 11. A press statement by TAQA Arabia indicated the facility would serve up to 800 vehicles daily. This is the first of 12 similar facilities planned for the East African country. "The new CNG Filling Station and Conversion Centre is a monumental achievement that…

Nov

19

2023

By The African Mirror

Tanzania says one of two citizens missing in Hamas attack confirmed dead

NEWS

A Tanzanian citizen missing since the October 7 raid by Palestinian Hamas militants on southern Israel has been confirmed dead while a second remains unaccounted for, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dar Es Salaam said. In a statement issued late on Friday, it said the family of farming student Clemence Mtenga had been notified of his death and talks were underway on repatriating his body. Searches continue for the second Tanzanian, Joshua Mollel, it added. There was no immediate comment from Israeli officials. Some 240 people were dragged into the Gaza Strip by Hamas, which also killed around 1,200…

Nov

02

2023

By NUZULACK DAUSEN

Germany and Tanzania to open talks on colonial legacy

NEWS

GERMANY will open talks with Tanzania about the legacy of its three decades of colonial rule in the East African nation, the two countries presidents said. Tanzanian politicians and activists have long pushed for reparations and the return of human remains from their country that is displayed in German museums. “We have discussed this in detail and we are ready to open negotiations to see how we are going to agree on the German colonial legacy," Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan said at a news conference with her German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier. "I know there are families that are waiting…

Oct

02

2023

By PHILIP PULLELLA

Pope Francis appoints three African cardinals, cements legacy

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POPE Francis further cemented his legacy, by elevating 21 prelates to the high rank of cardinal and significantly raising the percentage of electors chosen by him who will have the right to vote for his successor. At a ceremony in St. Peter's Square known as a consistory, Francis "created" 21 new cardinals, the red-hatted "princes of the Church" who are his closest advisers at the Vatican and around the world. There are now 137 cardinal electors, about 73 percent of them chosen by Francis. This increases - but does not guarantee - the possibility that the next pope will share…

Sep

30

2023

By The African Mirror

Broken infrastructure, drought cause power rationing in Tanzania, official says

NEWS

MAINTENANCE issues and climate change-induced water shortages have caused a 400-megawatt electricity shortfall in Tanzania, triggering power rationing across the East African nation, the state power supplier said. Tanzania's national grid, which has an installed capacity of more than 1,900 MW, was suffering from broken infrastructure at gas wells and gas-fired power stations, as well as reduced water levels at hydropower dams, said Gissima Nyamo-Hanga, managing director of the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO). TANESCO, which is wholly owned by the government, expects to complete maintenance operations and resolve the shortfall by the end of March next year, Nyamo-Hanga told…