• Tanzania: Eleven people killed in plane crash

    A light plane belonging to the Coastal Aviation crashed Wednesday near Serengeti National Park, killing 11 people, all passengers including the pilot. The aircraft left the famous city of Arusha and crashed at Ngorongoro crater at about...

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  • Tanzania: Police seize opposition figure’s mobile phone in raid on party’s headquarters

    The Tanzanian police in capital Dares Salam confiscated Tuesday the mobile phone of opposition figure Zitto Kabwe of the Alliance for Change and Transparency (ACT)-Wazalendo for investigations after descending upon the party’s headquarters. Kabwe reported to police...

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  • Kenya: AfDB greenlights $100ml line credit to KCB to boost private sector

    The African Development Bank (AfDB) Thursday agreed to support Kenya’s leading bank Kenya Commercial Bank Limited (KCB) in its assistance for local companies with $100 million Line of Credit (LOC). The credit, the Abidjan-based institution noted ‘’...

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  • Tanzania: President names Prof Luoga new BoT governor

    President John Magufuli has appointed chairman of the board of Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) to head country’s central bank; Bank of Tanzania (BoT). Prof Florens Luoga will assume office from January next year in replacement of outgoing...

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