Zanzibar President Ali Mohamed Shein has said the country needs large and strong banks in order to spur the economic development agenda...

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MS-13 Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang members wait to be escorted upon their arrival at the maximum-security jail in Zacatecoluca, El Salva...

A demonstrator is detained at a rally during a strike called to protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in Cara...

The White House has not yet decided how it will implement the president's ban on transgender people serving in the US military. Mr ...

(TANZANIA-Nkasi) District Commissioner (DC) Said Mtanda has ordered the arrest of Mwai Primary School Head teacher and six parents ov...

The cult's website contains extensive propaganda material Police in China have detained 18 suspected members of a banned religi...

Tanzania’s president  John Magufuli has faulted the privatization policy adopted by Tanzania, saying it had failed the nation completel...

The Tanzania Commission for Universities has banned 19 colleges and universities from admitting students to any degree courses during t...

F ive officials with CI Group Co Ltd on Monday escaped a three-year custodian sentence by paying a 52.5m/- fine after being convicted ...

Odinga, the Orange Democratic Movement presidential candidate under the National Super Alliance (NASA), took to the podium at the Ca...

CHINA -  While calling for measures to implement supply-side structural reform and defuse major risks President Xi who is also the gene...

A post-mortem examination revealed the cause of Celine Dookhran's death was a neck wound Tributes have been paid to a 19-year-old...

Justin Bieber has apologised to his fans after cancelling the remaining dates of his Purpose World Tour because of "unforeseen cir...

The embassy of Japan has assured Tanzania of its continued support on development projects in the Iringa region and other areas in its ...

Even with the most amazing makeup products, you cannot fake radiant skin. For red carpet regulars like  Taraji P. Henson , skin car...

A Buddhist temple in central Myanmar has been swallowed by rising floodwaters after heavy rainfall. The pagoda was built in 2009 in M...

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's coastguard rescued an estimated 278 migrants including women and children on Monday off the shores of two...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Chinese fighter jets intercepted a U.S. Navy surveillance plane over the East China Sea over the weekend, with...

GENEVA (Reuters) - New barriers to trade are being raised at the slowest rate since the global financial crisis and are being outnumbered...

Tanzanian opposition number two Tundu Lissu has been arrested, three days after having called President John Magufuli a "dictato...

Yusuf Manji (41), a prominent businessman in Tanzania charged with illegal possession of government stamps and bundles of fabric used...

WASHINGTON Two of six teens from Burundi who were reported missing in Washington after taking part in an international robotics compet...

The Zanzibar Top Eight Premier League continued yesterday with three matches staged at different venues. Two matches were staged at...

Luis Fonsi's Despacito has become the most-streamed song of all time, just six months after it was released. The  hit single  ...