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Tanzania is first African nation to send relief to three neighbours ravaged by Cyclone Idai
After the tropical cyclone Idai barreled across the southern African nations with flash floods and ferocious winds, Tanzanian government has responded by providing food and medicine to affected nations...
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The Ethiopian empress and master strategist behind the battle that humiliated the Italians in 1896
The Battle of Adwa is known to have stopped the colonial aggression of Europeans in Africa after Ethiopian forces surprised the world by defeating heavily-armed Italian troops that attempted to conquer...
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This outspoken Tanzanian MP survived 16 bullets and remains defiant
Showered with 16 bullets to his body in broad daylight, Tundu Lissu, Tanzania’s most outspoken MP and a vocal critic of the Tanzanian government has survived to tell the tale of an event that got...
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Tanzanite discoverer dies 9 months after Tanzania rewards him for his 1967 rare find
Tanzania mourns the demise of Jumanne Ngoma, the person who discovered Tanzanite several years ago. Mr Ngoma died aged 80 on Wednesday, January 30, 2019, at the Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) where...
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The short yet inspiring life of Josina Machel, the Mozambican heroine who died fighting for her country at 25
Like many other influential women in Africa, not so much is known of Josina Machel, a significant African revolutionary figure and heroine of the struggle for Mozambican national liberation who boldly...
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Fascinating sites of prehistoric human footprints in East Africa you should know about
Africa is the place where most of the earliest evidence of our human ancestors are found. Some of this evidence such as skeletons have been shown by radiocarbon dating to be several million years old,...