Tanzania to ban plastic bags

Tanzania is set to introduce a total ban on the manufacture and use of plastic bags, amending its 2006 ban on plastic bags of a thickness between 30 and 65 microns, which has proved difficult to enforce. The proposed ruling will...

Dynamite fishing causes concern for Dar gas pipeline

Environmental activists are concerned about the growing amount of “dynamite fishermen” whose illegal fishing methods they say will threaten the proposed 532 km natural gas pipeline from Mnazi Bay in the south to Dar es Salaam. The situation is described...

Increased supply of natural gas to Dar es Salaam

Orca Exploration Group, Tanzania’s principle supplier of natural gas, has increased significantly its supply to the Dar es Salaam power generation, from one million cubic metres per day to 1.6 million. The gas comes from Orca’s gas processing plant on...

Charges over Zanzibar ferry disaster

Four people have been charged with causing the deaths of 203 people when an over-crowded ferry sank off Nungwi, a beach resort north of Zanzibar Island, in the early hours of 10 September. The captain of the MV Spice Islander I...

Tanzania counts the toll of another ferry tragedy

As Tanzania mourns those drowned in the ferry disaster off the island of Zanzibar on 10 September questions are being asked once again about the safety of the country’s passenger boats. So far the death toll is 197, with most...

Japan finances Rusumo bridge on Tanzania-Rwanda border

Japan has granted Tanzania almost €17 million for road projects. The largest scheme is the construction of the Rusumo International Bridge on the Tanzania-Rwanda border, and the provision of a One Stop Border Post, both of which are expected to...

Dar es Salaam drivers running out of fuel

Vehicles in Dar es Salam are slowing to a halt as filling stations run out of petrol. Oil companies are refusing to re-supply service stations in protest against government-imposed cuts of 9.17 per cent in fuel prices. The regulatory agency, Energy...

Anti-malaria campaign in Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam residents have been asked to register for free insecticide-treated mosquito bed nets from 12 August to September as part of a government anti-malaria campaign. Those who registered will receive free mosquito nets between 9-13 September. Another aspect...

Tanzania and Kenya to consider 500km gas pipeline

A proposal to construct a 500km natural gas pipeline from Tanzania to Kenya is to be discussed when energy ministers from the East Africa Community (EAC) convene in October. With a potential capacity of 710-720 MW the pipeline could be...

Turkish Airline fly to Dar es Salaam

Turkish Airlines has launched direct flights from Istanbul to Entebbe in Uganda, with connecting flights to Dar es Salaam. The airline introduced the three-times-weekly service due to increasing trade between Turkey and the East African Community (EAC). Flights leave Istanbul at...