Revealed: Mounting mental health crisis among pupils

Dar es Salaam. With suicide cases and substance abuse on the rise, experts have warned that failing to address mental health challenges at the grassroots, especially in schools, risks undoing hard-won progress in education and social development....

Science & Medicine: A San Antonio scientist's team finds malaria's 'Achilles heel,' and it could lead to a vaccine that really works

Malaria is caused by a parasite that enters the human bloodstream, courtesy of a mosquito. "A few parasites infect you, and they grow and produce thousands of daughter parasites. Those parasites are then released from the liver and start infecting...

When Rat Is A ‘Hero’ And Reward A Banana: Tanzania’s Unique Way To Sniff Out TB, Landmines

Last Updated:September 14, 2025, 18:10 IST How hero rats became front-line responders in Tanzania and beyond Rapid Read Summarized by AI. + A rat is rewarded after a successful search and rescue training mission in simulated earthquake rubble at...

Tanzania's Zanzibar president urges peaceful campaigns, outlines development priorities

DAR ES SALAAM, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Hussein Ali Mwinyi, Tanzania's Zanzibar president and ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) presidential candidate, on Friday called on fellow candidates to conduct peaceful and issue-based campaigns ahead of...

Opinion: Life changing: Kellie Lala has been supporting schools in Tanzania for 20 years

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. As Iowans, we are keenly aware of the importance of quality education. We understand how knowledge empowers and advances our lives in career and goal...

Julio’s shout, Mgunda’s clap, Morocco’s roar: Tanzania’s blindfolded dream team

DAR ES SALAAM: IT was the sort of night when you wish the floodlights would blow out, the referee would abandon the game, and the crowd would be refund ed with free crates of Safari Lager instead of ninety minutes of national embarrassment....

How Tanzania’s ‘hero rats’ are saving lives by sniffing out landmines, tuberculosis

A man lies unmoving, slumped in the rubble of a simulated earthquake, as an unlikely rescuer approaches: a rat with a backpack. Whiskers waving, the rat breezes past rubbish, toppled furniture and scattered clothes to find him and pull a trigger...

Tanzanian firm signs scrap metal deal with Comorian capital

Home/Tanzania/Tanzanian firm signs scrap metal deal with Comorian capital MORONI: THE Tanzanian Embassy in Comoros has coordinated the signing of an agreement for the collection and control of scrap metal waste between a Tanzanian company, Afri...

Tanzania, UK explore bilateral ties in renewable energy, environmental conservation

LONDON: THE Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, Mahmood Thabit Kombo, met with UK Minister for Climate Hon. Katie White OBE (MP) at Whitehall in London and discussed opportunities for strengthened bilateral cooperation on...

CANCER AWARENESS MONTH: Tanzanians warned about Hodgkin’s lymphoma

DODOMA: As stakeholders around the world join forces to raise cancer awareness this September, local experts and campaign ambassadors are warning the public about Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of cancer that affects the lymphatic system. According to...

A Biologist Reveals The Human Groups That Come Closest To A ‘Hypercarnivore Diet’ (Getting More Than 70% Of Their Calories From Meat)

Cultures vary in the extent to which they consume animal products. Some lean vegetarian. Some lean carnivore. Most are in the middle. Here are a few of the societies that make meat a true staple of their day-to-day diets. getty You may have heard...

What does N.Y. law say about Mangione's terrorism charges?

A New York judge dismissed the state terrorism charges against suspected United Healthcare CEO shooter Luigi Mangione on Tuesday, ruling they were "legally insufficient." It calls into question what exactly is, and isn't, applicable under the...

Mercury use in mining poses major health risks in Tanzania

Dar es Salaam. Artisanal and small-scale miners in Tanzania face numerous challenges, with the widespread use of mercury among the most pressing, experts unveiled on Friday, September 12, 2025. Experts said of 237 registered mines, 197, which is...

AI, digital health technologies highlighted at Africa Medexpo

DAR ES SALAAM: A CALL has been made for greater collaboration in deploying artificial intelligence (AI) and other digital technologies to transform healthcare delivery in Tanzania and across Africa. The call was made mid this week at the 26th...

Innovators harness Sh250m to power Tanzania’s sustainable future

Dar es Salaam. Ten innovators have received a total of Sh250 million in seed funding at the second Energy Efficiency Innovation Challenge. The initiative is part of the implementation of Tanzania’s first Energy Efficiency Action Plan (2022–2025)...

Trump administration has halted funds for global HIV/AIDS programs

The United States has suspended some funding for its flagship AIDS relief program, according to international organisations and members of Congress who warn the cuts are already hurting patients and halting critical projects globally. The full...

Top African architects seek to ink  blueprints of construction sector’s reforms in Arusha

DODOMA: ARUSHA will, from October 15 to 17, 2025, turn into a hub of construction expertise as more than 1,000 architects and quantity surveyors from within and outside the country converge for the 6th Annual General Meeting of the Architects and...

Nyarugusu (Tanzania) : a hospital closed, Burundian refugees contact the UNHCR

SOS Médias Burundi Nyarugusu, September 11, 2025 – The NGO Medical Team International has closed one of its hospitals in the Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania, a decision that has sparked anger and despair among Burundian refugees. This hospital,...

Tanzania’s nutrient model promotes healthier choices, labels

DAR ES SALAAM: THE development of a Nutrient Profile Model (NPM) is emerging as one of Tanzania’s key strategies to address the growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The framework is expected to pave the way for Front-of-Pack...

Church-UNICEF collaboration improves early childhood education and health in Tanzania

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