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In our briefing:
Tanzania’s Proposed TZS 57 Trillion Budget:
Key Spending Priorities for 2025/26; Eastern DRC Crisis: EU Special Representative for the Great Lakes region Johan Borgstam Visits Tanzania for High-Level Talks;
ACT Wazalendo Announces Boycott of Political Parties Council’s Meetings Over the Organ’s ‘Failure’ to Promote Multiparty Democracy in Tanzania
The government plans to collect and spend TZS 57.04 trillion, marking a 13.4% increase from the 2024/25 budget, which stood at TZS 50.29 trillion.
The council is mandated to advise the Registrar of Political Parties on the disputes arising amongst political parties as well as matters of national interest, a mandate whose implementation the party alleges is not executed.
Discussions that Mr Borgstam held with high-level officials focused on the urgent need for a cease-fire and for coordinated international action to tackle the humanitarian crisis and de-escalate tensions.
In our briefing: Tanzania completes trial of 264 freight wagons for its electric train;
Government clarifies decision to purchase electricity from Ethiopia via Kenya;
Tanzania confirms two cases of Mpox;
DRC reports arrest of two Tanzanians on suspicion of recruitment by ADF;
CCM Holds NEC National Executive Council Meeting;
Tanzania’s Mercury Mirage: A Promise Unkept?
The Ministry of Health has reassured the public, stating that the government is well-prepared to handle the disease, as it has experience in controlling outbreaks
Mramba emphasized that power trading between countries is not a new practice.
The two suspects, identified as Mugeni from Zanzibar and Jackson from Arusha, were reportedly stopped at the Pasisi roadblock together with their motorcycle drivers, while allegedly heading to Mambasa, an ADF operational base.
In our briefing: SADC Extraordinary Summit of the Organ Troika signals continued support for DRC, final decision on SAMIDRC pending;
Tanzania mourns Professor Philemon Sarungi, former Defense Minister;
Biteko meets oil and gas sector executives on the sidelines of East African Petroleum Conference and Exhibition 2025;
Lissu says ‘imperial presidency’ in Uganda and Tanzania constitutions is Julius Nyerere’s legacy, throws jabs at Museveni’s regime.
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