More than a quarter of the world's population now uses Facebook every month, the social network says. "As of this morning, the Facebook community is now officially two billion people," founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg posted. The milestone comes just 13 years after the network was founded by Mr
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Tanzania has banned the export of food grain following concerns over an increase in food smuggling to neighbouring countries. At the weekend, the authorities seized 10 tracks of food products reportedly heading to Kenya at Tarekea in North Tanzania. Speaking at a national Eidd al-Fitr ceremony in northern Tanzania's Kilimanjaro
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Non-governmental organisations in Tanzania have been warned against campaigning for school girl mothers to be allowed back to school, the country's Citizen newspaper reports. Home Affairs Minister Mwigulu Nchemba has threatened the NGOs with deregistration, the newspaper adds. This comes after President John Magufuli told a rally that, in accordance
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Tanzania's President John Magufuli has been condemned for comments that girls who give birth should not be allowed to return to school. An online petition has been set up and a pan-African women's organisation is mobilising to get the president to apologise and reverse his comments. Mr Magufuli warned schoolgirls
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The Uganda Refugee summit fell short of its US$2billion collection target, with only US$352.6m (Shs1.26 trillion) on Friday. The two-day summit started on Thursday and Uganda had hoped to collect US$2bn (approximately Shs7trillio) to cater for the increasing refugees for the coming four years. But the Uganda Government says it
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Four Arab states have sent Qatar a list of 13 demands it must meet if it wants them to lift their sanctions. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain are asking the Gulf state to shut down its broadcaster, Al Jazeera. They are also asking Qatar to reduce
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Addressing poverty, which is a common enemy of humankind, and achieving sustainable development are the common agenda of China and Africa, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said. Wang made the remarks on Wednesday during a joint press conference with the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat,
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Facebook is launching a UK initiative to train and fund local organisations to combat extremism and hate speech. It comes a week after the social network announced steps of its own to remove terrorist-related content from its site. The UK Online Civil Courage Initiative's initial partners include Imams Online and
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Etihad Airways has won three coveted awards for the World’s Best First Class, Best First Class Onboard Catering, and Best First Class Airline Seat at the annual Skytrax World Airline Awards. The event was held at the Musee de l’Air et de l’Espace, as part of the bi-annual Paris Airshow.
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Three East African Community (EAC) member states including Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania risk ejection from African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), US officials announced on Tuesday. The three EAC member states must undergo an assessment of their Agoa eligibility status, Washington's top trade agency affirmed. The assessment could result in
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