Mobile phone company, Safaricom has announced another offer to its customers, less than a week after launching the fixed rate tariff, allowing them to make free night calls for a month.

Former Taveta MP, Basil Criticos has protested against the decision to allocate part of his former land to squatters.

Heavily armed marching Ethiopian and somali troops have started to spread out in KM13 area on the western outskirt of Somali capital Mogadishu Thursday morning according the residents.

Mengistu Haile Mariam ruled Ethiopia for 17 long years, a period that will never be forgotten by his countrymen and women - for all the wrong reasons.

The Bank of Uganda has warned the public against joining microfinance institutions which have not registered with it in order to safeguard their savings and also get credible loans.

Safaricom on Tuesday reported record profits and announced plans to boost coverage in the rural areas as a strategy of growing its customer base in the face of mounting competition.

FRAUDULENTLY-ACQUIRED contracts will be cancelled when a new Bill is passed, the executive director of the procurement authority has said.

Personnel of the Anti Stock Theft Unit have resorted to selling bullets for survival due to delays in receiving their salaries, Soroti Deputy Resident District Commissioner Francis Bwalatum has said.

Angola Geology and Mining Minister, Manuel Africano, left the country this Wednesday for Tanzania, where he will participate, on Saturday at the 28th meeting of the Southern and Eastern African Minerals Centre (SEAMIC).

The tourism industry will directly employ about 300,000 people in this year and its impact in Tanzanian's travel and tourism industry directly and indirectly accounts for about 700,000 jobs the government has declared.

For the next three years the annual Lugalo open golf championship has been guaranteed a sponsorship package worth Sh120 million courtesy of mobile telephone service providers, Celtel.

Taifa Stars' World Cup qualifier campaign could turn out to be highly enhanced by posting a huge victory on Saturday against the group's underdogs Mauritius.

Tarime residents have been urged to open accounts at CRDB Bank. Speaking a the opening of a CRDB branch at Tarime town, he urged the residents to keep their money at CRDB.

The Tanzania Olympic Committee (TOC) yesterday received a Sh10 million from the Government to boost preparations for athletes who will compete in the Beijing Olympics in August. TOC secretary general Filbert Bayi said the funds would be channeled to sports

The third leg of the International Tennis Federation/ Confederation of African tennis (ITF/CAT) gets underway today at the Dar es Salaam Gymkhana Club courts with a sponsorship boost by mobile phone service providers, Vodacom.

The National Development Corporation (NDC) yesterday came out for the first time to defend the controversial proposed soda ash project near Lake Natron in Manyara region.

Two-thirds of newborn deaths in sub-Saharan Africa, that is about 800,000 babies a year, could be saved if 90 percent of women and babies received feasible and low-cost health interventions. This was affirmed in a statement by President Jakaya Kikwete

Development partners have committed $18 million (Sh20.7billion) to boost Tanzania's private sector.

When Jacob Kikasi, a Dar re Salaam trader wanted to buy his first car five years ago, he decided to go for a diesel make.

Celtel Tanazania marketing manager Constantine Magavilla displays posters when announcing the extension of the 'Mambo wikienda' promotion in Dar es Salaam yesterday. With him is Celtel public relations manager Beatrice Singano.