News Articles on {?keyword?} | ABS-CBN News

Tanzania's 'Bulldozer' president and COVID-19 skeptic dies

Reuters
Posted at Mar 18 06:57 AM

Tanzania's President John Magufuli, admired by followers for his hostility to corruption and waste but regarded by foes as an irascible authoritarian intolerant of dissent and skeptical about COVID-19, has died aged 61. Read more »

Jodi Sta. Maria and son Thirdy share Christmas trip to Tanzania

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 07:07 PM

Jodi Sta. Maria and her son Thirdy took a trip to Tanzania last December to celebrate Christmas and the latter’s birthday. Read more »

Miner becomes millionaire after finding biggest tanzanite stones

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 26 06:58 AM

A Tanzanian small-scale miner has become a multi-millionaire after uncovering two of the biggest of the country's precious tanzanite stones ever found and selling them to the government. Read more »

At least 20 killed in stampede at Tanzania church service

Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala, Reuters
Posted at Feb 02 03:22 PM

At least 20 people have been killed and over a dozen injured in a stampede during a church service at a stadium in northern Tanzania, a government official said on Sunday. Read more »

Trump to add a 'couple of countries' to US travel ban

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 23 02:11 AM

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday his administration was preparing to add a "couple of countries" to the controversial list of states whose citizens are subject to travel bans or severe restrictions on entry to the United States. Read more »

Tanzania arrests 4 Chinese contractors over 'slow construction projects'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 25 12:57 AM

Tanzanian authorities said Thursday they had arrested four Chinese contractors because of slow progress in state-funded construction projects, in what it said was an "example" to other businesses. Read more »

US man drowns while proposing underwater in Tanzania

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 23 07:42 AM

An American man has drowned while proposing to his girlfriend underwater at an idyllic island off the coast of Tanzania, a luxury resort said in a statement Sunday.   Read more »

Tanzanian journalist arrested for publishing 'false' news amid media crackdown

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 23 08:24 PM

NAIROBI, KENYA - A Tanzanian journalist has been arrested for "publishing false information" after broadcasting a story about police brutality, his lawyer said Friday, the latest crackdown on free press in the country. Read more »

Albino teen found dismembered in Burundi: association

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 19 08:21 AM

NAIROBI, Kenya - A 15-year-old albino boy has been found dismembered in Burundi a week after going missing, the first such killing in the country in three years, a local albino group said Sunday. Read more »

Tanzania tanker blast kills dozens as crowd siphons fuel

Nuzulack Dausen and Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala, Reuters
Posted at Aug 10 09:10 PM

In footage from before the explosion, a large crowd was collecting liquid from puddles in yellow jerry cans. Read more »

Tanzania to ban single-use plastics by July - environment minister

Reuters
Posted at Apr 08 04:31 PM

DODOMA - Tanzania plans to ban the production, importation, sale and use of all single-use plastic bags by July, to help tackle pollution from non-biodegradable waste. Read more »

No Pinoy in Tanzania ferry disaster - DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 11:28 AM

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Saturday that it has not received reports of any Filipino hurt after a crowded ferry capsized in Lake Victoria, Tanzania.  Read more »