Tz news from AllAfrica

President Museveni and his Tanzanian counterpart Jakaya Kitwete yesterday expressed their support for the ongoing campaign in the Catholic Church to have former Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere recognised as a saint.

Only 37 states on Monday responded to the first call to make pledges for continued support of the International Criminal Court. Surprisingly, only Uganda and Tanzania are the only nations from the East African Community to have responded positively to the call.

President Yoweri Museveni and his Tanzanian counterpart, Jakaya Kikwete, have supported the crusade to declare former Tanzanian president Julius Nyerere a saint.

The film industry can be used to achieve national progress, a government official said.

Five villagers have been arrested in connection with the Monday night torching of a police station in Kilimanjaro Region, Inspector General of Police Said Mwema said yesterday.

The government has assured the East African Community (EAC) of its full support towards regional integration efforts.

IN its 2010 global report on child labour, the International Labour Organization (ILO) shows a minor decline in the number of child labourers in various parts of the world including Tanzania between 2004 and 2008.

RWANDA applied a tactical mind game, to put Taifa Stars under pressure, ahead of their return leg tie of African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifier match in Kigali, after abruptly changing date of the match.

A DELEGATION from the Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) is visiting Tanzania to negotiate the promotion of tourism package between the two countries.

THE former Young Africans Secretary General, Jamal Malinzi has slammed the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) over interference with clubs general elections.

THE next season's Vodacom Premier League kicks off on August 21, Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) announced today.

LOCAL businessmen Yusuf Manji and Azim Dewji have stretched their financial muscles with the purchase of a combined total of 3,800 match tickets, worth 136m/- for next Monday's international friendly between Taifa Stars and Brazil.

TANZANIA has got its first international beauty academy with the launch of the Dar es Salaam based Pure Academy of Aesthetics Limited.

More people are turning to family planning in Tanzania's semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar as the government seeks to improve access to reproductive healthcare. Funding, however, remains a challenge.

The government yesterday unveiled a Sh11.1 trillion tentative Budget for 2010/11.

Sometimes a simple snapshot tells a big story. Take the Front Page picture of the Daily News of May 28, 2010. It showed city askaris raiding petty trader stalls on Pemba Street in Dar es Salaam and destroying the potatoes, onions and tomatoes the traders had hoped to sell.

News that the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will continue to support government efforts on land management is most refreshing.

Tanzania's national cricket team started their training tour of Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa with bang after mauling their hosts, Coastal Cricket Club by 243 runs in an international friendly match took place here on Saturday at Mombasa Club.

It is unfortunate that while the Fourth Phase government has all along been stressing its commitment to transparency, some of its top officials seem intent on dashing the public's hopes of having greater access to information.

State-owned Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) is introducing computerised state-of-the-art power billing systems aimed at solving the problem of accumulation of bills by its customers.