Cyclone Hidaya has significantly weakened as it approaches Tanzania’s coastline, the country’s meteorology department said. Officials warned residents to remain cautious, however, as the cyclone will bring heavy rain and strong winds to the country until Sunday. The meteorology department did not say what the cyclone’s updated maximum wind speeds were. A major blackout hit […]
The spice islands of Zanzibar are facing a shortage of alcohol which threatens the tourism sector of one of Africa’s top travel destinations. Tourism generates about 90% of the Tanzanian archipelago’s foreign revenue. Prices of beer have shot up by almost 100% after the supply chain was disrupted by a sudden change of importers. The […]
Houses have collapsed and roads and bridges been destroyed after heavy rains pounded Tanzania’s coastal city of Dar es Salaam for two days. A woman was swept away in the floods, while a child was missing, local radio quoted relatives as saying. The destruction was most severe in neighbourhoods built along rivers that lead into […]