For a long time, the urbanization and development discourse has coincided with a focus on economic growth and big cities. Yet, much of the world's new urbanization is taking place in smaller urban entities (towns), and the composition of urbanization may well bear on the speed of poverty reduction.

Dar es Salaam — China will build a university that will specifically cater for transport needs in the country, State House said yesterday.

Dar es Salaam — Tanzanians can now expect to live longer than estimations reported two years ago, a new study has shown.

In the new initiative, the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development has engaged IGN FI (The French National Institute of Geographical and Forestry Information) to implement a pi

Community-led total sanitation (CLTS) is a widely applied rural behavior change approach for ending open defecation. However, evidence of its impact is unclear. Researchers conducted a systematic review of journal-published and gray literature to a) assess evidence quality, b) summarize CLTS impacts, and c) identify factors affecting implementation and effectiveness.

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Cassava is one of the developing world's most important crops. Its starchy roots and leaves are a staple food for more than 500 million people in Africa each day.

’ The Ugandan leader expressed common concerns of the EAC heads of state over continuing destructive activities taking place around and within the two important water bodies linking almost all Comm

THE National Assembly yesterday made amendments to the land-related legislation, a move on which legislators bank hopes for streamlining the sector, in the wake of loopholes that crooks had been ma

The Arusha Regional Police Commander, Charles Mkumbo, confirmed the incident yesterday, saying the bodies of the deceased had been taken to the regional Mount Meru Hospital for preservation.

Arusha — Animals at Tarangire National Park in northern Tanzania may face extinction in years to come, if necessary measures are not taken to rescue Tarangire River from drying up.

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