DODOMA: THE National Assembly has directed the government to resolve the challenges hindering effective use of the ...

President of Gender Equality at the Gates Foundation, discusses Tanzania's progress in reducing maternal and child mortality, ...

PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa has instructed Tanzania Rural and Urban Roads Agency (TARURA) to ensure that it awards road ...

Access to water in urban areas is consistently better than rural ones. Electricity and clean cooking fuels are the energy sources which are key drivers in the transformation of nations and development ...

Though the economy in Tanzania continues to grow, poverty remains widespread, especially in rural areas where some 30 million people—three quarters of the population—live. Since 2001, the level of ...

But only 16% of children are currently registered at birth, according to the latest Tanzania surveys. And that percentage is even lower in rural areas, making it harder to identify and help children ...

Fewer than half of households in mainland Tanzania are connected to electricity. This falls to just over a third in rural areas. Consequently, many families rely on kerosene lamps to provide light ...