Kenya is on high alert after neighboring Tanzania confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in the northwestern Kagera region, a health official said Tuesday.

Tanzania has been ruled by the same party since independence. It was founded in 1992, shortly after Tanzania adopted a multiparty system of democracy. Party chairman Freeman Mbowe has been rallying his members to forge a united front.

Over 200 residents of Yombo Dovya in Temeke District, Tanzania, are suffering from skin eruptions after allegedly using contaminated cooking oil.

Kenya's trade dynamics, particularly with its top partners like the U.S., face potential shifts due to Donald Trump's trade policies, including his proposed tariffs.

With $104 billion in Gross Domestic Product, Kenya’s economy is the largest in the East African region. It is also the most diversified and broad-based. Between 2007 and 2022, it expanded at an average annual growth rate of 4.8 per cent.

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s prominent lady golfer, Vicky Elius, is set to compete in the NCBA Sigona Bowl tournament, which will tee off Friday to Sunday at the prestigious Sigona Golf Club in Kenya.

The World Health Organisation has put Kenya and five other countries on high alert over Marburg disease after the death of Eight people in the Kagera region, in Tanzania. In a statement on January 15, the WHO issued the alert in neighbouring countries including; Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Mozambique.

A renowned Tanzanian rights activist was kidnapped on the streets of the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Sunday, only to be released after a rapid intervention by rights groups.Amnesty International raised the alarm on Sunday,

Internet censorship cost Kenya and Tanzania $76.4 million in lost output last year, as the two governments cracked the whip on online freedoms to control information flow and dissent among citizens.

CAF has postponed CHAN 2024 to August 2025. It was set for next month but has now been moved, reportedly because of the hosts' readiness and the teams' availability.

Tanzanian rights activist Maria Sarungi Tsehai was reportedly abducted in Nairobi. Kenya has a record of allowing foreign governments to abduct their citizens on its soil.

The Tanzanian national, who has been living in Kenya for the past four years, has criticized her country’s government and the ruling party for alleged human rights violations and for closing civic space for critics,