MORE than 300 Chinese living in Tanzania gathered in Dar es Salaam at the weekend to celebrate the upcoming spring festival which marks the first day of the lunar calendar. The celebration was guided by the Chinese Embassy in Tanzania and organised by overseas Chinese,

Dar es Salaam. While Tanzania is making progress towards self-sufficiency in electricity generation, ongoing power outages remain a concern for citizens, many of whom claim they are not benefiting from the supply and are suffering losses due to damaged equipment.

Tanzania's government said no-one in the country had tested positive for the Marburg virus after the World Health Organization (WHO) said at least eight people in the northwest were believed to have died from it.

During my 33-hour journey from Denver to Tanzania, I had four flights and three layovers. I regretted not packing a foot hammock or change of clothes.

Tanzania has pushed back against a report from the World Health Organization warning of a new Marburg virus outbreak in the country.

A suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus in northwest Tanzania has infected nine people, killing eight of them, the World Health Organization has said, weeks after an outbreak of the disease was declared over in neighbouring Rwanda.

Tanzania today confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern Kagera region after one case tested positive for the virus following investigations and laboratory analysis of suspected cases of the disease.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned of a suspected new outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in north-west Tanzania, saying that at least eight people have already been killed by the disease.

Tanzania’s health minister denied there was an outbreak in the country saying no one had tested positive for the viral infection

ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) — Tanzania’s president said Monday that one sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania tested positive for Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus which can be fatal in up to 88% of cases without treatment.

Tanzania has confirmed a Marburg virus disease in the northwestern region of Kagera, the World Health Organisation has said. The organisation said one case tested positive for the virus following investigations and laboratory analysis of suspected cases of the disease.