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Godfrey Njoroge, Nairobi, Sunday 31st March, 2019, GMT 21:00 hours The Global Peace Index (GPI) for 2018 is out and President John Magufuli’s Tanzania has gone on top again among East African Community (EAC) member states. In the report Tanzania is ranked 51 st in the world climbing three positions from 54 th in 2017. Tanzania also tops the East African Community member states by ranking 9 th in African Continent. Other East African countries with their rankings in brackets include Rwanda (103), Uganda (107) Kenya (123) Burundi (134) and South Sudan (161).                                  Why Tanzania Again? What Others Can Learn? High strides and performance has made Tanzania to be ranked the 51 st   peaceful country among 163 independent countries in the world whipping out major world economic powers like the US, China, UK, France and Argentina . The 2018 Index released by The Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) adopted 23 qualitative and quant

By Special Correspondent, Nairobi. A MERE three years into his 5-year term, the President of the United Republic of Tanzania (popular simply as ‘Tanzania’), Dr. John Pombe Magufuli , has already laid a firm foundation for economic ties with partners-in-development of high potential surpassing other regional members. Two of those recent bilateral development partners are the Russian Federation (‘Russia’) and the State of Qatar (‘Qatar’). At a time his main counterparts Museven of Uganda is busy with Bobby Wine and Kenyatta of Kenya takes on his Deputy Ruto in one of the hottest political battles, nn March 13, 2019, President Magufuli held discussions at State House with top Russina and Qatar diplomats to attract more investment inflow. On meeting Magufuli in Dar es Slaam recently, Mickhail Bogdanov – who is the Russian Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister –praised the Magufuli Administration for the Big Gains made in a relatively short period, and reiterated Russia’s commi

By Staff Writer Eric Kingsley The mining giant Acacia is engaged in last ditch attempts to get the Government in Tanzania to allow the company to continue operations in the country, sources within the investors circle have confirmed, but our investigations reveals that prospects are almost nil. President Magufuli with Barrick Owner As the Barrick (Acacia’s majority owner) negotiations are drawing to a close there is only one stumbling block; the Government of Tanzania, well intentioned to make the mineral sector work for Tanzanians, won’t bulge on. Our sources confirm that there is demand that the final deal will only be sealed upon proof that Acacia is completely out of the picture. The reason is that Acacia is unforgivable. “Available evidence on Acacia’s sinister activities in Tanzania only makes a way for their exit,” says a source in the mining sector in Tanzania. The analysts views are corroborated; it is slowly surfacing that there are immortal