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TCRA has, therefore, ordered every mobile phone provider to pay 25m/- (125m/- in total) before January 29, 2015. Each licensee (company) has also been ordered to ensure from the date of the order issued to them, put in place measures for a secure environment that will prevent spoofed messages and related security threats in their networks. The companies include Benson Informatics Limited (trading as Smart), MIC Tanzania Limited (trading as TIGO), Airtel Tanzania Limited, Viettel Tanzania Limited (trading as Halotel) and Zanzibar Telecom Limited (trading as Zantel). TCRA Director General, Dr Ally Simba, said the companies failed, neglected and refused to heed to the authority’s directive to ensure a secure environment for the connectivity and protection mechanism against information security threats contrary to regulation 8 (a) of the Electronic and Postal Communications (Computer Emergency Response Team) regulations of 2011. “We have been receiving complaints ...

According to a statement issued last night by the Directorate of Presidential Communication, the president has also appointed Mr Eliakim Maswi as Acting Deputy Commissioner General of the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) while at the same time revoking the appointment of Mr Lusekelo Mwaseba as the revenue body’s Deputy Commissioner General. Dr Magufuli has appointed Mr Peter Ilomo as Permanent Secretary (State House-Ikulu), Dr Laurent Ndumbaro (President’s Office, Public Service and Good Governance) and Engineer Mussa Iyombe (President’s Office, Regional Administration and Local Government, TAMISEMI. Dr Deo Mtasiwa has been appointed Deputy Permanent Secretary, TAMISEMI (Health), while Mr Bernard Makali takes over as Deputy Permanent Secretary - TAMISEMI (Education). For the Vice-President’s Office, the president has appointed Mr Mbaraka Abdul Wakil as Permanent Secretary to be assisted by Engineer Ngosi Mwihava as Deputy Permanent Secretary. In the Prime Minister’s...

  Dr Shein met with President John Magufuli in Dar es Salaam to brief the latter on progress made so far in the dialogue aimed at finding an amicable solution to the stand-off in Zanzibar, after the electoral body annulled the polls, claiming it was marred with irregularities. "I came here to brief the president (Dr Magufuli) on progress made so far in the talks, which started on November 9," the statement released by the Directorate of Presidential Communication Unit read in part. Dr Shein is the chairman of the special committee involved in the talks, which includes, among others, Zanzibar First Vice- President, Mr Seif Sharif Hamad, Second Vice-President, Ambassador Seif Ali Idd, retired union presidents Ali Hassan Mwinyi and Dr Jakaya Kikwete as well as Zanzibar's retired presidents Dr Amani Abeid Karume and Dr Salmin Amour. The move elicited strong reaction from Mr Seif Shariff Hamad, the CUF presidential candidate, who opposed the decision, sa...

Speaking during a stakeholders’ meeting on collecting views on the draft, SUMATRA Director General, Mr Gilliard Ngewe said that the draft will help to come up with guidelines that will help to determine the weight of cargo carried by ships. The draft will help to meet all criteria of transportation of containers at the port. Today, we are discussing how to improve the draft that is expected effective July next year as directed by International Maritime Organization (IMO). He said that the meeting will get feedback and suggestions from various stakeholders including transportation agents, port agents, measurement agents and customs agents among others. He asked transporters to comply with the new draft that will help to increase income for the nation and at the same time improving Maritime Transportation security. He said that the draft will help to ensure that all containers carrying cargo has the required weight that will also help other nations to increas...

Protests by the Black Lives Matter group have taken place in the US states of Minnesota and California on one of the busiest retail days of the year. The demonstrators in Minnesota temporarily closed the international airport and interrupted Christmas shopping at the Mall of America. Police said a total of 15 people were arrested at both places, mostly for trespassing or obstructing justice. Protesters are angry over a police shooting of a black man in Minneapolis. Jamar Clark was shot dead last month by officers responding to an assault complaint, in one of a number of recent incidents around the US. Hundreds of people took part in the protest at the mall, one of the largest in North America, where Black Lives Matter organisers promised to congregate in defiance of a judge's warning that the shopping centre's owners could legally block the demonstration. ...

The government says that those killed by the security forces (pictured above) on 11 December were responsible for attacks on installations The security forces in Burundi systematically killed dozens of people during violent repression that took place in the capital Bujumbura on 11 December, Amnesty International says. It says that some of the scores of people who died during the single bloodiest day of Burundi's "escalating crisis" were killed extra-judicially. At least 87 people were killed, including eight security force members. The government has not yet responded to the Amnesty report. But it said soon after the violence on 11 December that those killed were responsible for attacks on government installations. Unrest has blighted Burundi since an attempted coup in May and protests over President Pierre...

Troubled Japanese conglomerate Toshiba has said it will report a record 550bn yen ($4.5bn) annual loss and cut 6,800 jobs as it carries out a restructuring. The company, whose activities range from laptops to TVs to nuclear energy, is shedding the jobs in its consumer electronics division. News of the predicted losses sent shares in Toshiba down by nearly 10%. The restructuring comes after Toshiba admitted earlier this year that it had overstated profits for six years. The scandal led to the resignation of Toshiba's president and vice-president. Masashi Muromachi took over as chief executive and president from previous president Hisao Tanaka. Declining value As part of its restructuring, Toshiba will sell its TV and washing machine manufacturing plant in Indonesia to Hong Kong-based TV maker Skyworth for about 3bn yen. It is also looking for investors for its healthcare business. The 6,800 job cuts will go in its Lifestyle division, essentially its consumer elect...

Image copyright EPA Image caption The Boeing 777 was carrying 459 passengers when it was forced to land An Air France passenger jet was forced to make an emergency landing in Kenya after a fake bomb was found in a toilet, the airline says. The Boeing 777, on its way from Mauritius to Paris, was evacuated at Mombasa airport and the suspicious device taken away for examination. Air France chief Frederic Gagey later said it was made of a cardboard box, paper and a timer. He described it as an "extremely aggressive act". The plane, carrying 459 passengers and 14 crew, had left Mauritius at 01:00 GMT and had been due to fly directly to Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. Several passengers from the flight have been questioned by Kenyan police. Mr Gagey told a news conference that the airline would press charges against those responsible and an inquiry would be held. But he denied there had been any problem with security checks in Mauritius, saying the device cont...

Image copyright AFP Image caption Pro-government forces are trying to force the Houthi rebels back Yemen unrest The war the world forgot? Yemen's humanitarian catastrophe Yemen torn apart in war of many sides Yemen crisis: Who is fighting whom? At least 68 people are reported to have been killed in fresh clashes between government troops and Houthi rebels in north-west Yemen near the Saudi border. Fighting is said to have erupted near the town of Harad which was captured by government forces two days ago. Military sources said 28 troops were killed while Houthi rebels said they had lost 40 fighters. Clashes have continued despite a UN-backed ceasefire and peace talks in Switzerland which began on Tuesday. As well as those killed on Saturday, at least another 50 rebels and 40 pro-government troops were reported to have been wounded. Tribal sources said there was an upsurge in fighting early on Saturday as government forces - which are...

Image copyright Reuters Image caption An aerial image allegedly shows Chinese dredging around the Spratly Islands China has accused the US of "serious provocation" after it flew B-52 bombers near one of the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. Chinese military personnel were put on "high alert" during the incident on 10 December, and issued warnings to leave. The Pentagon said it was looking into the complaint. China claims large swathes of the South China Sea but is in territorial dispute with a host of regional neighbours. In October, China rebuked the US after a destroyer sailed close to a reef. Up close to Beijing's new South China Sea islands See China's island factory Why is the South China Sea contentious? On Saturday, a statement from China's defence ministry accused the US of deliberately raising tensions in the area with the B-52 over-flight of the disputed Spratly Islands, which it calls Nansha. Media caption R...