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Tanzania president to be inaugurated as opposition says hundreds dead
AFP, Published on 03/11/2025
» NAIROBI - Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan was to be inaugurated Monday with the internet still blocked after election protests in which the opposition says hundreds were killed by security forces.
Tanzania polls open with opposition excluded
AFP, Published on 29/10/2025
» ZANZIBAR — Polls opened on Wednesday in Tanzania elections in which the main challengers were either jailed or barred from running, with rights groups decrying a "wave of terror".
Jim Thompson Home Furnishing launches autumn 2023 collection
Life, Published on 27/10/2023
» Serving as a catalyst for collective creativity in strengthening business ties, Jim Thompson Home Furnishing organised the exclusive October Open House at its Surawong flagship to launch the autumn 2023 collection, which exemplifies how a tapestry of textiles blends traditional craftsmanship and contemporary sensibility.
Guru's Weekly Buzz: May 12-18
Guru, Published on 12/05/2023
» Guru By Bangkok Post's pick of the most exciting products, activities, art exhibitions, shows, food and hotel deals.
Winds of change buffet Iran's wooden boat building tradition
AFP, Published on 11/05/2023
» QESHM (IRAN) - Iranian captain Hassan Rostam has braved the Strait of Hormuz aboard his lenj for four decades, but now watches with despair as the wooden ships are being replaced by cheaper, faster boats.
Renovated InterContinental set to open next month
Life, Published on 11/05/2023
» InterContinental Bangkok, part of IHG Hotels & Resorts, will fully reopen in June after a multimillion-dollar renovation.
Building bridges from Asia to Africa the right way
Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 29/04/2023
» The quest to build bridges between Asia and Africa is longstanding. A Chinese Admiral -- Zheng He -- led a series of voyages from East Asia to East Africa, down to Kenya and possibly Zanzibar, from the year 1405. The ships he navigated were enormous -- about 400 feet long and 100 feet wide (122 metres by 30.5m) -- especially when compared with Christopher Columbus' Santa Maria, which was about 70 feet long. For centuries, people have also migrated and traded between the two regions.
Tanzania pays tearful tribute to plane crash victims
AFP, Published on 07/11/2022
» BUKOBA (TANZANIA) - Grieving Tanzanians paid emotional tribute Monday to 19 people killed when a passenger plane plunged into Lake Victoria in the country's deadliest air crash in decades.
Tanzania pays tearful tribute to plane crash victims
AFP, Published on 07/11/2022
» BUKOBA, Tanzania: Grieving Tanzanians paid emotional tribute Monday to 19 people killed when a passenger plane plunged into Lake Victoria in the country's deadliest air crash in decades.
Passenger plane plunges into Lake Victoria in Tanzania
Published on 06/11/2022
» DAR ES SALAAM - A plane carrying 43 people plunged into Lake Victoria in Tanzania early on Sunday due to bad weather shortly before it was due to land in the northwestern city of Bukoba, police said, with efforts under way to rescue those onboard.