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  When Fiorentina went on the road, Davide Astori was always the first one down to breakfast at the team hotel. So when the 31-year-old didn't show in the restaurant of the team hotel in Udine on Sunday morning, his team-mates knew something was wrong. To check everything was OK, the team's masseur went to Astori's room to see him. Tragically, the centre-back had died in the night from what his club have described as a "sudden illness". The news has left his friends and family, club and country in a state of shock. As Italy went to the polls on election day, the former prime minister, ex-mayor of Florence, Partito Democratico leader and big Fiorentina fan Matteo Renzi tweeted: "It seems impossible to me. I cannot believe it." Fiorentina's goalkeeper Marco Sportiello was apparently with Astori playing Playstation until 23:30 the night before. Understandably, Sunday's game at the Dacia Arena against Udinese was called off. "In times like ...

Bernardo Silva has scored two goals in his last two Premier League games for Manchester City, as many as he managed in his first 25 for the club The Blues produced a surprisingly negative display and failed to have a shot on target in the match as Bernardo Silva's goal less than a minute into the second half sealed the game and pushed Manchester City closer to the Premier League title. Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville called Chelsea's display "absolutely unacceptable" and accused Conte's players of being "mannequins", while colleague Jamie Redknapp called their approach "anti-football" and "a crime against football". Conte responded: "I think in this moment you have to accept every critic, but I am not so stupid to play against Manchester City open and to lose 3-0 or 4-0. "If I remember well, a few days ago, Arsenal played twice against them and then you criticise a lot (Arsenal manager Arsene) Wenger because they concede...

  Although the victory came by the narrowest of margins, it was a fully deserved success for the home team, who managed to create several decent chances to add to Lionel Messi's magnificent free-kick after 25 minutes against a stubborn Atletico defence that has only conceded 12 goals in 27 league games. The winning goal was also the 600th of Messi's career. The closest Barca came to a second goal was the unlikely route of a fierce left-footed volley by the excellent Sergio Busquets from a corner, forcing visiting keeper Jan Oblak into a smart reflex save. There were also a couple of efforts on target for ex-Liverpool man Philippe Coutinho, who delivered a bright performance starting on the right of a forward three and then on the left of midfield after captain Andres Iniesta went off injured. Messi also had a dangerous shot deflected over the bar and Luis Suarez sent a late curler narrowly wide, while at the other end Atletico only managed one shot on target in the whole g...

  US aircraft carrier Carl Vinson is making a historic call at Vietnam, the first time a ship of this size has visited since the Vietnam War ended. The nuclear-powered carrier will anchor off the port city of Danang, where US combat troops first landed in the war, making this a highly symbolic location. The visit is meant to demonstrate the countries' growing military ties. But analysts say it inevitably sends a message to China as it continues to develop the disputed South China Sea. The BBC's Jonathan Head, who is in Danang, says that while co-operation between the US and Vietnam's military has grown it is still limited, and Vietnam has to manage the messaging of this visit carefully. China is now the de facto superpower in this region, and by far the most important trading partner for Vietnam. So Vietnam's communist leadership is taking care to avoid any steps that might upset relations with its giant neighbour, our correspondent says. China claims almost all o...

  AS the government strives to build up an industrial driven economy and focus at becoming the middle economy country by 2025, health sector is one of the corner stone in enabling the building up of the country’s economy. According to World Health Organization (WHO), better health is central to human happiness and well-being. It also makes an important contribution to economic progress, as healthy populations live longer, are more productive, and save more. For some years now, the government of Tanzania has shown great commitment on fighting infant and maternal mortality. Various local and international organization have been siding with the government through the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children to ensure improvement of health services in the country. The Canadian government has been funding a project MBM that aims at improving health services among Tanzanians in particular women and children. The deputy project director, Dr Wilson Kitin...

  WHEN Josephine Bwire finally achieved her dream of becoming a doctor, she had a myriad of expectations, but above all, she was ready to give back to her community. She envisioned herself helping the poor and the sick in her beloved country of Tanzania, knowing very well that her new career will reward her in many ways, financially being one of them. Five years down the line, her anxiety was overwhelming, considering that she was constantly dogged with a mounting pile of unpaid bills and she knew that sooner or later she would have to make serious decisions on her future as a doctor. When a chance popped up for doctors to go and offer their services in Botswana, she grabbed the opportunity and as luck would have it she was shortlisted and within no time she was on board a plane destined for Gaborone. Many studies have investigated the migration intentions of sub-Saharan African medical students and health professionals within the context of a legacy of active international re...

A PROJECT aims to popularise African charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG) in Tanzania and Uganda has been launched in Arusha. Being implemented by the East African Civil Society Organisations’ Forum (EACSOF) with financial support from the ActionAid’s Global Platform the project, among others, will mobilise the East African Civil Societies (CSOS) to support African Governance Architecture (AGA) through advocating for implementation of ACDEG within the region. This project presents an ambitious and innovative task with extensive geographic coverage to facilitate national, regional and continent-wide CSO interaction with AU institutions and to promote the operationalisation of the AGA. It unites the strengths of a consortium of 13 CSOs partners led by ActionAid Denmark (AADK), working in eight focus countries, with a strong regional dimension delivered by civil society platforms such as WACSOF, EACSOF and SADCCNGO and continental impact based on ActionAid’s well-esta...

MS Magreth Philipo (25) is a resident of Bugando village, Nzela Ward-Geita Rural District, who was abandoned by husband, divorced and forced out of the matrimonial house, but later on secured her rights to the properties after professional intervention of Geita paralegals. She got married in 2007, and during the period they were blessed with three children—one boy and two girls . The couple built two small mudhouses, where they lived (together with her father in-law) for some years. In 2012, the husband (name withheld) abandoned the family and disappeared to unknown destination, leaving Ms Magreth and kids alone in the house. Efforts to get hold of the husband did not succeed, as his mobile phone was not reachable. The woman reported the incident to husband relatives, who could also failed to locate the whereabouts of the man. Later on, it was discovered that the man is living with another woman at a nearby village. On February, 2014, husband’s father died. Relatives sent th...

BIG containers and modern ships, Panamax, will soon start docking at Mtwara port, upon completion of berth number two next year. Under the supervision of German company, Inros Lackner, two Chinese companies― Railways Major Bridges Engineering Group Co. Ltd (CRMBEG) and China Railways Construction Engineering Group (CRCEG) are jointly working on the 137bn/- berth. The minister for Works, Transport and Communications, Professor Makame Mbarawa has directed the port’s authorities to fast track the project to allow big vessels to start docking. “This project has a lot of meaning in the government and particularly the Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) and we expect it to be accomplished soon,’’ said the minister. Prof Mbarawa said the coming of the big vessels at the Mtwara port was a blessing, influencing the regional economic development as well as increasing the government’s revenue. In ensuring that the construction was finalised on time, Prof Mbarawa asked TPA to supervise the project as...

  FINALLY, the Tanzania Railway Limited (TRL) and Reli Assets Holding Corporation (RAHCO), have been merged to form Tanzania Railway Corporation (TRC) as the government seeks to boost efficiency in railway transport in the country“I hereby announce that the Railway Act of 2017 is in force and TRC takes over as the manager of railway operations in Tanzania,” Prof Mbarawa declared. The Minister explained further that all assets and liabilities of TRL and RAHCO will be transferred to TRC, including the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) whose construction from Dar es Salaam to Morogoro is underway. “It is now up to the employees of the new company to work efficiently to make TRC a business oriented corporation for economic development of Tanzania,” he stressed. At the same occasion, Mr Kadogosa said the merging of TRL and RAHCO will boost investment in the company, coupled with capability and management of the new company. “The decision to form one company to oversee the management of ...