Jakaya Kikwete

Sudan: Salva Kiir in Uganda to Plead Bashir's Case

allafrica.com     Jul 23, 2008   22 related          

Sudan is sending its First Vice President, Gen. Salva Kiir to lobby President Yoweri Museveni to rally behind the country's leader, Gen. Omar al Bashir, indicted for war crimes in the Darfur region by the International Criminal...                    

Tanzania: Albinos Now Want to Meet President

allafrica.com     Jul 23, 2008   2 related          

Posted to the web 23 July 2008 Jane Kajoki, Mwanza Albinos here are seeking audience with President Jakaya Kikwete to brief him of predicaments as victims of sporadic killings. According to them, they are frustrated with the...                    

Tanzania: MDG 3 Torch for Launch

allafrica.com     Jul 23, 2008   1 related          

Posted to the web 23 July 2008 Polycarp Machira Tanzania will tomorrow launch the millennium development goal III, a Champion Torch that seeks to put gender equality and empowerment of women higher on the international agenda....                    

Tanzania’s Albinos Targeted for Body Parts

findingdulcinea.com     Jul 23, 2008   6 related          

At least 25 albinos have been murdered since March due to the belief that their body parts are useful in witchcraft. A BBC investigation in Tanzania has found that killings of albinos linked to witchcraft have continued in what...                    

Old problems choke African football, again (AFP)

yahoo.com     Jul 22, 2008   1 related          

by Aileen Kimutai 11 minutes ago NAIROBI (AFP) - As Africa prepares to host the 2010 World Cup finals for the first time in South Africa, not very much is there for a continent where managers and players share an equal dose of...                    

Tanzania: Albinos Fear for Their Lives

truemors.com     Jul 22, 2008   8 related          

Albinism affects one in 20,000 people worldwide, but in Tanzania the prevalence appears to be much higher. Tanzania’s Albino society recently complained that albinos were being targeted by witch doctors. Twenty-five albinos...                    

Tanzania: Prehistoric Footprints Stir Fresh Controversy

allafrica.com     Jul 22, 2008   1 related          

Posted to the web 22 July 2008 Zephania Ubwani Ngorongoro Archaeological experts are divided on a plan to exhume the hominid footprints at Laetoli for public display, some arguing that this could lead to erosion of the rare...                    

Build New Hospital, Kikwete Tells Council

allafrica.com     Jul 22, 2008   1 related          

Posted to the web 22 July 2008 Paskal Mbunga Tanga President Jakaya Kikwete has directed the Tanga City Council to build its own district hospital and leave Bombo regional hospital as a referral one. Speaking to hospital staff...                    

Country Set to Import 50,000 Bags of Maize From Neighbour

allafrica.com     Jul 21, 2008   8 related          

Posted to the web 21 July 2008 David Mugonyi Nairobi The Tanzania government is to sell 50,000 bags of maize to Kenya to help meet a major deficit expected from next month. Agriculture minister William Ruto said on Saturday...                    

Tanzania: Opposition - Govt Figures On Job Creation Wrong

allafrica.com     Jul 21, 2008   3 related          

Posted to the web 21 July 2008 Samuel Kamndaya A cabinet minister and the opposition bench in Parliament engaged in a heated argument yesterday over claims that the fourth phase Government has created over 400,000 jobs since it...