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Tanzania

Tanzania: Country Makes EAC Federation Hopes Brighter

Posted to the web 6 October 2008 Kigali East African nationals are inching closer and closer to full integration, when Tanzania last week scrapped its hitherto strict policy regarding residence status for non-nationals. During...

Chameleone Survives Death, Injures Limbs

Local music star, Jose Chameleone a.k.a Joseph Mayanja last Friday night, survived death narrowly when he sleepwalked through the window of his hotel room on the third floor of Impala Hotel in Arusha.

Burundi: Fighting for Land

Posted to the web 6 October 2008 Bujumbura Thousands of Burundians have returned home after years of refugee life in Tanzania, but finding shelter and enough land to farm remains a challenge. "Fifteen percent of long-term...

Africa: High Food And Fuel Prices to Dominate Commonwealth Talks

Posted to the web 6 October 2008 David Mugonyi Castries The Commonwealth Finance Ministers meeting opens in Castries, St Lucia on Monday with the high global food and fuel prices expected to dominate the talks. Ministers from...

East Africa: $8 Million Grant From the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Fund 14,000 New...

An $8 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is enabling Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and local partners to help rural families in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda increase their savings and gain access to small...

Tanzania: Dar Probing Vehicle Document Theft Ring Investigates

Posted to the web 6 October 2008 Mike Mande Nairobi Tanzania is investigating a suspected international theft syndicate and its local accomplices over missing motor vehicle registration cards from the Tanzania Revenue Authority...

Tanzania: Donors Loosen Purse Strings for Dar

Posted to the web 6 October 2008 Mike Mande Tanzania's fight against corruption has received the nod from the UK, which becomes the latest donor to release funds for budget support. This comes hot on the heels of government...

Tanzania: Why Adult Education is Crucial for Women's Empowerment

Posted to the web 6 October 2008 Salma Maoulidi In 2003 Kimani Nganga Maruge hit the headlines when he became the oldest person alive to start primary school aged 84 years. For activists and practitioners of adult learning and...

Kenya: How Kenyans Are Sold Into Slavery

Posted to the web 6 October 2008 Ken Opala Nairobi Thousands of Kenyans are being driven into modern slavery abroad in their desperate attempts to escape from worsening economic conditions at home. Nation investigations show...

Country's Rival Ethnic Groups Learn to Live Side By Side in UN-Backed Pilot Project

Displaced people from Burundi's rival Hutu and Tutsi groups are being resettled side by side under a pilot project funded by the United Nations refugee agency aimed at seeking reconciliation and binding up the wounds of decades...

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