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How conflicts intertwined over time and destabilised the DRC – and the region

The conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the deadliest the world has ever witnessed. One report estimates the death toll at 5.4 million while a more conservative count puts it at one million dead. Much of the conflict is centred in North Kivu and…

The Conversation

Moving the Maasai: Tanzania is repeating Kenya's colonial past

Images of distressed members of the Maasai community being forcibly moved from their homes, beaten and harassed by police and the army in northern Tanzania in June set social media alight with concern. Activists have since voiced their anger over land and human rights, and they have good reason to…

The Conversation

Leicester cricket ground to be named after Sunil Gavaskar

Sunil Gavaskar is truly India's global cricket ambassador. The batting legend, who has stadiums named after him in Kentucky in the US and Tanzania's Zanzibar, has added yet another feather to his well-adorned cap as a cricket ground in England's Leicester will have his name on Saturday. It's a 5-acre…

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Comrie's 'birthday' tree action for climate sees link up between Scotland and Tanzania

When two climate warriors met at COP26 it led to a project to encourage trees in two countries putting down firm roots with Comrie Croft in Perthshire getting in on the idea.

Daily Record

Why sexual and reproductive law for east African countries is being resisted

Six of the countries of the East African Community – Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania – recently concluded public hearings on a new sexual and reproductive health bill. Proponents of the bill argue that it will improve access to sexual and reproductive health which, in turn, will…

The Conversation

Passport Office chaos left family members getting documents back months apart

Rob Jones' children received their passports more than a month apart ahead of jetting off from their Devon home to a big multi-destination holiday to Tanzania, Zanzibar and Greece

Daily Mirror

In Tanzania, karate classes imbues vigour in people with albinism

In Tanzania where myths and superstition endanger people with albinism, karate classes are boosting their confidence.

Al Jazeera

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Report: East Africa pipeline 'breaches banking principles'

Would-be financiers of a planned oil pipeline in Uganda and Tanzania will be in breach of benchmark guidelines on financing big infrastructure projects if they go ahead, according to a report shared with The Associated Press

The Independent UK

Interview: Tanzanian-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, a Nobel laureate

France has an increasing appetite for the work of Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah, whose novels about the brutal impacts of colonialism in Africa, life in exile and endemic racism are a collision of old and new worlds. The Tanzanian-born writer and academic drew on his own experiences as a boy…

Radio France Internationale

External Affairs Minister Jaishankar meets his counterparts from Tanzania and Solomon Islands; discusses bilateral cooperation

Jaishankar also met Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on the sidelines of the summit.

The Hindu

Tanzania's Masaai demand Indigenous rights in UN framework

Tanzania’s Maasai people, resisting government pressure to leave their ancestral homes in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, have presented their demands for Indigenous land rights to negotiators in Nairobi finalizing the proposed U.N. global biodiversity framework

The Independent UK

‘I stumbled across it’: the push to help Tanzania’s untapped football talent

Michael Noone went to Africa looking for a change and now has an academy for boys and girls in one of Tanzania’s poorest areas

The Guardian - UK

Tanzania charges 20 Maasai with murder after police officer dies during protests

Lawyers say government is attempting to intimidate pastoralists as thousands flee to Kenya amid escalating row over evictions

The Guardian - UK

Tanzania ruling party now says it 'insists' on constitutional reform

Tanzania’s ruling party said on Wednesday it "insists" on reforming the East African country's constitution after fending off years of sustained pressure by opposition parties and rights groups to do just that.

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Bangkok Post

Act on neglected tropical diseases

Earlier this year, world leaders began the process of committing to and endorsing the Kigali Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases. The declaration is a high-level statement meant to mobilise the necessary political will, community commitment, financial resources, and individual action to end NTDs. The Kigali Declaration will be launched at…

Glasgow Live

Paisley man rushed to hospital after Kilimanjaro charity trek leaves him with pneumonia

Stevie Kidd was rushed off the Tanzanian mountain range within hours of reaching the summit. He was diagnosed with pneumonia shortly after in a nearby hospital.

The Independent UK

Tanzania accused of violent eviction attempts against Maasai

Tanzania’s government is accused of using violence against Maasai herders protesting efforts to evict them from one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations

Al Jazeera

In Tanzania, the Maasai fight eviction over state conservation plot

To the Maasai, the land is an ancestral asset fundamental to their pastoralist lifestyle but the state has other plans.

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Opinion: From Kigoma to Kyiv, refugees everywhere deserve quality health care

After visiting Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania, two trainees in medicine and public health at Johns Hopkins reflect on disparities in the quality of medical and surgical care provided to refugees.

The Guardian - UK

Maasai leaders arrested in protests over Tanzanian game reserve

Dozens wounded in clashes with police over eviction from ancestral lands to make way for hunting and safaris

Asharq Al-Awsat

Oman, Tanzaina Set up Joint Investment Fund

Oman and Tanzania have set up a mutual investment fund that aims to invest in several sectors, including agriculture, fishing and mining, the Sultanate's Foreign Minister, Badr al-Busaidi, announced on Monday. Busaidi expected the volume of bilateral trade exchange to increase in the future as both countries have signed several…

Daily Record

Mining firm prospecting for rare metals in Kirkcudbrightshire hits a snag

Walkabout Resources, which is examining the potential for mining the Galloway Hills, has hit a financial roadblock in Tanzania

The Times of India

Sunil Gavaskar named Goodwill Ambassador of Zanzibar

MUMBAI: In yet another feather in his highly decorated cap, Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar has been named as the Goodwill Ambassador of Zanzibar, an autonomous region of Tanzania in East Africa.

The Guardian - UK

Tony Fitzjohn obituary

Wildlife conservationist who devoted his life to Tanzania’s Mkomazi national park

Daily Mirror

Rats trained to find earthquake survivors buried under rubble in bid to save lives

Research scientist Dr Donna Kean, 33, from Glasgow, has been training rats in Tanzania, East Africa. She said the animals can get into small spaces and are 'perfect for search and rescue-type work'

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