Tanzania’s president calls for better birth control in country Samia Suluhu Hassan says education, healthcare and food supply under pressure in reversal of predecessor’s stance The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2022
Cannabis corporates should be taxed to fund mental health programmes Mental health is the state of mental well-being that contributes to individual and population health. This state of mental well-being sustains national output and labour force productivity. But governments around the world haven’t been investing resources into addressing mental ill-health. This is despite acknowledging that economics and mental health are… The Conversation · Oct 9, 2022
Tanzania’s Rufiji River: Egypt’s Response to Ethiopia’s Accusations Egypt has completed the construction work of a massive dam body it is building on the Rufiji River in Tanzania, in a move considered as a message addressed to Ethiopia, Cairo also started preparations for retaining water to fill the reservoir of the giant Julius Nyerere Hydropower Project (JNHPP). The… Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 8, 2022
Woman, 60, moves 9,000 miles to marry man, 30, after they bonded over beach walk Mum Deborah Babu met tribesman Saitoty, who's the same age as her daughter, while in holiday in Tanzania. He followed her to the next destination and was upset when she had to leave back to the US Daily Mirror · Oct 5, 2022
Woman flew 9000 miles to marry tribesman lover with 30-year age gap Deborah Babu first met Saitoty Babu when she was travelling in Tanzania with her daughter in October 2017. Daily Record · Oct 5, 2022
‘Shocking blow to Indigenous land rights’ as court dismisses Maasai herder claim Herders lodge appeal against ruling in their case against the Tanzanian government, which they say is violently evicting them from ancestral land The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2022
Tanzanian Maasai lawyers to launch appeal in East African land grab court case Tanzanian Maasai who took the Tanzanian government to a regional court over a land dispute that resulted in alleged evictions, loss of land, and in some cases, deaths, have vowed to lodge an appeal with the regional court, according to their lawyers, the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU). Radio France Internationale · Oct 4, 2022
'I married a Tribesman I met 9,000 miles away - our 30-year age gap is nothing' Deborah Babu, 60, wasn’t expecting to fall in love when she met her now-husband, Saitoty Babu, 30, while travelling in Tanzania with her daughter, Royce, 30, in October 2017 Daily Mirror · Oct 4, 2022
Regional court dismisses Maasai eviction case against Tanzania In what rights groups call a blow to Indigenous rights, court dismisses Maasai case over eviction from ancestral lands. Al Jazeera · Oct 1, 2022
Court dismisses Maasai eviction case against Tanzania The East African Court of Justice has dismissed a case by Maasai herders who tried to stop Tanzania’s government from evicting them from land they have used for generations The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2022
Regional court dismisses Maasai eviction case against Tanzania government A regional court on Friday dismissed a case brought by a group of Maasai villagers claiming the Tanzanian government used violence to evict them from their ancestral lands in the north of the country. Reuters · Sep 30, 2022
Scientists engineer mosquitoes that cannot spread malaria Researchers will collect parasites from children in Tanzania to see whether discovery works in real world The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022
World's strangest lakes - from bubblegum pink pools to 'mummifying' waters Lake Hillier in Western Australia, Spotted Lake in Canada, Pamukkale in Turkey and Lake Natron in Tanzania are among the most striking and different lakes in the whole world Daily Mirror · Sep 21, 2022
Tanzania and Zambia want to upgrade the 'Uhuru Railway' – but can they? Half a century ago, the Tanzania-Zambia Railway (Tazara) stood out as a crucial symbol of Africa’s struggle for independence. The 1,860km-long railway connects Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia with Dar es Salaam at the Indian Ocean. The Conversation · Sep 19, 2022
Al Jazeera · Sep 19, 2022 Sadock John, from robbing houses to a football World Cup From the streets of Tanzania to representing his country at a football World Cup.
The Conversation · Sep 13, 2022 How Shiite Islam reached Tanzania, and Ashoura processions became an annual tradition Each year, the largest contemporary Muslim pilgrimage takes place in Iraq to remember Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson. Before the pandemic, this event reportedly drew more than 30 million people, but in recent years participation declined to more than 14 million. This procession from Najaf to Karbala, where Hussein…
The Conversation · Sep 4, 2022 East African footballers are a rarity on the global stage: we analysed why When Tanzania’s national football hero Mbwana Ally Samatta signed with Aston Villa in 2020 this was far more than just another move of an African player to the top of the global game. He was the first Tanzanian to feature in the English Premier League and his transfer sparked enthusiasm…
WEKU · Aug 31, 2022 Visa dissonance: Why world music performers can't always make it to the stage on time Sounds like a musician's dream come true: A duo from the African nation of Comoros was invited to Peter Gabriel's world music fest. But there was a daunting obstacle: Getting a visa to enter the U.K.
The Hindu · Aug 26, 2022 India, Tanzania to set up task force to prepare five-year ‘future road map’ on defence cooperation Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met Tanzanian Minister of Defence and National Service Dr. Stergomena Lawrence Tax to discuss a range of issues in New Delhi
The Conversation · Aug 23, 2022 Tanzanian TB patients have a lower quality of life than people who haven't had the disease Numerous researchers have documented the quality of life and mental health of specific population groups. Examples include people living with HIV, the elderly, students, men who have sex with men, and pregnant women accessing health services. One review found that people with tuberculosis (TB) have a relatively high prevalence of…
WEKU · Aug 22, 2022 Mount Kilimanjaro climbers can share slope selfies in real-time thanks to new Wi-Fi Tanzanian authorities installed the high-speed broadband network on the slopes of Africa's tallest mountain last week and say it should reach the summit by the end of this year.
The Hindu · Aug 19, 2022 F1 | Lewis Hamilton says he is 'fully transformed' by Africa trip Lewis Hamilton documented across social media his Africa trip to Namibia, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania, noting that they were “some of the best days of my entire life”
The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2022 Mount Kilimanjaro gets high-speed internet so climbers can share their ascents on social media ‘All visitors will get connected,’ Tanzania’s information minister says
Reuters · Aug 10, 2022 Exclusive-Rotavirus childhood vaccine shortage hits four African countries Supplies of a vaccine to prevent the deadly rotavirus infection in children have either run out in Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal and Cameroon or are close to doing so, officials close to the roll-out told Reuters, after disruptions at drugmaker GSK.