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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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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…

Bangkok Post

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.

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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

The Independent UK

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.

Al Jazeera

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.

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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

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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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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

Daily Record

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 Times of India

Tony Fitzjohn obituary

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

The Guardian - UK

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'

Daily Mirror

Four of eight missing miners found dead in Burkina Faso

Six of the missing men are Burkina Faso nationals, one is from Tanzania and another from Zambia.

Al Jazeera

Peddler arrested from Hyderabad airport ingests 108 heroin capsules

HYDERABAD: Customs officials have arrested a drug peddler from Tanzania at Rajiv Gandhi International (RGI) Airport and seized 1,389 grams of heroin worth 11.5 crore. The peddler has ingested capsules containing the contraband and customs sleuths had to get them purged under medical supervision. Incidentally, this was the second case…

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A total of 108 capsules of heroin worth ₹11.53 crore seized from Tanzania national at Hyderabad Airport

These capsules were cut opened and the smuggled Heroin weighed 1389.100gm and valued at ₹11.53 crore

Al Jazeera

‘Back online’: Tanzania’s president rights predecessor’s wrongs

President Samia Hassan is mending frayed relations with the West and getting neglected projects back on stream.

Radio France Internationale

The tale of Lake Victoria's 'Saviour Fish'

On an island in Lake Victoria, Tanzania, fishermen are barely eking out a living, where a crisis due to a combination of factors, including climate change and overfishing, has changed the fabric of the community. Journalist Mark Weston spent two years living on Ukerewe Island and wrote The Saviour Fish,…

The Conversation

Evicting people from Tanzania's Ngorongoro conservation area is a bad idea, there are alternatives

The Ngorongoro Conservation Area in northern Tanzania is a spectacular area made up of expansive plains, forests and savanna. It’s also home to a huge caldera – a depression that forms when a volcano erupts and collapses – known as the Ngorongoro Crater.

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Tanzanian who swallowed cocaine capsules to smuggle in India caught at Hyderabad airport

1,157 grams of cocaine worth ₹11.57 crore seized by DRI

The Conversation

Changes in sub-Saharan maize trade spell potential trouble for Kenya

Maize production in some of the sub-Saharan African countries that dominated maize supplies during the 2021/22 marketing year is expected to be lower this coming season. This will bring about some changes in the sub continent’s maize trade in the 2022/23 marketing year, in particular creating complications for Kenya. In…

The Times of India

Hyderabad: Tanzanian peddler caught trying to smuggle in 1,157 gram of cocaine

HYDERABAD: In one of the biggest cocaine seizures in Hyderabad, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) sleuths arrested a peddler from Tanzania at Rajiv Gandhi International (RGI) Airport and seized 1,157 grams of Cocaine worth Rs 11.57 crore.

The Guardian - UK

Tanzania’s Maasai appeal to west to stop eviction for conservation plans

Thousands of Indigenous people sign letter to UK, US and EU protesting at appropriation of land for tourist safaris and hunting

The Conversation

Big development projects can have negative effects on nature and people

There are some major development projects in progress on the continent. They include the Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya and irrigation and hydropower projects in Tanzania’s Rufiji Basin. Projects like these have potential to change people’s lives for good. But they also come with risks.

Daily Mirror

Man-eating crocodiles eat at least SIX people collecting water from river's edge

Villagers in Tanzania have been preyed upon as they collect water from a river swarming with man-eating crocodiles, with at least six falling prey since the start of the year

The Conversation

Digital banking is the in-thing -- but it excludes many users in Tanzania and Senegal

Across countries in Africa, only 33% of adults have an account at a bank or another financial institution. Among the women, this rate is only 27%.

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