Tanzania’s plan to seek an extension of continental shelf outside the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is facing renewed resistance, as the Zanzibar Parliament prepares to petition the UN to block the move. A section of MPs in Zanzibar House of Representatives are claiming that the Isles was not involved in the decision to extend the EEZ and sharing of marine resources.

The Kenya - Tanzania border in Taveta has been closed after motorist protested the increment of vehicle levy by Tanzania authorities. The Tanzanian government has imposed a vehicle levy of USD200 for vehicles entering its borders. Stranded travellers at the border have asked the Kenya and Tanzania governments to resolve the situation.

A decision to bring four suspects to trial at the International Criminal Court, ICC, for inciting violence in Kenya in 2007-08 has been widely welcomed by rights activists in the country.

At a January 23 hearing in The Hague, ICC judges ruled that four senior Kenyan figures accused of inciting violence following the disputed presidential election of December 2007. Charges against two other suspects were dismissed for lack of evidence.

Maria Saloniki can hardly remember how many times she went to the local traditional healer; how many doctors she consulted; how many words she used to describe her pain. But one thing she clearly remembers is that each time, she returned home without receiving the right kind of treatment and care.