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Africa Central Africa World 

Tanzania to send back 200,000 Burundian refugees

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Tanzania will in October this year send back some 200,000 Burundian refugees. Burundi and Tanzania agreed to this move stating that the repatriation of these refugees would start on October 1. The refugees settled in the Nyarugusu, Nduta and Mtendeli camps in Tanzania’s south-western province of Kigoma. Interior Minister in Bujumbura, Pascal Barandagiye, told journalists that the agreement for the… Read More
Africa East Africa World 

Over 60 people killed in fuel tanker explosion in Tanzania

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A fuel tanker explosion in Tanzania has killed at least 60 people. Over 60 others have sustained severe injuries after the tanker exploded in the town of Morogoro, around 120 miles west of the capital Dar es Salaam. Reports say residents were trying to siphon fuel from the vehicle, which had overturned when the blast happened. A witness, Daniel Ngogo… Read More
Africa West Africa World 

The woman climbing Kilimanjaro for African children

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A Ghanaian woman is on a mission to climb Kilimanjaro to raise awareness about online safety. Awo Aidam Amenya is advocating and pushing for the protection of children online. Amenya is also the executive director of the organization, Child Online Africa. She wants to use the project to also raise funds for more advocacy works. In statement Amenya said she… Read More
Africa Business East Africa World 

Tanzania is building fourth largest hydro dam in Africa

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Tanzania is starting the process of building the fourth largest hydro dam in Africa and the ninth largest in the world. Tanzanian President John Magufuli is to lay the foundation stone for the construction of Stiegler’s Gorge hydroelectric power project. The project according to government officials will cost $3 billion. The 2,115 megawatts hydroelectric dam when completed will produce 5,920GWh… Read More
Africa East Africa World 

Changing gender in Tanzania costs ‘$100 a month’

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There are many people making the move to change their gender but it comes with a cost. In Tanzania, it could cost as much as $100 a month to take the injections needed to alter your hormones to change the body. A trans person transitioning to become a man has told the BBC that it is costing her $100 a… Read More
Kwame Nkrumah Africa OP-ED 

Africa Has Failed Africans; Western Enemy Has Become a Friend While We Turn Against Ourselves

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Where is that love our ancestors had for Africa? If you differed with Kamuzu Banda in the late 1960s to 70s Tanzania’s Kambarage Julius Nyerere would welcome you. If you argued with Robert Mugabe then Joshua Mkomo and his followers could be welcome in Botswana. If you could not agree with fellow Africans elsewhere there was always a place to… Read More
Burundi East Africa 

Burundi: Regional leaders must prioritize ongoing human rights crisis

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The East African Community (EAC) must prioritize ending human rights violations in Burundi, and provide the renewed political leadership and commitment needed to end the crisis, said Amnesty International today in an open letter to the bloc’s leaders, ahead of their summit on 20 May in the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam. Read More
Magufuli East Africa 

Tanzania: John Magufuli declares ‘Media freedom has limits’

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The much heralded John Magufuli, President United Republic of Tanzania, has raised serious concerns by his statement declaring that “Media freedom has limits” during oath taking ceremony of his cabinet ministers.   PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter urged the government to take decisive action for the freedom of media and avoid restrictive approach to press freedom. Read More
Tobacco Farming in Malawi Green Tech Health Advice Southern Africa 

Efforts of the Tobacco Industry in Southern Africa to Support Sustainability

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The production and consumption of tobacco and tobacco products are firmly in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) regulatory crosshairs and with good reason; however, this is not likely to prevent people from smoking. While the WHO is welcome to put forward arguments and provide evidence on the dangers of exposure to tobacco smoke and use of tobacco products, it remains… Read More