Tanzania’s Maasai are being forced off their ancestral land – the tactics the government uses: Tanzania has a long and troubling history of evicting communities from their lands. This has happened under the guise of expanding protected conservation areas, which make up over 40% of its territory. In recent years, the Maasai of the Ngorongoro …
Tanzania’s dams: flood risk depends on how they’re planned and operated: The Rufiji River, which drains into Tanzania’s south-east coast, experienced a major wave of flooding in April 2024. The flooding caused tragic loss of life and affected at least 88,000 individuals. More than 28,000 hectares of crops were damaged. There has been much debate …
Tanganyika and Zanzibar: Tanzania’s 60-year-old union may need a restructure: On 26 April 2024, Tanzania celebrated 60 years of the union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar. The union, which created the present-day United Republic of Tanzania, stands out among the longest lasting political arrangements of its kind in Africa, and has shaped the country’s construction of …
President Hassan is the face of Tanzania’s reform agenda. But she needs to carry the country with her: After two years in power, President Samia Suluhu Hassan has consolidated her political base, opened up the media space and increased the number of women in public appointments. But Tanzania is not yet out of the woods. …
Tanzania’s gas boom that never was – when local hopes are dashed by global realities: A flashy new administrative office opened in Mtwara in 2013 to serve vocational training centres throughout southern Tanzania. Grahamcole Rising international commodity prices can shape or reshape the fortunes of places. When large mining and oil and gas prospectors suddenly …
Tanzania’s tomato harvest goes to waste: solar-powered cold storage could be a sustainable solution: Post harvest losses are rampant in several parts of Africa Wikimedia Commons Feeding Africa’s growing population is a big development challenge for governments, policy makers and agriculture experts. Adding to the challenge is the high level of food loss and waste …
Evicting people from Tanzania’s Ngorongoro conservation area is a bad idea, there are alternatives: Shutterstock 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 …
Tanzania’s Hassan has put out positive signals: deeper change is yet to come: Tanzania's President Samia Hassan holds up her COVID-19 vaccination card in July 2021. Photo by Stringer/AFP via Getty Images After the death of President John Magufuli on 17 March 2021, Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan became Tanzania’s sixth president, and the first woman …
Tanzania’s Hassan has made changes: but the ruling party retains a tight grip: Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan. Photo by Luke Dray/Getty Images She may have been Tanzania’s ‘accidental president’, but Samia Suluhu Hassan has used her first year in office to cement her power. The way in which she took over the position put …
South Africa in the news: Sitholizwe Mdlalose: Newly appointed Vodacom Tanzania’s managing director: Thomas Mihayo has announced the appointment of Sitholizwe Mdlalose as the new telecom’s managing director. The South Africa’s national is replacing Hisham Hendi, who tendered his resignation early …: “South Africa” – BingNews Khanye questions Percy Tau move: Former Kaizer Chiefs winger …
Tanzania’s Hassan faces her first political test: constitutional reform: Tanzania opposition party leader Freeman Mbowe (centre) after being released from prison in Dar es Salaam in 2020. Photo by Ericky Boniphace/AFP via Getty Images After the death of Tanzania’s president John Pombe Magufuli in March 2021, his successor Samia Suluhu Hassan began her tenure by …
South Africa in the news: Tanzania’s Hassan faces her first political test: constitutional reform: Despite the relative political stability over the years, Tanzania needs a new constitution to address contemporary challenges and strengthen institutions.: “South Africa” – BingNews ‘He’s lost the plot!’: South Africa coach Rassie Erasmus leaves fans stunned after his ‘bizarre’ and ’embarrassing’ …
Tanzania’s ‘forgotten’ cyclones and concerns for the future: Cyclone Kenneth caused significant damage to Mozambique, the Comoros Islands and Tanzania in 2019. EMIDIO JOZINE/AFP via Getty Images A cyclone, known as Jobo, made landfall near Dar es Salaam in late April. By this point it had weakened to a tropical depression and impacts were, thankfully, …
Tanzania’s new president faces a tough ‘to do’ list: President Samia Suluhu Hassan attends the funeral of her predecessor president John Magufuli on March 26, 2021 in Chato, Tanzania. Photo by Luke Dray/Getty Images A major political transition is under way in Tanzania after the laying to rest of former president John Pombe Magufuli. The …
In Magufuli’s shadow: the stark choices facing Tanzania’s new president: New Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan during her swearing-in. Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images The sudden death of Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli has thrown the East African nation into a period of political uncertainty. Vice-president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, has been sworn in as …
South Africa in the news: Children among five dead in ‘stampede’ to view body of Tanzania’s ex-president: The four children were aged between seven and 12. Five people, including four children, have died in a suspected stampede during a public viewing of the body of former Tanzanian. The tragedy occurred …: “South Africa” – BingNews …
Tanzania’s Samia Hassan has the chance to heal a polarised nation: Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan inspects a military parade following her swearing-in as the country's first female president on March 19, 2021 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. AFP via Getty Images Samia Suluhu Hassan becomes the first female president in Tanzania taking over from …
South Africa in the news: Death of Tanzania’s Magufuli draws sorrow but ire from some: News of the death of Tanzania’s President John Magufuli drew mixed reactions; sorrow from many but bitterness from a critic who said he suffered during the president’s rule which he said shrank the co …: “South Africa” – BingNews A …