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January 21, 2010
IRIN: humanitarian news and analysis
   TANZANIA: Floods affect 28,000 in central regions -- At least 28,000 people are dependent on emergency food and other relief supplies in the central Tanzanian regions of Dodoma and Morogoro following floods, which also damaged transport infrastructure, according to officials.
 
December 01, 2009
New Internationalist
   Hunted down -- Maasai evicted so foreigners might play
 
September 06, 2009
www.guardian.co.uk
   Tanzania: Tourism is a curse -- The Masai have been herding cattle across the great plains of Tanzania for generations, their nomadic lifestyle helping to preserve the wildlife of East Africa. Now, they are being forcibly evicted so that tour operators can turn their homelands into vast "nature refuges" for wealthy holiday makers
 
January 15, 2009
Ratio-Magazine
   Tanzania: Slowing Down EAC Integration over Land Concerns? -- In its objections to proposed land and passport regulations at the latest East Africa Legislative Assembly session, Tanzania reveals a longstanding reluctance to fully commit to an accelerated regional integration in the East African Community (EAC). However, is this really about land? What are the options for Tanzania – in or out?
 
January 15, 2009
Irin: humanitarian news and analysis
   TANZANIA: Counterfeit drugs put lives at risk -- The busy Kariakoo market in the Tanzanian capital is stocked with knock-off merchandise - from imported car parts to handbags – and traders from across Africa come to buy cheap imports to sell at home.
 
June 16, 2008
BBC News
   Africa 'needs an extra $40bn aid' -- Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has said Africa faces an aid shortfall of $40bn (£26bn).
 
October 25, 2007
BBC World News
   Driving to save lives in rural Tanzania -- Emmanuel Salim makes what could be a life-saving call on a crackling radio from Wandela village deep in Manyara region in rural Tanzania.
 
June 17, 2007
New York Times
   What Does Africa Need Most: Technology or Aid? -- At TED Global 2007, I witnessed one small skirmish in a larger ideological conflict between those who believe that Africa needs more and better international aid, and those who think entrepreneurialism and technology will lift the continent out of poverty and thus reduce its miseries.
 
May 10, 2007
IRIN
   TANZANIA: RVF death toll rises -- Authorities in Tanzania are still struggling to control an outbreak of Rift Valley Fever (RVF), a highly contagious viral disease that infects livestock and humans, which has spread to 10 of the country's administrative regions in four months and killed more than 100 people.
 
May 09, 2007
IRIN
   TANZANIA: Government denies rights violations -- anzanian authorities have denied accusations by a human rights agency that their expulsion of refugees and immigrants from neighbouring countries amounts to a violation of human rights
 
April 26, 2007
Gardian
   World Bank grants Tanzania $232m credit -- The World Bank has approved a total $232 million in credit to Tanzania to support the government`s strategy for economic growth and poverty reduction.
 
April 26, 2007
IRIN
   TANZANIA: Big drop in malaria cases in the spice isles -- Zanzibar marks its success in fighting malaria with reports of few or no cases in many hospitles
 
April 21, 2007
Gaurdian
   Gov’t signs $65m oil exploration pact in deep sea -- The Tanzanian government, through the Ministry of Energy and Minerals, Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC), has signed an agreement with Statoil AS (Tanzania) for petroleum exploration and production on Block 2 in the deep sea to cost USD65m
 
April 15, 2007
Tanzanian News
   Howard's HIV remarks anger Africans -- Australian Prime Minister John Howard's suggestion that he would consider banning HIV-positive migrants has angered African AIDS experts at an international AIDS workshop.
 
March 27, 2007
IRIN
   TANZANIA: Rift Valley Fever spreads, death toll up -- An outbreak of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) has killed 16 people and infected at least 100 in Tanzania
 
March 22, 2007
irin news
   TANZANIA: Rising TB cases linked to HIV/AIDS -- The number of tuberculosis cases in Tanzania has risen from 39,000 to 64,200 in 2005
 
March 06, 2007
New York Times
   A Biological Hot Spot in Africa, With New Species Still to Discover -- The Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania may not be terribly tall — only half the height of their famous neighbor, Mount Kilimanjaro. But to scientists who tally the planet’s biodiversity, they tower over the rest of the world. The forests that cover their flanks contain the highest density of endangered animals anywhere on earth.
 
March 05, 2007
IRIN
   RWANDA-TANZANIA: Thousands expelled from Tanzania -- Tens of thousands of residents of northwestern Tanzania who speak the Kinyarwanda language have been deported to neighbouring Rwanda in the past nine months after they allegedly refused to acquire resident permits or become naturalised Tanzanians, officials said
 
February 13, 2007
PlusNews
   TANZANIA: Rising prevalence in Zanzibar needs new approach -- HIV prevalence on the semi-autonomous Tanzanian island of Zanzibar is on the rise, prompting officials to call for a more targeted response to HIV/AIDS
 
January 30, 2007
IRIN
   TANZANIA: UN agency plans to shut camps as refugee numbers drop -- The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, plans to close down three camps in Tanzania in 2007 due to a drastic drop in the number of refugees in the country
 
December 18, 2006
IRIN
   TANZANIA: New drive for the environment in Zanzibar -- Lack of awareness and negligence have greatly hindered efforts to protect the environment
 
December 11, 2006
IRIN
   TANZANIA: Zanzibar issues ultimatum over pollution -- In a bid to control pollution of beaches and the Indian Ocean, authorities in Tanzania's semi-autonomous Island of Zanzibar issued an ultimatum on Monday to hotel owners and other investors to install sewage-treatment facilities on their premises or risk being barred from operating
 
October 10, 2006
IRIN
   TANZANIA: Zanzibar winning its fight against malaria -- Health clinics have reported a marked decrease in the incidence of malaria in Zanzibar with the completion of the first phase of an anti-malaria campaign
 
September 06, 2006
IRIN Film & TV
   TANZANIA: Gem Slaves: Tanzanite's child labour -- Everyday, 4000 child miners between the ages of 8 and 14 risk their lives in poorly constructed mine shafts for barely a meal a day
 


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