Africa News Update
Tanzania: Political will vital for farmers to benefit from EAC common market
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) - The government needs to go an extra mile to help farmers benefit from the East African Common Market (EAC-CM), farmers say. Read >
Thursday, 26 August 2010
The Citizen (Tanzania)
Tanzania: Obama lauds Tanzania for successful Zanzibar vote
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) - US President Barack Obama has commended Tanzania following the successful holding of the referendum that will pave way for the formation of a government of national unity in Zanzibar. Read >
Thursday, 19 August 2010
The Citizen (Tanzania)
Tanzania: Serengeti highway to go ahead, president says
Nairobi (Kenya) — The international green activists' campaign against construction of a highway in the Serengeti National Park has suffered a major blow - the head of state says the project will go on. Read >
Tuesday, 17 August 2010
The East African (Kenya)
Tanzania: Zanzibar renews bid for independence
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) — The Zanzibar House of Representative's emergency session began last week to discuss constitutional changes to enable the formation of 'Government of national unity' of the two rival parties of Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and the Civic United Front (CUF). Read >
Tuesday, 17 August 2010
East African Business Week (Uganda)
Tanzania: Oil prospects get even brighter
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) - A recently concluded geological assessment in Tanzania's Southern offshore deep oil exploration project has shown prospective resource potentials of over a billion barrels of oil and gas. Read >
Tuesday, 29 June 2010
The Citizen (Tanzania)
Tanzania: Outcry over plan to build road through Serengeti
Nairobi (Kenya) — The Tanzanian government's plan to build a road linking Arusha and Musoma is being opposed by wildlife advocates in the United States and other developed countries who warn that the route will disrupt the wildebeest migration and thus badly damage Tanzania's tourism-dependent economy. Read >
Monday, 21 June 2010
The East African (Kenya)
Tanzania: Unlocking growth potential - what continent needs
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) - Global business executives, top decision makers and political leaders, including their host, President Jakaya Kikwete, last night outlined at a major conference in Dar es Salaam, some of the key areas that need to be seriously looked into to help unlock Africa's vast growth potential. Read >
Thursday, 06 May 2010
The Citizen (Tanzania)
Tanzania: Country to go nuclear with uranium mining
Nairobi (Kenya) — Tanzania is to begin uranium mining and processing within three years, following the announcement of two commercial discoveries in the central and southern regions of the country. Read >
Tuesday, 13 April 2010
The East African (Kenya)
Tanzania: Capitalism or socialism - which way?
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) - African scholars meeting in Dar es Salaam have failed to agree on which economic model is suitable for the continent in the aftermath of global economic meltdown. The discussion ensued yesterday on the first day of Mwalimu Julius Nyerere intellectual festival week. Read >
Tuesday, 13 April 2010
The Citizen (Tanzania)