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US support for Tanzania's electrical power sector

Energy 12 Jun, 2011

Hillary Clinton, the US secretary state, has pledged support for Tanzania

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Dar es Salaam hosts international communication meet

Media 09 Jun, 2011

Dar es Salaam is hosting the Tanzania Marketing Communications Conference 2011 on 24 June. The international meeting will be attended by up to 200 professionals who will listen to experts from Nigeria...

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Copper smelting not commercially viable in Tanzania

Infrastructure 06 Jun, 2011

Copper concentrates from Tanzanian gold mines will continue being exported because there is not a sufficient quantity to warrant the establishment of a smelter in the country, the chief executive offi...

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Emergency power plant for Dar es Salaam

Infrastructure 05 Jun, 2011

Tanzania Electric Supply Limited (Tanesco) has begun construction of power plants in Dar es Salaam and Mwanza as part of the government

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E-government launched in Dar es Salaam

Economy 31 May, 2011

The Tanzanian government has launched an electronic programme known as e-government to train civil servants in Information Communication Technology (ICT). The announcement was made during the sixth in...

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Shortage of office space in Dar es Salaam

Real Estate 26 May, 2011

Experts have predicted a shortage of office spaces in Dar es Salaam in the coming years. Despite the city

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Serengeti road debate continues

Environment 01 May, 2011

A debate in Dar es Salaam about the construction of the Serengeti highway aired conflicting opinions between the tourist operators, against the road, and the Maasai and Kurya communities, which suppor...

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Changes to Tanzania’s hunting rules

Environment 03 Apr, 2011

New regulations governing the allocation of Tanzanian hunting areas or "blocks" and their increased prices have been announced by the government. The new scheme will see the amount of blocks raised fr...

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Save the Serengeti Day

Environment 21 Mar, 2011

The first Serengeti International Day on 19 March set up a series of new initiatives to stop the Tanzanian government building a road through the Serengeti Park. Italy, Germany and Australia are now...

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Sugar seminar in Dar es Salaam

Food and Agriculture 05 Mar, 2011

Organised by the European Union, the EU-Africa Regional Sugar Seminar takes place on 8-10 March at the Sea Cliff Hotel in Dar es Salaam. The seminar provides an opportunity for African stakeholders an...

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Sugar seminar in Dar es Salaam

Food and Agriculture 06 Feb, 2011

Organised by the European Union, the EU-Africa Regional Sugar Seminar takes place on 8-10 March at the Sea Cliff Hotel in Dar es Salaam. The seminar provides an opportunity for African stakeholders an...

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Expansion of Dar es Salaam port

Transport 30 Jan, 2011

The Tanzanian Ports Authority (TPA) has drawn up plans to expand and modernise the port of Dar es Salaam. As a major gateway to eastern, central and southern Africa, the port handles more than 75 per...

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Illegal foreign traders told to leave Tanzania

Immigrants 20 Jan, 2011

The Tanzanian government has threatened the thousands of illegal foreign street traders with deportation if they do not leave Tanzania within one month. Predominantly Chinese, many of the traders can...

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New flights from Dar es Salaam to Mwanza

Transport 18 Jan, 2011

Airline company Fly 540 has launched direct flights between Dar es Salaam and Mwanza, on the western shores of Lake Victoria. Initially the company will operate 11 flights a week and it is hoped that...

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Tanzania steps up efforts to prevent illegal cross-border migration

Crime 15 Dec, 2010

In order to support efforts against illegal migration and human trafficking in southern Africa the European Union has given its support to a project devised by the Tanzanian government together with t...

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Tanzania faces electricity rationing

Infrastructure 27 Nov, 2010

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Tanzania’s Chadema opposition walks out as Kikwete inaugurates parliament

Politics 18 Nov, 2010

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Kikwete returns to power in Tanzania

Politics 07 Nov, 2010

Jakaya Kikwete was sworn in for his second term as president of Tanzania on 6 November having won 5,276,827 votes or 61.1 per cent of the total turnout. Willibrord Slaa, Kikwete

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Vote counting slow in Tanzanian elections

Politics 01 Nov, 2010

With vote counting going slowly after the presidential and parliamentary elections in Tanzania on 31 October tension is rising across the country. The incumbent president, Jakaya Kikwete, for the...

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Tanzanians ready for 2010 elections

Politics 29 Oct, 2010

Tanzanians go to the polls on 31 October to elect the president and 232 new members of parliament, or Bunge. Jakaya Kikwete, the incumbent president, for the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party (CCM)...

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Tanzania goes to the polls

Politics 29 Oct, 2010

Wilibrord Peter Slaa, born on 29 October 1948 at Kwermusi, Mbulu, in the region of Arusha, is the strongest opposition candidate for the presidency of Tanzania in the elections on 31 October. He repre...

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Tanzanian government threatens Mwananchi newspaper

Media 19 Oct, 2010

The Tanzanian government is threatening to suspend the registration of the country

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Kikwete loses ground to opposition parties in Tanzanian election campaign

Politics 17 Oct, 2010

With less than two weeks to go before the presidential and parliamentary elections in Tanzania on 31 October the polls disagree about how far the incumbent president Jakaya Kikwete is ahead in the rac...

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Kihansi Toad population doubles in Dar es Salaam

Animals 15 Oct, 2010

Following the return of the critically endangered Kihansi Spray Toads from specialist zoos in the United States to Tanzania two months ago, their numbers in the University of Dar es Salaam

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Fistula awareness campaign launched in Tanzania

Health 15 Oct, 2010

It is estimated that there are about 3,000 new cases of obstetric fistula a year in Tanzania, and only about 800 women a year who manage to get help and surgery for what is often a severe physical and...

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Kihansi Toad population doubles in Dar es Salaam

Environment 14 Oct, 2010

Following the return of the critically endangered Kihansi Spray Toads from specialist zoos in the United States to Tanzania two months ago, their numbers in the University of Dar es Salaam

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Kihansi Toad population doubles in Dar es Salaam

Environment 14 Oct, 2010

Following the return of the critically endangered Kihansi Spray Toads from specialist zoos in the United States to Tanzania two months ago, their numbers in the University of Dar es Salaam

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Kihansi Toad population doubles in Dar es Salaam

Environment 13 Oct, 2010

Following the return of the critically endangered Kihansi Spray Toads from specialist zoos in the United States to Tanzania two months ago, their numbers in the University of Dar es Salaam

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Kihansi Toad population doubles in Dar es Salaam

Entertainment 13 Oct, 2010

Following the return of the critically endangered Kihansi Spray Toads from specialist zoos in the United States to Tanzania two months ago, their numbers in the University of Dar es Salaam

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Mobile phone rates cut in Tanzania

Economy 27 Sep, 2010

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