The Port of Dar es Salaam has acquired four new cranes, a move the Tanzania Port Authority has said should result in decongestion and enhanced efficiency. Read more »

Aid agencies are working around the clock to provide basic services such as water, food and shelter to thousands of people displaced by recent violence. Read more »

A health disaster deepens in the state of Jonglei as violence escalates and medical facilities are targeted and destroyed, according to a report by Médecins Sans Frontières. Read more »

Children are caught in the frontlines as clashes between M23 rebels and government soldiers continue in eastern Congo, with reports of water and food scarcities, and many having to ... Read more »

Mosques in Masaka district are under tight surveillance by the army and police, after a suspected rebel pointed them out as recruitment centres for Allied Democratic Forces, a ... Read more »

The United States of America has assured Uganda it will not cut Aid it has been extending to them. Through Ambassador Scott H DeLisi, the United States will work with several ... Read more »

A parody of traditional aid campaign trailers is not only causing chuckles but raising eyebrows as well. Read more »

The elderly, lack "adequate formal social protection," the Acting Chairperson of Tanzania Social Workers Organization has said. Statistics have shown that there are approximately ... Read more »

Of the eight Millennium Development Goals, the least progress has been made on ensuring adequate access to sanitation for the 15 percent of the world's population still defecating ... Read more »

Chronic malnutrition affects as much as two-thirds of inmates in some prisons and is the most common cause of deaths amid overcrowding and poor funding. Read more »