Tanzania: Region's Tearful Month

Dar es Salaam — When will this senseless loss of life stop? And just how many lives would it cost to end the catastrophic disasters that appear to have found a permanent home in East Africa? These are the questions that East Africans are asking as the world's attention is focused on Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda, where shocking calamities have happened in recent weeks, some of them man-made, claiming at least 500 lives in a span of days.

In an unprecedented sequence, the region has been witnessing ominous tragedies, including the sinking of MV Spice Islander 1 in Zanzibar last week, believed to have killed nearly 1,000 people, although only 203 bodies have been recovered so far.

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