Tanzania: The Ocean Creeps in - Tanzanian Coastal Communities Fight a Losing Battle

What started with a 'salty' cup of tea ended with one couple losing their home to climate-change-induced rising sea levels. Solutions, like sea walls, restoration of mangroves, and… Read more »

Tanzania: International Women's Day, 2025 - in Zanzibar, Women Turn the Tide With Sponge Farming

In the early morning, as the tide pulls away, Zulfa Abdallah ties her scarf tightly around her head. She adjusts her goggles, places a snorkel across her forehead, and wades into… Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzanian Speaker Calls for Urgent Investment in Youth to Harness Demographic Dividend

Speaker of the Tanzanian Parliament and President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Tulia Akson, has called for bold and immediate investments in young people to unlock the… Read more »

Tanzania: How Tanzania's Farmers, Pastoralists Paid the Price for a World Bank Project

A hush had fallen over Mbarali District, but it was not the quiet of peace--it was the silence of uncertainty. Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzanians With HIV Left in Crisis As USAID Funding Ends

At 9 a.m. on Monday, Mariam Msemwa clutched her clinic card tightly as she stood in line at Bagamoyo District Hospital's HIV Clinic in Tanzania's coastal region. The 19-year-old… Read more »

Tanzania: Pemba's Woman Salt Farmers Forge Livelihoods Amid Climate Woes

For female artisanal salt farmers in Pemba, salt production is both their livelihood and their struggle. In this deeply patriarchal Muslim community, the gleaming piles of white… Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzania's Disaster Preparedness - a Nation On Edge

As the dust settled over Kariakoo's bustling streets, Halima Abdallah's voice trembled through the cracks of a collapsed four-story building. "Help me, please! I don't get air,"… Read more »

Tanzania: How an App Transformed Farming for Rural Tanzanian Women

In the sun-scorched soils of Moshi, where every drop of rain counts, two female farmers have defied the odds through technology. Mwajuma Rashid Njau and Mumii Rajab, once locked in… Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzanian Students Drive Climate Action Through Tree Planting

The act of planting trees offers more than shade and fruit. It symbolizes a deeper mission--restoring soil, preserving water, and, for these students, living in Tanzania's northern… Read more »

Tanzania: A Glimpse Into Tanzania's Political Turmoil Ahead of 2025 Election

At a rally to mark International Youth Day on August 12 in Tanzania's southern Mbeya region, John Mnyika stood with a determined expression, addressing his supporters. The air was… Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzania's Maasai Women Adopt Climate-Smart Solutions to Tame Drought

In the scorching sun of Mikese village in Tanzania's eastern Mvomero district, 31-year-old Maria Naeku tirelessly tends to her small vegetable patch. Each time she pulls a weed,… Read more »

Tanzania: How Climate-Smart Strategies Revitalized Tanzania's Livestock Sector

In a quest for survival, farmers and pastoralists living in Oldonyo Sambu, Tanzania's northern Maasai Steppe, used to fight over every drop of water. However, 12 villages have now… Read more »