Tanzania: Emergency Crews Continue Rescue Ops in Deadly Dar es Salaam Building Collapse

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Africa: Peer Power - How Youth-Led Outreach Can Transform PrEP Access in Tanzania #HIVR4P2024

Margareth Mwakilasa, an assistant research fellow at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences in Tanzania and a PhD student in Global Health at University College Dublin,… Read more »

Tanzania: U.S. Embassy in Tanzania Closed Due to Regional Internet Outage

The U.S. Embassy in Tanzania was forced to close its doors to the public for two days due to a widespread internet outage affecting several East African countries, reports BBC… Read more »

Tanzania: Mabinti Centre - Place of Hope Offers Dignity After Fistula

Anastasia Majasho's journey with obstetric fistula began during her second pregnancy. Prolonged labor led to complications, and despite a previous cesarean scar, a vaginal delivery… Read more »

Tanzania: Meet Zuhura Ahmed, A Young Leader in Climate Action

The fight against climate change is seeing women emerge as powerful leaders around the globe, and Tanzania is no different. At the WomenLift Health conference in Dar es Salaam,… Read more »

Africa: WomenLift Health Conference Aims to Break Down Barriers for Women in Global Leadership

The vibrant city of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania becomes a focal point for a global revolution this weekend. An international global movement for women in health leadership converges… Read more »

Tanzania: President Suluhu's Condolence Message After Former PM Lowassa's Death

Former Tanzania PM Lowassa died in Dar es Salaam on February 10. Read more »

Tanzania: Govt Confirms Death of Second Student in Israel

A Tanzanian student, Joshua Mollel, initially reported missing after a Hamas attack on an Israeli kibbutz in October 2023, has been confirmed dead by the Tanzanian government,… Read more »

South Africa: Africa's First HIV Vaccine Trial Fails

An experimental HIV vaccine trial conducted in South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda was prematurely terminated due to preliminary findings indicating the vaccine would not be… Read more »

Africa: End Child Marriage - 'Ensure Perpetrators Are Blamed and Shamed, And Not The Girl'

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Africa: Lack of Empathy for Girls Fuels Tension Between Reconciling Families vs Enforcing Laws on GBV

On the Day of a Girl Child, 11th October, I received a message from Girls Not Brides, inquiring if I am available to speak during the visit of Michelle Obama, Melinda French Gates… Read more »

Uganda: Regional Court Throws Out Multi-Billion EACOP Challenge

On Wednesday, November 29, 2023, a regional court reportedly dismissed a legal challenge to a multibillion-dollar oil pipeline project between Tanzania and Uganda, which has drawn… Read more »

East Africa: Kenya's Cargo Battle Plan - Keeping Tanzania at Bay

Kenya initiated a series of measures to revitalize its cargo business at its ports, challenged by competition from the port of Dar es Salaam, reports The East African. Read more »

Tanzania: Urgent Calls for Safe Return of Tanzanians Allegedly Held by Hamas

The Israeli government officially identified two Tanzanians, Joshua Loitu Mollel and Clemence Felix Mtenga, as being held captive by Hamas since the attack that occurred on October… Read more »

Africa: Two Tanzanians and One South African Held Hostage By Hamas, Says Israel

In the aftermath of the October 7 bombings in Israel, Hamas has reportedly taken 224 hostages, including two Tanzanians and a South African, according to the Israeli… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Wants to Support Decarbonisation and New Energy Access in Africa - US Dept Energy's Volz

Joshua Volz, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe, Eurasia, Africa, Middle East in the US Department of Energy, is in Cape Town, South Africa, for Africa Energy Week, and his… Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzanian Brothers Advance to America's Got Talent Grand Finals

Two Tanzanian performing artists, known as the Ramadhani Brothers, Fadhili, 26, and Ibrahim, 36,  have advanced to the grand finals of the America's Got Talent (AGT) TV show. Read more »

Africa: The Global North Should Focus on Climate Accountability, Not Just Compensation

Vast swathes of ancient forest are cut for timber. Oil is endlessly extracted from wells cut deep in the ground. And as countless species are irrecoverably driven to extinction,… Read more »

Tanzania: Weaving a Sustainable Future with African Youth at the Helm

"We had to make a statement that Africa does not want to be victims of climate change, but rather champions of climate action." Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzania Denies Claims of Smuggling Wildlife to the Middle East

The Tanzanian airports regulator denied permitting the smuggling of wildlife from a park in the northern part of the country to Middle Eastern countries, BBC reports. Read more »

Africa: African Climate Summit - Who Has Shaped the Agenda?

"Africa must not be denied its rightful place at the table." Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzanian Govt Ordered to Pay Australian Firm Over U.S.$100 Million

The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) reportedly ordered the Tanzania government to pay more than U.S.$109-million to a group of companies… Read more »

Tanzania: Men Wearing Braids Violates Law and Morals - Zanzibar Govt

Days after authorities in Zanzibar said men are banned from braiding their hair on the island, Minister of Information, Youth, Culture, and Sports Tabia Maulid Mwita, apologised… Read more »

Southern Africa: Pope Francis Names 3 New African Cardinals

Three new cardinals from the continent have been named by Pope Francis - Archbishop  Stephen Ameyu Martin  of Juba in South Sudan, Archbishop  Protase Rugambwa, the… Read more »

Africa: Innovations in Agriculture Can Drive Climate- Change Mitigations

The agricultural sector is a significant contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, responsible for an estimated 19-29 percent, according to the World Bank. This figure… Read more »