June 12, 2007
Tanzania: Down the Road to Neo-Liberalism
Issa Shivji, one of Tanzania's premier scholars, has published a new book which provides an introspective look at contemporary politics and social change in Tanzania during a… Read more »
April 25, 2007
Africa: Scaling Up Bed Net Production to Fight Malaria
As Africa Malaria Day 2007 approached, AllAfrica talked to Robin Slatter, business development manager for global vector control at Sumitomo Chemical, which is manufacturing… Read more »
Tanzania: We Can Beat Malaria Now
Today we commemorate Africa Malaria Day around the globe. Malaria transmitting mosquitoes have thrived in the sub-Saharan African climate and left countless families, villages and… Read more »
December 21, 2006
Africa: Technology, Entertainment, Design Conference (TED) to Convene in East Africa
In the shadow of one of the world's most iconic mountains, several hundred people will gather in Tanzania this June in a global version of the annual gathering in Monterey,… Read more »
December 06, 2006
Africa: Tommy Boys, Lesbian Men and Ancestral Wives: Female Sex Practices in Africa
This book is a compilation of articles on the experiences of lesbian women in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland. The stories were born out of the… Read more »
August 24, 2006
Ghana: Women's Rights in Ghana, Uganda, and Tanzania
Voices of African Women: Women's Rights in Ghana, Uganda, and Tanzania Read more »
August 04, 2006
Tanzania: Rough Guide to the Music of Tanzania
Rough Guide to the Music of Tanzania (Various Artists) Read more »
July 03, 2006
Tanzania: Hali Halisi: Rap as an Alternative Medium in Tanzania
Hali Halisi: Rap as an Alternative Medium in Tanzania Read more »
July 14, 2005
Tanzania: Coffee Producer, Fair Trade Advocate, Has U.S. Roots and Pedigree
Promotion of "fair trade" has become an increasingly important strategy of the campaign to alleviate global poverty. While consumers in developed countries have become more aware… Read more »
June 21, 2005
Tanzania: Innovative Hospital Rehabilitation Project Aims to Improve Care
An innovative rehabilitation project for Tanzania's leading public hospital has improved the quality of the nation's health care, paved the way for a national anti-retroviral drug… Read more »
June 12, 2005
Africa: G8 Debt Agreement to Benefit 23 African Countries; Separate Deal for Nigeria Mooted
The agreement on 100% debt relief for developing countries announced by finance ministers from the eight largest industrial nations on Saturday initially benefits 14 nations in… Read more »
June 16, 2004
Africa: Media Messages on Health and HIV/Aids Target At-Risk African Youth
Messages created by and for young people have become a centerpiece of efforts to educate teens about health risks. Organizers of those campaigns say they are potent tools for… Read more »
December 03, 2002
Africa: Education for all a priority for Africa, say ministers
"Education is the key to life!" Smiling schoolgirls from Zanaki Secondary, in Tanzanias commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, said it all. Welcoming African education ministers, and… Read more »
East Africa: Tanzanian President Optimistic About Burundi Ceasefire Accord
A ceasefire agreement was signed early Tuesday between the warring parties in Burundi. The peace deal commits the government of President Pierre Buyoya and the rebel Forces for… Read more »
August 10, 2002
Africa: Tanzania Minister Denies S.African Domination of Nepad
One of the decisions at the recent summit of the African Union (AU) in Durban, South Africa was that the regional implementation commissions of the New Partnership for Africas… Read more »
May 23, 2001
East Africa: Tanzania Claims Role of 'Honest Broker' Behind the Scenes
Tanzania stands out in the Great Lakes region as one of the few countries that is not in turmoil. Instead, this large East African country is an oasis of relative peace - home to… Read more »
May 08, 2001
Africa: Tanzania President Appeals for End to African Conflicts
Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa has called on African leaders to exhibit political will in a bid to end the many conflicts on the continent. Read more »
April 29, 2001
Africa: IMF, Bank Are Finally Listening, Say African Finance Ministers
African anger over tough and "dogmatic" conditions imposed by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund is absent from the Bretton Woods institutions' spring meetings for the… Read more »
October 05, 2000
Tanzania: Dense Tapestries of Sound By Hukwe Zawose
Artist: Hukwe Zawose CD: Tanzania Yetu (Triple Earth, 1985) CD: Chibite (Real World/Caroline Carol 2358-2, 1996) Read more »