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WHO LENT HIS NAME TO STIEGLER’S GORGE?
by Rolf D. Baldus Stiegler in camp (Source: Günter Kraus / Rolf D. Baldus) A Gorge in Africa’s oldest and largest protected Area The Tanzanian Government is building a large hydroelectric dam at a...
View ArticleNJOMBE CHILD MURDERS
by Ben Taylor Ten children have been reported murdered in Njombe region over the space of a few weeks, with their bodies mutilated. This includes three children, aged five, eight and eleven years, from...
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MANGI MELI REMAINS
Mangi Meli – Photo courtesy of Deutsche Fotothek Traces of Chief Mangi Meli of the Chagga community in Old Moshi can still be found in songs, stories and archives. But his head is missing. As chief for...
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NEW HIGH COMMISSIONER
Mr David Concar, the new High Commissioner (photo FCO) A new British High Commissioner for the UK in Tanzania, Mr David Concar, took up his post in August. Mr Concar previously served as Director of...
View ArticleRISHI SUNAK’S CONNECTION
by Ben Taylor Rishi Sunak’s Tanzanian connections The United Kingdom’s latest Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has roots in Tanzania. His maternal grandparents lived in Tanzania before moving to Britain in...
View ArticleTANZANIAN DIES IN UKRAINE
by Ben Taylor Tanzanian citizen dies fighting in Ukraine Nenes Tarimo, a Tanzanian citizen fighting for Russia in the Donbas region of Ukraine, has died at the age of 33. His family received official...
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REBECA GYUMI WINS UN HUMAN RIGHTS PRIZE
by Ben Taylor Tanzanian gender rights activist, Rebeca Gyumi, has been awarded the prestigious UN Human Rights Prize. Miss Gyumi is the 31-year-old Founder & Executive Director at Msichana...
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FERRY TRAGEDY
by Ben Taylor Over 200 dead in latest Lake Victoria ferry tragedy Rescuers on the upturned hull of the MW Nyerere The MV Nyerere, a ferry operating on Lake Victoria, capsized on September 20th. The...
View ArticleNETWORK MARKETING
Network marketing in Tanzania turns billionaire dreams into nightmares · Global Voices This story by GV Sub-Saharan Africa originally appeared on Global Voices on Jun 28, 2020 – see...
View ArticleDATA PROTECTION ACT
by Ben Taylor In late 2022, the parliament of Tanzania enacted the Personal Data Protection Act – broadly an equivalent to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union and the UK...
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