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In Tanzania, karate classes imbues vigour in people with albinism

In Tanzania where myths and superstition endanger people with albinism, karate classes are boosting their confidence.

Al Jazeera

Report: East Africa pipeline 'breaches banking principles'

Would-be financiers of a planned oil pipeline in Uganda and Tanzania will be in breach of benchmark guidelines on financing big infrastructure projects if they go ahead, according to a report shared with The Associated Press

The Independent UK

Interview: Tanzanian-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, a Nobel laureate

France has an increasing appetite for the work of Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah, whose novels about the brutal impacts of colonialism in Africa, life in exile and endemic racism are a collision of old and new worlds. The Tanzanian-born writer and academic drew on his own experiences as a boy…

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External Affairs Minister Jaishankar meets his counterparts from Tanzania and Solomon Islands; discusses bilateral cooperation

Jaishankar also met Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on the sidelines of the summit.

The Hindu

Tanzania's Masaai demand Indigenous rights in UN framework

Tanzania’s Maasai people, resisting government pressure to leave their ancestral homes in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, have presented their demands for Indigenous land rights to negotiators in Nairobi finalizing the proposed U.N. global biodiversity framework

The Independent UK

‘I stumbled across it’: the push to help Tanzania’s untapped football talent

Michael Noone went to Africa looking for a change and now has an academy for boys and girls in one of Tanzania’s poorest areas

The Guardian - UK

Tanzania charges 20 Maasai with murder after police officer dies during protests

Lawyers say government is attempting to intimidate pastoralists as thousands flee to Kenya amid escalating row over evictions

The Guardian - UK

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Tanzania ruling party now says it 'insists' on constitutional reform

Tanzania’s ruling party said on Wednesday it "insists" on reforming the East African country's constitution after fending off years of sustained pressure by opposition parties and rights groups to do just that.

Reuters

Act on neglected tropical diseases

Earlier this year, world leaders began the process of committing to and endorsing the Kigali Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases. The declaration is a high-level statement meant to mobilise the necessary political will, community commitment, financial resources, and individual action to end NTDs. The Kigali Declaration will be launched at…

Bangkok Post

Paisley man rushed to hospital after Kilimanjaro charity trek leaves him with pneumonia

Stevie Kidd was rushed off the Tanzanian mountain range within hours of reaching the summit. He was diagnosed with pneumonia shortly after in a nearby hospital.

Glasgow Live

Tanzania accused of violent eviction attempts against Maasai

Tanzania’s government is accused of using violence against Maasai herders protesting efforts to evict them from one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations

The Independent UK

In Tanzania, the Maasai fight eviction over state conservation plot

To the Maasai, the land is an ancestral asset fundamental to their pastoralist lifestyle but the state has other plans.

Al Jazeera

Opinion: From Kigoma to Kyiv, refugees everywhere deserve quality health care

After visiting Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania, two trainees in medicine and public health at Johns Hopkins reflect on disparities in the quality of medical and surgical care provided to refugees.

WEKU

Maasai leaders arrested in protests over Tanzanian game reserve

Dozens wounded in clashes with police over eviction from ancestral lands to make way for hunting and safaris

The Guardian - UK

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Oman, Tanzaina Set up Joint Investment Fund

Oman and Tanzania have set up a mutual investment fund that aims to invest in several sectors, including agriculture, fishing and mining, the Sultanate's Foreign Minister, Badr al-Busaidi, announced on Monday. Busaidi expected the volume of bilateral trade exchange to increase in the future as both countries have signed several…

Daily Record

Mining firm prospecting for rare metals in Kirkcudbrightshire hits a snag

Walkabout Resources, which is examining the potential for mining the Galloway Hills, has hit a financial roadblock in Tanzania

The Times of India

Sunil Gavaskar named Goodwill Ambassador of Zanzibar

MUMBAI: In yet another feather in his highly decorated cap, Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar has been named as the Goodwill Ambassador of Zanzibar, an autonomous region of Tanzania in East Africa.

The Guardian - UK

Tony Fitzjohn obituary

Wildlife conservationist who devoted his life to Tanzania’s Mkomazi national park

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Rats trained to find earthquake survivors buried under rubble in bid to save lives

Research scientist Dr Donna Kean, 33, from Glasgow, has been training rats in Tanzania, East Africa. She said the animals can get into small spaces and are 'perfect for search and rescue-type work'

Al Jazeera

Four of eight missing miners found dead in Burkina Faso

Six of the missing men are Burkina Faso nationals, one is from Tanzania and another from Zambia.

The Times of India

Peddler arrested from Hyderabad airport ingests 108 heroin capsules

HYDERABAD: Customs officials have arrested a drug peddler from Tanzania at Rajiv Gandhi International (RGI) Airport and seized 1,389 grams of heroin worth 11.5 crore. The peddler has ingested capsules containing the contraband and customs sleuths had to get them purged under medical supervision. Incidentally, this was the second case…

The Hindu

A total of 108 capsules of heroin worth ₹11.53 crore seized from Tanzania national at Hyderabad Airport

These capsules were cut opened and the smuggled Heroin weighed 1389.100gm and valued at ₹11.53 crore

Al Jazeera

‘Back online’: Tanzania’s president rights predecessor’s wrongs

President Samia Hassan is mending frayed relations with the West and getting neglected projects back on stream.

Radio France Internationale

The tale of Lake Victoria's 'Saviour Fish'

On an island in Lake Victoria, Tanzania, fishermen are barely eking out a living, where a crisis due to a combination of factors, including climate change and overfishing, has changed the fabric of the community. Journalist Mark Weston spent two years living on Ukerewe Island and wrote The Saviour Fish,…

The Conversation

Evicting people from Tanzania's Ngorongoro conservation area is a bad idea, there are alternatives

The Ngorongoro Conservation Area in northern Tanzania is a spectacular area made up of expansive plains, forests and savanna. It’s also home to a huge caldera – a depression that forms when a volcano erupts and collapses – known as the Ngorongoro Crater.

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