Tanzania News

“Despite an abundance of energy resources, access to electricity is low in Tanzania - one per cent for rural and 10 per cent overall”

Tanzania has received a $47 million boost for its energy sector from the African Development Fund. via AllAfrica.com

The government of Poland yesterday donated 36 computers to secondary schools in Kilimanjaro Region as part of a strategy to integrate educational institutions in computer-based learning systems. via IPPMEDIA

The hikes in electricity tariffs and service line connection charges announced on Thursday and due to take effect beginning Tuesday next week have come under heavy criticism from members of the business ... via IPPMEDIA

“The project offers great benefits for (S.C. State) faculty and students, and it has given us international recognition”

Project creates books for schools in need in sub-Saharan Africa High school biology students on the East African island of Zanzibar no longer will have to share textbooks after South Carolina State University ... via Post and Courier

“Together we can change the world”

For 7-year-old Keats Boyd, it's not enough to hike up Mount Wilson. Or even to top Mount Whitney, America's tallest continental peak. via Press-Telegram

“The simple explanation for those needless deaths is that everybody is too busy to bail out any other person. There is just no time for people to show love to one another”

The world marked Christmas yesterday with a Christian cleric describing corruption and HIV/AIDS as serious problems whose impact on Tanzania`s social, economic and political development was devastating. via IPPMEDIA

“There's not enough capacity to satisfy demand. We always get the question about global warming. "There are many folks who are really concerned. Most of our American travellers look at the world and say: What's left?”

GLOBAL warming has led to a new travel boom as holidaymakers embrace what tour operators call doomsday tourism - the urge to see the world before its endangered parts disappear forever. via The Age

“We're very grateful for what they are doing and we are especially grateful this year because they are giving up family and friends”

Eight climbers have the tallest free-standing mountain rise in the world ahead of them, but the motivation of helping children in conflict zones around the world will help them make it to the top. via Mississauga

“Tanzanite has played a role in the Indian market since a large number of Indian dealers are involved in its processing and marketing.”

The rich and famous in the US are flaunting their tanzanite jewellery. Film stars like Salma Hayek, Elle MacPherson and Teri Hatcher are wearing it. via New Delhi News.Net

“It wouldn't be the best news to give him before Christmas, I've tried calling him but I can't get through. "Hopefully by the time I do I can tell him it was stolen but that it has been returned safely.”

AN ADVENTUROUS charity worker faces Christmas heartbreak after the motorbike he used to drive unscathed through the lawless badlands of Africa was stolen by opportunist thieves when he returned to Stockport. via StockportExpress.co.uk

The Indian High Commission has declared war on counterfeit products believed to be flooding the Tanzanian market from Asian countries. via IPPMEDIA

Tanzania is yet to decide whether to move as a member of the East African Community or of the Southern Africa Development Community under the Economic Partnership Agreement arrangement, the government has said. via IPPMEDIA

“Iran enjoys codified laws in different judicial fields including personal affairs as well as women and children rights which are based on Islamic teachings”

Iran - Tanzania - Cooperation Iran is ready to share its experiences in the field of judicial affairs with Islamic states, said Judiciary Chief, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi on Sunday. via IRNA

Some district executives who sit in crop prices determination meetings between them and the purchasing companies have shares in the latter firms, an act which has greatly affected the welfare of the farmers. via IPPMEDIA

“South Africa is an important source market in the region other than the East African circuit”

The tourism marketer, Kenya Tourist Board has called on hotel chains to invest in the country. via Financial Standard

See our special feature on Polokwane 2007. By Patrick Laurence As the last salvoes in the struggle for the presidency of the ruling African National Congress echo around South Africa, and delegates assemble to ... via Independent Online

“No obstacle can prevent the expansion of ties between the two countries. Dar Es Salaam and Tehran should promote legal and judicial cooperation in line with their good cultural and economic ties”

Justice Minister Gholamhossein Elham has called for the expansion of bilateral legal and judicial cooperation with Tanzania. via Iran Daily

Paradise is not what comes to mind when most people think of Africa, but many people are discovering just that on a tropical East African island. via 9NEWS

“This is the third wall he has built, and it will last six months. The tides are now so strong that it becomes temporary”

Matemwe's shoreline has receded three meters in 15 years People living close to beaches on the Tanzanian archipelago of Zanzibar fear they will lose their homes to the encroaching waves. via BBC