] SERIKALI imesema kwamba msongamano wa ndege zinazosubiri kutua au kuruka katika Kiwanja cha Ndege cha Kimataifa cha Julius Nyerere umepungua baada ya kufanyika kwa ukarabati mkubwa ambao umeongeza uwezo wa kuhudumia ndege 30 kwa saa badala ya nane. ** ** Kauli hiyo ilitolewa leo (jana) na Waziri wa Uchukuzi, Omari Nundu katika sherehe ya kuadhimisha siku ya kimataifa…
> ADDIS ABABA – With your indulgence, I’m going to deviate from the assigned > topic. I shall address the Millennium Development Goals, but not in the > way that was anticipated. There are two reasons. First, I want to speak in > an unusually personal way, and from the heart, and in a fashion that > leaves no…
Kama sehemu ya Maadhimisho ya mika 50 ya Uhuru wa Tanzania Bara, wanahabari 10 wanapanda Mlima Kilimanjaro kwa mwaliko wa Hifadhi za Taifa (TANAPA). Jana (Jumanne) wanahabari hao ambao wako chini ya uongozi wa Pascal Shelutete ambaye ni Meneja Uhusiano wa TANAPA, walifanikiwa kufika katika kituo cha pili cha kupanda Mlima huo kiitwacho Horombo. Wanahabari hao wanategemea kufika kileleni…
LONDON, UK; WASHINGTON, DC, December 8, 2011 – Heightened global risk perceptions in the aftermath of the financial crisis, fueled by sovereign credit risk in the developed world and political crises in the Middle East and North Africa, have increased investor\’s concerns, according to a new report by the World Bank\’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. However, the report, World…
CNN MULTICHOICE AFRICAN JOURNALIST AWARDS 2012 **NOW OPEN FOR ENTRIES** CNN International and MultiChoice competition is now open to receive entries for CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2012 Awards. Over the past 17 years, the competition has grown in size and status to become Africa’s most prestigious media event. In 2011, a ‘Highlights Programme’ of the awards was broadcast in…
Moscow, 6 December 2011 – Renaissance Capital, the leading emerging markets investment bank, has issued a groundbreaking report analysing the eurozone crisis and the reasons that prompted it. When I’m 67 , authored by Charles Robertson, Renaissance Capital’s Global Chief Economist, and the Firm’s award-winning global research team, argues that excessive public pension spending (accounting for nearly one-third of…
News Release | KOFI ANNAN WELCOMES COMMITMENT TO INVESTMENT IN CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE Durban, South Africa, – In a keynote speech at the High Level Panel on Climate Smart Agriculture – Africa: A Call to Action, former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Chairman of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), will welcome investment in climate-smart initiatives in…
DURBAN (4 December 2011)—A new wave of deforestation is sweeping across Africa, decimating wildlife and threatening the resilience of its ecosystems to withstand the effects of climate change—especially in the area of food security, experts said. “Deforestation rates in Africa… are accelerating,” said Helen Gichohi, President of the African Wildlife Foundation, during a keynote speech at Forest Day 5…
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA (4 December 2011)—With declining conditions in forests looming as a threat to climate health and the well-being of a billion impoverished people, the world’s largest consortium of agricultural researchers announced today an ambitious 10-year global research program devoted to forests and agroforestry. The new 10-year CGIAR research program on Forests, Trees, and Agroforestry aims to reinvigorate…
*DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA* Bamboo, a plant not often associated with Africa, may be the key to combating soil degradation and massive deforestation on the continent as an alternative source of energy. A partnership among African nations and communities, the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) and China are working to substitute bamboo charcoal and firewood for forest wood…