By Odimegwu Onwumere Being good is a huge investment in any individual’s life; it does not fail. It is very important especially in the present times that majority of the people can no longer differentiate between what they want and what they need. Dr. Kanayo Francis Nwanze has earlier defined his. His feat at the UN’s Rome-based International Fund…
Francis I: Peace with Israel and the ‘Hitler’s Pope’ Dispute By Miki Tasseni First published , Business Times (Dar es Salaam) One of the most intractable problems facing each incoming Pontiff at the Vatican is defining their attitude toward Israel—an issue inextricably linked to the Church’s controversial posture during Nazi Germany. For over a decade, Israel has debated whether…
*As mobile phones become common worldwide, study sees potential for ubiquitous device to fight parasites that infect 2 billion people and cause malnutrition in children* DEERFIELD, IL. (MARCH 11, 2013)— Scientists working in rural Tanzania have used a simple US$8 glass lens, a strip of double-sided tape, and a cheap flashlight to convert an Apple iPhone into a field…
BY SYLIVESTER DOMASA Religious leaders in Tanzania have been urged to be righteous and champions of advocating peace and unity as it used to be to Prophet Mohammad (SAW) whose birthday was celebrated yesterday. The call was made on Friday evening by Zanzibar President Dr Ali Mohamed Shein during Maulid prayers at Majimuat Mosque in Temeke district of Dar…
By Miki Tasseni : FEW explanations are being given over the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI as the leader of the world’s 1.2 billion followers of the Catholic religion, as the French call the denomination, and instead the focus is being directed as to who will take his place. This is not strange as there is an old principle…
By Nimi Mweta : PLENTY of agitation is often heard from policy making circles that businesses in the country should stop charging for services in the US dollar, seeking to make it that this leads to the local currency losing in value to Uncle Sam’s money, as this habit diminishes demand for it. This agitation would virtually make it…
Early life Reginald Abraham Mengi was born into a poor family in Northern Tanzania and raised in a mud hut which the family shared with cows, sheep, goats and chickens. He had one meal a day and sometimes none at all and walked to school barefoot. Notwithstanding these circumstances he managed to study accountancy and articles with Cooper Brothers…
* * * * **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** **********************TUNIS, Tunisia,** February 6, 2013/ *– *Building on its Kenyan experience in the East African Rift Valley with the Menengai geothermal project, the African Development Bank (http://www.afdb.org) is working on an ambitious geothermal development program for Africa.**** Apart from the gigantic projects such as the 400 MW geothermal development project…
** * * **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** **********************TUNIS, Tunisia,** February 5, 2013/ *– *The African Water Facility offered a 1 million euro grant to the Community Integrated Development Initiatives (CIDI) to support their Kawempe Urban Poor Sanitation Improvement Project (KUPSIP). The project is designed to provide affordable and sustainable sanitation services to over 100,000 urban poor living in…
** **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** **********************MONROVIA, Liberia,** January 30, 2013/ *– *Nobel Peace Prize winner and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf issued a stark warning in Monrovia on Wednesday to the UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel that is meeting this week to address the future of international poverty reduction efforts, noting that economic losses due to poor water and…