\”The situation in Mtabila refugee camp in Tanzania is very complicated. As a former worker of the camp, I understand that there are some who have genuine reasons for hesitating to go back to their home country. Most of those in this category are those who were born in Congo after their parents fled Burundi during the 1970s tribal…
ZAIDI ya mabondia 42 wanatarajia kushiriki katika mashindano ya mchezo wa ngumi yanayotarajiwa kufanyika Oktoba16 mwaka huu Dar es Salaam. Akizungumza na waandishi wa habari, Kocha wa Klabu ya Ashanti ya Ilala, Rajabu Mhamila, ‘Super D’ alisema kuwa mashindano hayo yanatarajiwa kushirikisha Klabu 12 kutoka katika maeneo mbalimbali. Alisema kuwa mashindano hayo yanatarajia kufanyika katika ukumbi wa Panandi Panandi…
Nine out of ten women in Afghanistan are worried about the Taliban returning to government believing it would risk the gains made for women in the past ten years, according to an ActionAid survey released today. A thousand women were polled across Afghanistan to obtain a rare insight into their opinions about living through the last 10 years of…
28/9/2011 – “At the heart of these regional engagements is the urgent need for Africa to address the current aid architecture and its implications for Africa’s development,” said Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, Chief Executive Officer of the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NEPAD Agency) at the opening of the third Africa regional meeting on development effectiveness. The meeting is taking…
Dar es Salaam: The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) should identify and phase out all ARVs that are causing serious side effects to people living with HIV & AIDS in the country while adequate education should be provided for proper use of these drugs to patients to minimize the problem, a press statement issued by SIKIKA has…
by Chambi Chachage: Watanzania wanazidi kujumuika katika Twitter kujadili masuala mbalimbali! Mijadala hiyo ina mvuto sana hasa ukizingatia kuwa viongozi wa kijamii, kibiashara na hata kisiasa wanajumuika. Wapo Wabunge (mf. @DocFaustine na @zittokabwe), Wakurugenzi wa Makampuni (mf. @iMashibe na @beyakuze), Wanazuoni (mf. @Mwanasosholojia na @Mwanafalsafa) , Wanamuziki (mf. @mwasitiJ na @Profesa_Jay), Waandishi wa Habari (mf. @kabsjourno na @salvarweyemamu), Watangazaji (mf….
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF / Gates Foundation) has awarded the African Union’s-NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency a supplemental grant of US $1,489,098 to support the ongoing work of the African Biosafety Network of Expertise (ABNE) Following the submission of a proposal to the Gates Foundation for a supplemental grant for additional funding in order to expand…
Johannesburg, Nairobi, Lagos, 28 September 2011 – Renaissance Capital, the leading emerging markets investment bank, has been recognised by Africa Investor (Ai) as the “Best Africa Investment Bank”, for the second consecutive year. The 2011 award was presented at Ai’s Index Series Summit and Awards, in New York, USA. Renaissance Capital took top honours among the nine banks shortlisted,…
Rwanda: An African reformer. A small, open, landlocked economy in East Africa with a population of 11mn, Rwanda has been a reformer among African nations, driven by the policies of President Paul Kagame. We estimate GDP growth of 7-7.5% over 2010-2011, putting Rwanda at the upper end of its Sub-Saharan African (SSA) peer group, while average annual inflation remains…
The Africa Union (AU) recognizes the magnitude of the problems of hunger, poverty and food and nutrition insecurity which has resulted in malnutrition particularly affecting children and women. We acknowledge and appreciate the global initiatives to address these problems as demonstrated by the launch of the Scale Up Nutrition (SUN) in September 2010. In response to the unacceptable hunger…