- There is a silver lining to every dark clouds this is an old saying and Tanzanian farmers the current initiatives by the government to boost and sustain agriculture are good even though in some parts they starve and survive on less than a dollar. Agriculture is the backbone of the Tanzanian economy sharing more than 45 percent in the GDP employing over 80 percent of the population For fifteen years past agriculture sector was not given priority with extension services almost non existent production still based on hand hoe as introduced by colonialists and storage facilities were no longer existing. According to Ministry of Agriculture Food Security and Cooperatives forecast…

- Christian Council of Tanzania CCT in partnership with Pact Tanzania and USAID have extended olive branch to 600 children living in vulnerable condition by supplying blankets and treated mosquito net to help them protect against Malaria in Mbozi district Mbeya region. The program is in its second phase would cost 60000 US dollar about 78,000,000 Tshs for 8 wards in Mbozi district implementation of the first phase costed 95,000,000 milion shillings in 6 wards of Tunduma, Chiwezi, Ndalambo, Ihanda ,Igamba and Halungu with addition of two wards of Nkangamo and Mlangali in second phase. Agripa Senka program coordinator said in Nkangamo ward that Moravian Church was tasked to make sure…

- Activists and journalists from private and public media houses gathered in Dares-salaam for three days of training and discussions to study evolution nature and implication of the East Africa integration. The training was made possible by the compliments of Friedrich Ebert Foundation FES and Journalist in International Development Agenda JIDA. training organizers are hopeful that the group can be a strong force that would take a proactive steps in establishing a place of activists and the public in the East African Integration processes. Wilman Kapenjama FES project manager said the objectives were to impart knowledge, establish a place among all stakeholders, enable participa…

- More than 1927 women in Mbozi district in Mbeya region in Tanzania have gone a step ahead for economic empowerment after qualified for award of customary land right of occupancy since implementation of village land law no 5 of 1999.in year 2001. Mbozi is a pilot district in the country of issuance of customary land rights of occupancy where in late April 2004 Sara Labson Ngoya was the first woman to occupy land certificate. In a report by the district land department shows that a total of 14237 customary land right certificates have been issued since 2004 with 1927 equals to 13.5 percent owned by women while 3132 equals to 22 percent owned by both men and women and 9177 equals t…

- South Africa has placed Serengeti National Park of Tanzania as one of a centre for tourist attraction during the 2010 world cup tournament Richard Mkhondo, Chief Communication Manager for 2010 Organizing Committee disclosed in a televised interview programme African Views on Thursday evening hosted by Udi Ya-Nakamhela of SABC News International. He said a minus one formula from a timetable allows a competing team to rest for a day or two before another encounter would give a chance to travel to tourist attractions like Serengeti for refresh making a tournament a sectoral forward linkage to African economy. Serengeti is Tanzania’s oldest, most popular, world heritage site and…

- Government should strategically adopt development of science and technology to enhance, empower artisan initiative in income generating areas as a means to check the ongoing belief of albino killings to harvest body parts in use of witch potions to attract fortunes Dr Charles Kitima, Vice Chancellor of St Augustine University of Tanzania SAUT said in a key note opening speech at the week end here during the Inter University Mining Dialogue 2009 Forum. The forum brought together the long time mining critics in media and political arena, academicians,government and mining stakeholders to discuss challenging issues in the sector with an intent of taking an opportunity to improve and br…

- President Jakaya Kikwete’s government of Tanzania is striving to restore its image and confidence to members of public and international arena after revivng signs of seriousness in waging a war against corruption, fraud and abuse of power this November. Tanzanian publics of recent have witnessed a historical development after two former cabinet ministers incumbent Basil Mramba and Daniel Yona were arraigned before Kisutu Magistrate court charged with 5 to 13 counts based in abuse of power. The duo face the charges as a result of the execution of duties in their capacities as former minister for Finance and as former minister for energy and Minerals respectively which caused los…

- Saint Augustine University of Tanzania in Mwanza city held a public discussion forum to discuss causes of the global financial meltdown crisis and its consequences to developing countries following unprecedented massive financial meltdown in USA market and suggest ways to check the situation. The forum brought together academicians in various specialties of finance and economics, students and government stake holders through paper presentations and discussion to arrive to a solution of problems facing the society. Dr Charles Kitima a University Vice Chancellor in his keynote opening speech said the forum was based on scholastic work based on scientific reflection on the problems faci…

A world history has opened a new page after America has shifted its political axis by electing young Africa-American ascent Barack Obama into world highest job position. This has sparkled reaction for new hope from all sides of the world. - The victory has relieved the world from Bush’s supremacy and violence experiences for the past eight years and a fulfillment of a dream of Afro-American human rights activist Martin Luther King - his thirst for justice has been quenched through Obama’s victory. In all, African cities turned ecstatic. Cairo, Lagos, Johannesburg, Nairobi, Kampala, Harare and Dar-es-salaam sparked reactions, chanting, jubilation songs of victory, unity while R…

Tanzanian albinist population suffer a risk of murder from a belief promulgated by witch doctors and their clients with an intent to harvest the victims body parts in use for witch potions to attract fortunes. - Recent development from Shinyanga region in Kahama district involves a brutal murder of a young albinist girl Esther Charles (9) murdered in front of her parents and made away with some of the child’s body parts. African Newspaper quoted a police force spokesman Abdalah Msika in Dar-es-salaam recently confirming the incident whilst media in Shinyanga region has quoted regional police commander Shaib Ibrahim who confirmed about the incident and arrest of five suspect in conne…

- Women in Tanzania has stood up to convince the government to reconsider a law that prevents schoolgirls who get pregnant before completion of studies to continue with education in order to increase opportunity of girls participation towards country’s economic growth and social development. Recent statistics reveals that in between 2006/7 academic year 18000 girls were forced out of school primary and secondary due to early pregnancies a trend that suggests that there is early involvement of school girls in unsafe sexual practices. The move if left unchecked will retard government efforts to empower women by providing equal opportunity and access to education as is stipulated in…