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Professor Gottlieb honored by Queen Elizabeth II

Professor Gottlieb honored by Queen Elizabeth II

The Cameroonian Professor emeritus, Gottlieb Lobe Monekosso, former Minister of Public Health and Director of the World Health Organisation for Africa Region, has been...
Christianity: a papyrus identified as from the 4th century revived the debate on the marriage of Christ

Christianity: a papyrus identified as from the 4th century revived the debate on the marriage of Christ

A papyrus dated by scientists as belonging to the 4th century revived the debate on the marital status of Christ One sentence, written in...
Gaddafi writes to African leaders to intervene in Libya

Gaddafi writes to African leaders to intervene in Libya

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has reportedly written to several African presidents requesting them to urge USA and its allies to stop their air strikes on his...
Bomb suspect extradited from Tanzania to Uganda

Bomb suspect extradited from Tanzania to Uganda

A man suspected to have transported explosives used by suicide bombers to kill over 70 people in Uganda has been extradited from Tanzania to...
Millions in Tanzania and Malawi using mobile phone banking

Millions in Tanzania and Malawi using mobile phone banking

In African countries such as Tanzania and Malawi, mobile telephones are taking a first step into the formal financial system. Almost 1 million active...
SIM card registration: A chance to formalize an informal economy, digitally

SIM card registration: A chance to formalize an informal economy, digitally

A growing number of sub-Saharan African countries – South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Botswana, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, and more recently, Ghana – now require that...
Ethiopia, Ghana and ten African countries get medical education grants

Ethiopia, Ghana and ten African countries get medical education grants

The United States will invest $130 million over the next five years to transform African medical education and increase the number of health care...
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East Africa not ready for electoral violence

The states that make up East African Community (EAC) have said that they are not ready to handle post electoral violence. Even today, East Africa...
Tanzania police recover bodies from Lake Victoria boat accident

Tanzania police recover bodies from Lake Victoria boat accident

20 people have been rescued after a boat carrying 40 Tanzanian students, aged between 5 and 16 years, capsized on lake Victoria. The rest...
Sex toys: Chimpanzees, Man’s primate rival

Sex toys: Chimpanzees, Man’s primate rival

Humans are not alone in their use of tools, chimpanzees aren't left behind. American primatologist William C. McGrew has proved that the use of...
Uganda-Rwanda: Genocide pastor to face prosecution in Tanzania

Uganda-Rwanda: Genocide pastor to face prosecution in Tanzania

One of the most wanted promoters of the genocide that took place in Rwanda in 1994 has been arrested in Uganda. The former pastor...
Kenya: U.S. launches East Africa software competition “Apps 4 Africa”

Kenya: U.S. launches East Africa software competition “Apps 4 Africa”

United States Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale launched the “Apps 4 Africa” contest at the Innovation Hub...
East Africa: Rwanda government condemned over murder

East Africa: Rwanda government condemned over murder

The media fraternity in the east African countries of Kenya, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda have condemned the brutal killing of Jean Leonard Rugambage,...
East Africa getting ready for internet revolution

East Africa getting ready for internet revolution

The recent deployment of the SEACOM broadband cable off the coast of east Africa has sparked “the dawn of a new era” in Internet...
The Nile river from space

Uganda: Ethiopian led river Nile agreement signed without Egypt and Sudan

River Nile basin states have today signed an agreement on the Nile river basin cooperative framework in which they agreed to collectively work towards...
Tanzania: A success story in the fight against malaria

Tanzania: A success story in the fight against malaria

To optimize the management of anti-malaria drug stocks, the Tanzanian government, in partnership with IBM, Novartis, Vodafone, RBM, established an innovative project in 2009....
East African Community Investment Conference lauds development

East African Community Investment Conference lauds development

Uganda's president ,Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today officially opened the 3rd East African Community Investment Conference at Munyonyo Resort hotel in the outskirts of...
The Nile river from space

Egypt better off settling water spat with Ethiopia led Nile Basin negotiations

Negotiations between the ten countries of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI), April 13 in Sharm Al-Sheikh, hit the wall over Cairo's refusal to give...
Kenyan PM warns against conflicts between Kenyan, Ugandan, Tanzanians

Kenyan PM warns against conflicts between Kenyan, Ugandan, Tanzanians

Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has warned African countries against clashing with each other over trivial issues. Addressing the press on his visit to Ugandan...
Before the restoration, water damage showed on the mihrab of the mosque near Kizimkazi in Zanzibar.

Zanzibar: US restores 900 year Kizimkazi mosque

The U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation has provided support for saving three mosques in Tanzania, including the one near Kizimkazi on the island...
CECAFA 2009: Zambia breaks Kenya’s heart in opening football match

CECAFA 2009: Zambia breaks Kenya’s heart in opening football match

Hosts 'Harambe Stars' of Kenya started on a horrendous note loosing 2-0 to the clinical 'Chipolopolo boys' of Zambia, in the first match of...
DR Congo: International community overwhelmed by complexity of crisis

DR Congo: International community overwhelmed by complexity of crisis

Human Rights watch has called on the United Nations to change its policy and strategy towards humanitarian intervention and conflict resolution in Congo. A...
Tanzanian President doesn’t believe China is “gobbling up” Africa

Tanzanian President doesn’t believe China is “gobbling up” Africa

African leaders “have a duty to create the right climate for business” in Africa, Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete said September 28 in Washington. Kikwete...
Tanzania: Livestock get a new lease of life

Tanzania: Livestock get a new lease of life

A kid, his legs clenched firmly in the grip of a teenage rancher's hands, is unwillingly wrestled over to the opening of a hastily...
East African crisis: Cold feet from the West and an unrelenting weather

East African crisis: Cold feet from the West and an unrelenting weather

Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti ... East Africa is currently experiencing a severe drought that is threatening, according to the UN...
Tanzanians to be hanged for gruesome Albino ritual murders

Tanzanians to be hanged for gruesome Albino ritual murders

Three men who attacked and killed a young albino boy in Tanzania have been condemned to death by hanging, a Tanzanian court has ruled....
Tanzania: First Women’s Bank begins operations

Tanzania: First Women’s Bank begins operations

The Tanzania Women's Bank (TWB) was inaugurated on July 28 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. This pioneering initiative, the first of its kind in...
Tanzania – Botswana: Breaking away from the vicious cycle of poverty, corruption and failed campaigns

Tanzania – Botswana: Breaking away from the vicious cycle of poverty, corruption and failed campaigns

Newly elected leaders of countries saddled with a reputation for corruption often loudly declare a war on corruption and set up a commission to...
Tanzania: Zanzibar counts its dead after boat disaster

Tanzania: Zanzibar counts its dead after boat disaster

Zanzibar authorities in Tanzania are yet to confirm the total number of people feared dead in Friday’s ferry disaster. The MV Faith which left...
Tanzanian President seeks US economic cooperation

Tanzanian President seeks US economic cooperation

Tanzania's President Mr. Jakaya Kikwete is outsourcing in the United States in order to secure tangible tools for the development of Tanzania. He is...