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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...
MISA-Tanzania Statement: Four year [2006 – 2010] process in search for good Laws relating to the Right to Information must not be neglected by the Government of Tanzania
On 14 April 2010 during the current Parliament sessions in Dodoma, Hon. Damas P. Nakei, MP for Babati rural asked a question in the...
EAC inter-state security ministers meet in Bujumbura: Meeting witnesses public destruction of illicit arms
The Deputy Secretary General of the East African Community (EAC) in charge of Political Federation, Hon. Beatrice Kiraso, has said that the region's stability...
East African Community: Clarification on the use of the East African passport
Following a Media Conference two weeks ago, which the Secretary General of the East African Community had held in Arusha to announce and promote...
African youth are major drivers in bid to attain African Union vision – experts
A three day meeting of experts of the African Union is underway in the resort town of Victoria Falls, in preparation for the...
EACJ scales up sensitisation on arbitration in the partner states
The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) has organised a series of sensitisation workshops on its arbitration jurisdiction in the capitals of the five...
IBM and Tanzanian Government Sign Collaboration Agreement
IBM (NYSE:IBM) has signed a collaboration agreement with the Tanzanian government aimed at supporting the adoption of information technologies and Tanzania's development in key...
German Federal Foreign Minister Westerwelle and Federal Development Minister Niebel travel to Africa
Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and Federal Development Minister Dirk Niebel will be visiting Tanzania, South Africa and Djibouti from 7 to 11 April.
In...
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...
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...
EAC steps up preparations for 3rd EAC investment conference / World Bank to launch report on doing business in the EAC at Conference
The East African Community Secretariat has stepped up preparations for the 3rd EAC Investment Conference confirming the date and theme for the event due...
Rwanda and Tanzania to sign bilateral agreement on one-stop border post at Rusumo on Friday 26 March 2010 in Arusha, Tanzania
The Governments of the Republic of Rwanda and the United Republic of Tanzania are expected to sign a Bilateral Agreement for the establishment and...
No Trade for Tanzanian Elephants
Parties voted to continue protection for Tanzanian elephants by retaining their listing on Appendix I, and rejecting a request for a one-off ivory sale...
Tanzania: 20th ordinary meeting of the EAC Council of Ministers to begin Friday 19 March in Arusha
The 20th Ordinary Meeting of the East African Community Council of Ministers is scheduled to run from 19 to 26 March 2010 at the...
EAC to hold workshop on regional armed forces HIV/AIDS prevention and control
The East African Community has organised a three-day workshop on mainstreaming of HIV/AIDS prevention, control, treatment, care and support into Partner States' national Armed...
International panel engages EAC on agricultural innovation
An International Advisory Panel on Agricultural Innovation in Africa Project led by Professor Calestous Juma of the Harvard Kennedy School, USA, paid a working...
Announcing 1st Money-Prized Essay Contest & Application to our 2010 Educational Festival
After four years of successfully hosting SYPALA, one of the most educative programmes on the continent in West Africa, it is time to take...
EAC heads of prisons/correctional services hold inaugural meeting in Arusha
The inaugural meeting of the EAC Heads of Prisons/Correctional Services ended today at the Naura Springs Hotel in Arusha, Tanzania. The inaugural meeting was...
Japan: Exchange of Notes for Grant Aid for the United Republic of Tanzania (the Project for Widening of the New Bagamoyo Road [Detailed Design])
The Government of Japan has decided to extend grant aid (the Project for Widening of the New Bagamoyo Road ) totaling 60 million JPY...
Tanzania: EAC committees on monetary affairs, fiscal affairs, capital markets, insurance and pensions meet 26 february-2 march in Arusha
A joint meeting of the EAC Monetary Affairs Committee (MAC), Fiscal Affairs Committee (FAC) and Capital Markets, Insurance and Pensions Committee (CMIPC) to consider...
Experts meet to harmonize East African Community (EAC) policies and regulations on agricultural inputs
Agricultural experts from the EAC Partner States met at the Kibo Palace Hotel in Arusha, Tanzania recently to discuss harmonization of policies, laws, regulations...
East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) adopts common strategy for food security in the region
The Third Meeting, Third Session of the Second East African Legislative Assembly sitting at the Chambers of the Parliament of Uganda in Kampala has...
East African Judicial Education Committee to meet in Arusha
The East African Judicial Education Committee is scheduled to meet from 18-20 February 2010 at the Kibo Palace Hotel in Arusha, Tanzania to, among...
Urbanisation is Driving the East African Solid Waste Management Market, Finds Frost & Sullivan
Population growth and rising urbanisation are increasing waste production in East Africa. Since local authorities are incapable of handling most solid waste material, this...
Arusha: East African Community to monitor elections in partner states
Conflicts created by flawed elections in any EAC country would impact negatively on the integration process, says Hon. Kiraso
The office charged with Political Affairs...
East Africa: UK and IOM Support East African Community in enhancing free movement of people between partner ptates
The United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID) is to sign an agreement with IOM today supporting the East African Community (EAC) in efforts...
Kenya’s Harambee Stars face Uganda Cranes in Cecafa quarters
African Cup of Nations-bound Zambia will also play Zanzibar in the earlier quarter-final kick off at Nyayo National Stadium.
Kenya’s Harambee Stars will have to...
Tanzania: Albinos in hiding after attacks
As many as 10,000 albinos are in hiding in east Africa over fears that they will be dismembered and their body parts sold to...
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
Human Rights watch has called on the United Nations to change its policy and strategy towards humanitarian intervention and conflict resolution in Congo. A...