Tag: Tanzania
In Tanzania, fear of a rice “Covid”
In Tanzania, a disease is ravaging rice crops. An epidemic that is gaining momentum, about 20% of the country’s rice fields would be affected according to the Tanzanian agricultural research…
Namibia may soon recognize same-sex marriages concluded abroad
Same-sex marriage is illegal in Namibia, but the Supreme Court has ruled that the Namibian government must recognize same-sex unions concluded abroad. The Supreme Court of Namibia had been seized…
Tanzania confirms five Marburg virus deaths in the country
Tanzania confirms the presence of the Marburg virus on its soil for the first time. Five people have already been killed by the virus detected in the Kagera region of…
Marburg virus alert in Tanzania! 5 people died
Tanzanian Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu stated that Marburg virus was detected in samples taken from the bodies of 5 people who were first declared dead from a mysterious disease. Mwalimu…
Five have died from a mysterious infectious disease in Tanzania
According to the country’s Ministry of Health, the disease is known to cause, among other things, kidney failure and bleeding from different parts of the body. The Tanzanian government says…
“The French government is not there to denounce private projects”
On February 21, 2023, Dar es salaam gave its final go-ahead to the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), a controversial project to link Uganda’s Lake Albert fields to the…
first opposition meeting since the ban was lifted
The main opposition party, Chadema, held its first meeting on Saturday January 21 since the lifting of the ban on political gatherings. This measure was taken in 2016 by former…
Extinction Rebellion activists attack BNP Paribas, financier of Total
Environmental activists in France continue their mobilization against the Tilenga and EACOP projects of TotalEnergies in Tanzania and Uganda, contested for their environmental and human impacts. This Friday, January 20,…
TotalEnergies again in court for its oil projects in Uganda and Tanzania
The French firm TotalEnergies was before the French courts this Wednesday, December 7 following a legal action launched in 2019 by a group of six French and Ugandan NGOs against…
an official report points to poor management of relief operations
In Tanzania, after the crash of a plane in Lake Victoria in early November, a report from the Ministry of Transport published on Tuesday points the finger at the chaotic…