East Africa: Presidents Sign Common Market Pact Nov 21, 2009
com: East Africa: Presidents Sign Common Market Pact (Page 1 of 1). Presidents Sign Common Market Pact. (allAfrica.com)
Africa: Dying in Pain a Reality for Most Africans Nov 17, 2009
Dar Es Salaam People living with cancer are dying on the African continent in terrible pain as they present too late with advanced cancers that are mostly incurable by the time they reach a health worker and if they do reach help most of them find that effective pain medication not available. Lucy Finch, a stately Malawian nurse who worked in Uganda most of her life, shared with delegates at the African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer her reason for becoming a palliative care... (allAfrica.com)
Gamecock of the Week Nov 17, 2009
Tatum said she enrolled as a student at the University of Dar es Salaam in fall of 2008. Her classes were African Drumming, African Women Writers Population, Environment and Development and Intermediate Swahili. (Gamecock Online, SC)
Western Sahara: Human Rights Awardee Detained, Deported by Morocco Nov 15, 2009
Dar es Salaam In the wake of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's meeting with Moroccan King Mohammed VI last week, a prominent human rights activist was detained on her arrival in Western Sahara, which Morocco controls. Aminatou Haidar was held overnight Friday and deported to Spain's Canary Islands, after stating on Moroccan entry forms that Western Sahara was her country of residency. (allAfrica.com)
Kilimanjaro's ice to disappear by 2033 Nov 3, 2009
DAR ES SALAAM: The ice on Africa's highest mountain could vanish in 13 to 24 years, a fate also awaiting the continent's other glaciers, a study said on Monday. US-based researchers Lonnie Thompson and colleagues said glaciers on Kilimanjaro, Tanzania's snow-capped volcano which attracts 40,000 visitors a year, could disappear. (India Times)
Tanzania Emerges as Star Player on International Stage Sep 30, 2009
com: Tanzania: Kikwete Takes Center Stage At UN And U.S. Meetings (Page 1 of 1). Kikwete Takes Center Stage At UN And U.S. Meetings. (allAfrica.com)
Burning problem Sep 25, 2009
The numbers tell the story - according to the Tanzania Association of Oil Marketing Companies, 20,000 bags of charcoal enter the capital Dar es Salaam every 24 hours. Millions at risk. (BBC News -- Africa)
ARF partnerships provide water, sanitation and financial freedom Sep 11, 2009
MKURANGA DISTRICT, Tanzania Multiple projects are making the difference in the lives of thousands of residents of the Mkuranga District, all because of an exchange between two women on a dirt road about 40 miles outside of Dar Es Salaam. I was driving in village Mwarusembe when I saw this lady squatting on the side of the road taking water from a small hole in the ground, recalled African Reflections Foundation Founder Maria Pool. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Editorial Chatham Courier reporter turned intrepid traveler Aug 28, 2009
So after coordinating with her connections there and with me, her editor, here, she hopped on a plane Aug. 18 and arrived in Dar Es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania, on Aug. 19. According to her itinerary, she would be working with Team Rafiki of the African Reflections Foundation. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Clinton recalls US embassy attacks in Africa Aug 6, 2009
A day before the 11th anniversary of the Aug. 7 bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam that killed more than 200 people, Clinton paid a somber visit to a memorial at the site of the former embassy in the Kenyan capital. The site, she said, is a reminder of "the continuing threat of terrorism, which respects no boundaries, no race, ethnicity or religion, but is aimed at disrupting and denying the opportunity of people to make their own decisions and to lead their own lives.". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Why US officials blamed Iran Jul 3, 2009
Then, on August 7, 1998, the US embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania had been bombed 10 minutes apart. The CIA had quickly ascertained that al-Qaeda was responsible for the bombings, with the result that US intelligence began to focus more on bin Laden's operations in Saudi Arabia. (Asia Times Online)
Stealthy things happening at train stations Jun 29, 2009
At the Dar es Salaam, a hotel and tea house on a corner of the boulevard, hulking "shoe bomber" Richard Reid lay low in 2001 before taking the train to Paris and trying to bring down a Miami-bound jet with explosives-packed high-tops. A few doors away at Le Nil, an Egyptian restaurant, police raids the same year uncovered a basement stockpile of bomb materials that an al Qaeda cell had prepared for a plot against a U.S. target. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Water For Life Global Foundation Spearheads Mobile Strategy with Presentation of Water Treatment Solutions, Hasheem Thabeet Guest Speaker May 12, 2009
The Dar es Salaam native will address a distinguished guest list in Washington DC on May 22 ... Anticipation has been building for the event, which will culminate in a ceremonious gift of innovative and lifesaving water technology to Hasheem Thabeet's native homeland of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania ... The Dar es Salaam native will address a distinguished guest list in Washington DC on May 22. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Tanzania: Pan-Africanism in Mwalimu Nyerere's Thought May 9, 2009
In this 40th year of my association with the University of Dar es Salaam, I am humbled and honoured to be appointed to the Mwalimu Julius Nyerere chair in Pan-African Studies. 1] The inauguration of the Mwalimu Nyerere chair in Nkrumah Hall is neither accidental nor coincidental. (allAfrica.com)
Africa: Statement by Johnnie Carson at Confirmation Hearing Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Apr 30, 2009
I am reminded of that every time I walk into the State Department lobby or get off of an airplane in Nairobi or Dar es Salaam. I applaud my colleagues for their dedication and work and I look forward to leading the State Department's Africa team. (allAfrica.com)
In dad's shadow Apr 11, 2009
Shinyanga, in north-western Tanzania, is the main route from the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam to Kagera - scene of the war. I used to see a lot of military equipment and soldiers passing through, soldiers going towards Kagera. (BBC News -- Africa)
TAR: Pole position Apr 7, 2009
So if you're ever planning on travelling to Dar es Salaam, bring a book or three. I am convinced that the travel agent's inability to find teams tickets to Poland within the space of a workday was because of Charla and Mirna's "convincing". (iAfrica.com)
World economy to shrink below zero: IMF chief Mar 10, 2009
DAR ES SALAAM: The International Monetary Fund expects the global economy to shrink "below zero" in 2009, the head of the IMF said on Tuesday. "Continued deleveraging by world financial institutions, combined with a collapse in consumer and business confidence is depressing domestic demand across the world," IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn told African leaders in the Tanzanian capital. (India Times)
Williams, Clark, Samuels Earn BIG EAST Honors Mar 9, 2009
ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM Hasheem Thabeet, Connecticut, C, Jr., 7-3, 263, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania , Louisville, F, Sr., 6-6, 210, Seattle, Wash. Jerel McNeal, Marquette, G, Sr., 6-3, 200 Chicago, Ill. (Uoflsports.com)
Bank ?prints? 75bn and cuts inte... Mar 6, 2009
Shyam Jadeja, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. We had toxic debts created by the Banks which are now hamstrung with no ability to leverage. (New York Post -- Business)
Tanzania: UN Chief Salutes Kikwete Feb 28, 2009
On the last full day of his official visit to Tanzania today, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the country a model for overcoming some of Africa's thorniest challenges in a press conference in the country's capital, Dar es Salaam ... At the press conference in Dar es Salaam, Mr. Ban saluted President Jakaya Kikwete and the Tanzanian people for their mediation role in the peace processes in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Zimbabwe. (allAfrica.com)
South Africa: UN Chief Makes First Official Visit Feb 25, 2009
He will hold discussions with Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, as well as address the diplomatic and academic community in Dar es Salaam. Mr. Ban is also due to fly over the receding ice cap of Mount Kilimanjaro on his way to the city of Arusha to visit the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. (allAfrica.com)
Africa: UN Chief to Visit DR Congo in Peace Drive Feb 19, 2009
In Tanzania, one of the pilot countries for the UN reform programme on "Delivering as One," the Secretary-General will hold discussions with President Jakaya Kikwete, as well as address the diplomatic and academic community in Dar es Salaam. In addition, Mr. Ban will inaugurate the One UN Office in Zanzibar which will house all UN agencies under a single roof. (allAfrica.com)
Hu: African visit produces new consensus Feb 16, 2009
DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao on Sunday said he reached new consensus with African leaders during his ongoing visit to the continent ... Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) meets with his Tanzanian counterpart Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Feb. 15, 2009 ... Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao (C, front) and Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (R) attend the completion ceremony of the Tanzania National Main Stadium, built by a... (Xinhuanet, China)
More than aid money, Africa needs enterprise Feb 9, 2009
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; and Copenhagen, Denmark - African countries are still a long way from achieving the full benefits of globalization, despite solid economic growth. In recent years, African economies on the whole have grown at an average of more than 6 percent per year. (Christian Science Monitor)
Fishing Adventurer Feb 7, 2009
He starts his adventure in Dar Es Salaam, the biggest city of the country, where he meets with Jason and Maddy, two locals who spend most of their time fishing. Jason has the reputation of being one of the best saltwater fisherman in the country and he sure will live up to his reputation. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
