In the past week, pictures and video clips showing scenes of the injured Maasais in Ngorongoro conservation area in northern Tanzania, bordered by Kenya, circulated online and sparked a wide controversy amongst activists calling for an end to the allegedly forceful eviction of the Maasai by the police from the area. Unfortunately, the flood of...
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AIRTEL installs telecom tower for newly arriving Maasai Community
As the Maasai evacuation from Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) continues under the government’s assistance to Msomera village in the Handeni District of the Tanga region, the government wants to ensure that the Maasai community gets all the needed services while living on their new residents. Under the government’s directives, Airel, the leading telecom company, camped...
Top 10 fastest growing cities in Africa 2022
Urbanization, Industrialization, population, and job opportunities promote rapid growth in any place in the world. Similarly, as the population of Africa has increased over the years, cities with high levels of Industrialization, urbanization, and economic activities experience immigration and a fast-growing rate. According to Brahima Coulibaly, director of Brookings’ Africa Growth Initiative, “About half of...
What Bierber is suffering can affect anyone. Here are 5 important clues you need to know about the disorder.
Last week, international superstar Justin Bieber shared a touching video announcing his suffering from a rare illness known as Ramsay Hunt Syndrome. He explained to us, “the nerve in my ear and facial nerves have caused my face to have paralysis.” Because of his viral video, we would be shedding more light on the nature...
UN accepted Turkey’s changing of its name, but why do countries change names?
No more Turkey? The country has had bad jokes likening it to an ugly, gobbling bird. The UN has accepted its request to be Officially known as Türkiye in English. The country may be unusual for changing its name, but it is hardly the only one to have done so. Why do countries change names?...
BREAKING NEWS: African Commission for Human Rights calls Tanzania to cease eviction of the Maasai in Ngorongoro.
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Commission), through the Chairperson of the African Commission’s Working Group on the Rights of Indigenous Populations/Communities and Minorities in Africa, is following the ongoing eviction of the Maasai community in the Loliondo division of the Ngorongoro district of the United Republic of Tanzania. The Commission...
Tanzania signs the LNG framework agreement: How is the investment vital to Tanzania’s economy?
Today June 11, the President of Tanzania witnessed the signing of the framework agreement with Norway’s Equinor and Britain’s Shell at Chamwino State House in Tanzania’s capital Dodoma. The Minister for Energy, Hon January Makamba, who signed the agreement for Tanzania, said that the signing would pave the way for a final investment decision in...
How will the Tsh. 100 billion monthly subsidy affect citizens and the economy in Tanzania?
The post-COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine led to disruption of the global oil market that has spread rampant hiking of food prices and other human’s basic needs across the world. Countries worldwide are now grappling to contain commodity rapid prices soaring by adopting measures to control fuel rises that spread havoc to every...
Samia set to decode the country’s oldest puzzle as she signs the biggest water project ever.
Tanzania is one of the countries positioned in Sub-Sahara Africa that encounters a severe shortage of clean & safe water. According to reports, over 23 million people do not have access to clean drinking water and almost twice as many do not use improved sanitation facilities. However, things have been swiftly changing over time as people...
5 things you probably didn’t know about Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II became 96 years old on April 21 and was the longest-reigning monarch in British history. She uses her handbag to send signals to her staff. If there is one thing about The Queen, you never catch her without her purses and bags. She reported owning 200 types of the same type of...