JK: Darling of the West, criticised at home
JK: Darling of the West, criticised at home
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By The Citizen ReportersDar es Salaam. President Jakaya Kikwete’s  attendance in  yesterday’s G8 Summit in the US  attests to how highly regarded he is in international community circles – a…

JK: Darling of the West, criticised at home
JK: Darling of the West, criticised at home
JK: Darling of the West, criticised at home
Posted 10 mins ago

By The Citizen ReportersDar es Salaam. President Jakaya Kikwete’s  attendance in  yesterday’s G8 Summit in the US  attests to how highly regarded he is in international community circles – a…

JK: Darling of the West, criticised at home
Amb. Leinhardt stuck in electric elevator as Tanzania trapped in aid and poverty
Amb. Leinhardt stuck in electric elevator as Tanzania trappe…
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On Thursday a Kiswahili daily published a photograph showing, among other passengers, US Ambassador to Tanzania, Alfonso E. Lenhardt, who had been stuck in an elevator at the Ministry of…

Amb. Leinhardt stuck in electric elevator as Tanzania trapped in aid and poverty
Amb. Leinhardt stuck in electric elevator as Tanzania trappe…
Posted 10 mins ago

On Thursday a Kiswahili daily published a photograph showing, among other passengers, US Ambassador to Tanzania, Alfonso E. Lenhardt, who had been stuck in an elevator at the Ministry of…

The World Bank, IMF and Tanzania`s high growth, high poverty economy
The World Bank, IMF and Tanzania`s high growth, high poverty…
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When a country is scoring very highly by all growth indicators but desperation is written all over the faces of its people, and its language in politics is increasingly unpredictable,…

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Dar-es-salaam

JK: Darling of the West, criticised at home

By The Citizen ReportersDar es Salaam. President Jakaya Kikwete’s  attendance in  yesterday’s G8 Summit in the US  attests to how highly regarded he is in international community circles – a fairly sharp contrast to how he is viewed back home.The Tanzanian leader has cause to believe that invitations to high-profile forums represent an acknowledgement by [...]

JK: Darling of the West, criticised at home

By The Citizen ReportersDar es Salaam. President Jakaya Kikwete’s  attendance in  yesterday’s G8 Summit in the US  attests to how highly regarded he is in international community circles – a fairly sharp contrast to how he is viewed back home.The Tanzanian leader has cause to believe that invitations to high-profile forums represent an acknowledgement by [...]

Amb. Leinhardt stuck in electric elevator as Tanzania trapped in aid and poverty

On Thursday a Kiswahili daily published a photograph showing, among other passengers, US Ambassador to Tanzania, Alfonso E. Lenhardt, who had been stuck in an elevator at the Ministry of Energy and Minerals for 20 minutes. Pole sana, Ambassador. According to press reports, Ambassador Lenhardt (a retired Major General in the US Army) was going [...]

Amb. Leinhardt stuck in electric elevator as Tanzania trapped in aid and poverty

On Thursday a Kiswahili daily published a photograph showing, among other passengers, US Ambassador to Tanzania, Alfonso E. Lenhardt, who had been stuck in an elevator at the Ministry of Energy and Minerals for 20 minutes. Pole sana, Ambassador. According to press reports, Ambassador Lenhardt (a retired Major General in the US Army) was going [...]

Pemba

Blueberry lemon goat cheese tart

Ingredients: 16 oz. granola or cereal like Kashi Go Lean Crunch 8 oz. butter 16 oz. uninformed chèvre (goat cheese) Juice from 2 Meyer lemons Zest of 1 lemon 4 Tbs. honey 2 tsp. vanilla extract 3 egg yolks 6 egg whites 2 cups uninformed blueberries Mint for garnish Directions: Preheat a oven to 400 [...]

Pemba Women Get Training On Income Earning

Pemba — ABOUT 1,800 women from Pemba north have perceived ‘value combined training’ to urge their income generating activities that embody gardening, poultry, manufacturing, piquancy soap, basket weaving and tailoring. The plan Officer, Hamad Khamis from Pemba Savings and Credit Association (PESACA), pronounced a training concerned 30 shehias of Wete and Micheweni, conducted in several [...]

Airtel Supports Pemba Health Centre

AIRTEL Tanzania has donated several building materials in support of a construction of a health centre during Michenzani in Pemba. Speaking during a display rite hold in Pemba recently, a Airtel Zanzibar Manager, Mr Hagai Samson, pronounced a centre would advantage those vital in Stahabu, Chokocho, Kizumgu, Kandarani and Shidi locations. “The concession of 264 [...]

George Pemba: The Grand Master of Art

Zibusisozethu Sithole The municipality granny, her blue dress and immature doek, a lifetime of joy, sadness, worry and wish etched into each fold on her brooding face, while life dances evermore in her eyes. This is one of Pemba’s precious contributions to South African art, now accessible during each South African Post Office. In honour [...]

Arusha

Police, CCM Decry Foul Play in Arumeru

POLICE and CCM have warned other political parties contesting in Arumeru Parliamentary by-election to refrain from causing violence. The police and CCM warnings come a day after a motorcade of the CCM candidate, Mr Sioi Sumari, was attacked at Maji ya Chai area in Arumeru by people suspected to be followers of CHADEMA. The Head [...]

Parties drag feet in push for vacant Arumeru seat

By Mkinga Mkinga, The Citizen ReporterArumeru. Out of the eight political parties which registered for the Arumeru East by-election, only three have managed to launch their campaigns for the seat while the rest continue to plot for victory even as the deadline nears. The three parties which are on the ground conducting campaigns are the [...]

Arumeru: No card no voting

By Mkinga MkingaThe Citizen ReporterArumeru. It is likely that hundreds of voters who lost their voter registration cards may not take part in the Arumeru East by- election because the National Electoral Commission (NEC) has not sanctioned the use of form Number 17 in the polls. Speaking to reporters in Arumeru on Thursday, the NEC [...]

Police, electoral body are pro-CCM: Slaa

By Mkinga MkingaThe Citizen ReporterArumeru.  With slightly over one week to go before the Arumeru East by-election is held on April 1, the campaign-generated tension is deepening, with the opposition Chadema party accusing the police of acting as agents of their CCM rivals, and the latter reiterating its role as an impartial organ committed solely [...]

Kilimanjaro

Kilimanjaro team prepare with market place camp + VIDEO

Published on Tuesday 1 May 2012 08:29 A GROUP of intrepid fund-raisers geared up for the challenge of a lifetime by camping out in a city centre. Richard Langdon, Graham Duncan, Peter Diehl, David Hardy and Nathan Brown, are travelling to Tanzania in October to take on a Mount Kilimanjaro trek in support of St [...]

Columbus resident Bud Allen poised for final push to summit of Mount Everest – Columbus Ledger

Nearly four weeks after leaving Columbus, Bud Allen is setting the stage for a possible push to the top of Mount Everest next week — if the unpredictable weather and logistical preparations by expedition crews allow. Allen, a Columbus real-estate developer, said in a blog post Thursday that winds at the peak of the 29,035-foot [...]

‘Mad Men’ Actress Joins Indie Drama ‘Kilimanjaro’ (Exclusive)

Abigail Spencer, best known for her work in Mad Men, has joined the indie film Kilimanjaro, being directed by Walter Strafford from a script he wrote. ‘Mad Men’ Actress Writes and Stars in Romantic Comedy (Exclusive)‘Mad Men’ Actress to Star in Joss Whedon-Written and Produced Supernatural Romance‘Mad Men’ Actress Abigail Spencer Heads to ‘Oz’ (Exclusive) [...]

Old friends unite for birthday trek

Published on Wednesday 2 May 2012 19:41 Twelve friends have come together to raise £50,000 by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in aid of two charities based in the South East. The Old Friends Unite To Climb Kilimanjaro team will split funds between Oxford-based Helen And Douglas House and Iain Rennie Hospice At Home, which works in [...]

Morogoro

Simba, Yanga tie now Sunday

Simba, Yanga tie now Sunday Details Published on Friday, 04 May 2012 02:27 Written by CLECENCE KUNAMBI Hits: 66 Simba SC squad THE anxiously awaited Mainland Premier League match between giants Simba and Yanga, which was scheduled to take place at the National Stadium in Dar es Salam on Saturday, has been pushed back to [...]

Dar Artist Who Won Over Tourist Hearts

Dar es Salaam — Art is our culture, it is an African tradition that we have lived with it for so many years yet it is also a business that people make a living out of, Fadhili Raisi says. Raisi owns an art gallery painting at Morogoro store, Oyster Bay in Dar es Salaam. He [...]

Cheka wins IBF title

Cheka wins IBF title Details Published on Monday, 30 April 2012 02:37 Written by JAPHETH KAZENGA Hits: 352 DOMESTIC middleweight boxer, Francis Cheka. DOMESTIC middleweight boxing sensation, Francis Cheka, registered a sixth-round knockout of his nemesis, Mada Maugo, in a thrilling 12-round International Boxing Federation (IBF) Intercontinental middleweight title bout at the PTA Hall in [...]

Tennis fraternity demands voting in TTA elections

Tennis fraternity in Dar es Salaam and Morogoro has claimed eligibility so as to vote for the planned Tanzania tennis Association polls set for next month. Those demanding to have voting power include several coaches and individual players. They seek a constitutional amendment so as to elect office bearers of their choice in running affairs [...]

Zanzibar

RAK Ruler receives First VP of Zanzibar – WAM

WAM Ras al-Khaimah, May 3rd, 2012 (WAM) — H. H. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras al-Khaimah received yesterday evening at Al Dhait Palace the visiting Seif Sharif Hamad, First Vice President of Zanzibar and his accompanying delegation. During the meeting, Sheikh Saud welcomed the First VP of [...]

Life after addiction in Zanzibar

In the last twenty years, the Eastern African islands Zanzibar have become a top destination for tourists. They come for the beautiful beaches, the food, the history and the architecture.  But in the last two decades another economy has developed:  the drug trade. Capitalizing on the island’s strategic location on routes between Asia, Africa and [...]

African airspace demands more airline companies

ROUTES AFRICA 2012 FORUM By Apolinari Tairo, eTN Tanzania | May 03, 2012 (eTN) – When all is set for airline and aviation executives from across the world to meet in Seychelles for the Routes Africa 2012 forum, Africa is looking for the best options to attract more airline services to fly its open airspace. [...]

Zanzibar…a fragile paradise

Greetings for the coming week, and did Thursdays public holiday in the last one, give you cause for thought, celebration, irritation, or pleasure if you had a day off work. Muungano, or Union Day is to remind us when the exotic little Spice Isles, joined forces with the mighty mainland of Tanzania…”and they all lived [...]

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The World Bank, IMF and Tanzania`s high growth, high poverty economy

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When a country is scoring very highly by all growth indicators but desperation is written all over the faces of its people, and its language in politics is increasingly unpredictable, does the blame rest with its leadership or with the foreign supervisors of each sector of its economy? Since Tanzania receives huge amounts of foreign [...]

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