Executive Summary The Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) completed a research mission to Nyarugusu Refugee Camp in Tanzania in October 2012. The purpose was to gain understanding of Congolese refugee...
Tanzania + 1 more
Tanzania + 1 more
Executive Summary The Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) completed a research mission to Nyarugusu Refugee Camp in Tanzania in October 2012. The purpose was to gain understanding of Congolese refugee...
Tanzania + 1 more
By Orton Kiishweko DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 19 2012 (IPS) - From January 2013, Tanzania will start restricting the size of land that single large-scale foreign and local investors can “lease” for...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved on December 19th 2012, a USD 21 million package to finance the implementation of the Zanzibar Urban Water and Sanitation Project in the United...
DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 13 2012 (IPS) - Half asleep, Anuary lies exhausted on his bed in Amana Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s capital. His mother, Mariam Saidi, sits on the edge of his mattress,...
This summary note is an excerpt from the chapter on Tanzania that will appear in the peer-reviewed IFPRI monograph, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis. The...
By Kathryn Donovan MOROGORO, United Republic of Tanzania, 6 December 2012 – As the mercury crept up to the upper range of the 30s (C) and the humidity approached 100 per cent, Upendo Philip, 24, and...
Abstract Agriculture in Tanzania accounts for 28 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and employs 80 percent of its labor force. The sector is also an important source of export...
Tanzania + 1 more
Period covered by this update: 9 July to 22 November 2012. Summary: CHF 70,222 was allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 9 July 2012, to support the Tanzania Red Cross...
Maize is the main staple crop in Tanzania. Rice and beans are also very important, the latter constituting the main source of protein for most low- and middle-income households. Dar es Salaam is the...
Appeal Target: US$ 562,252 Balance Requested: US$ 386,620 Geneva, 15 November 2012 Dear Colleagues, Since the ACT Tanzania forum raised an alert on the drought situation in Northern part of the...
Tanzania + 1 more
15 November 2012, Nairobi — With more than 35,000 Burundian refugees preparing to be repatriated from Tanzania, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is today...
Tanzania + 1 more
Written by Kathryn Paik, Program Officer, Adolescent Girls posted: November 13, 2012 It was no easy journey from Dar es Salaam to the Nyarugusu Refugee Camp in Tanzania; my colleague and I took a...
Tanzania’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives (MAFC) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have launched three new projects today to support efforts to develop cassava...
By Gladys Terichow Blurb: Intergenerational classes allow young and old to talk candidly about HIV and AIDS. Nov. 7, 2012 ARUSHA, Tanzania – Tears flow freely at Binti Mama (daughter mother)...
WASHINGTON, October 23, 2012 – The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved US$25 million to boost the productivity of Tanzania’s agriculture sector through timely delivery of seeds and...
Every month, 35-year-old Asha Faraha takes her 14-month-old baby, Subira Ibrahim, to visit the medical dispensary in the nearest town, Talawanda. Until recently, she had to make the 10 km journey by...
ZANZIBAR CITY, 24 October 2012 (IRIN) - The Tanzanian archipelago of Zanzibar has experienced three anti-government protests so far this year; the latest, in mid-October, saw one police officer...
FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Planting of the 2012 “vuli” season crops is underway in bi-modal areas High maize and rice prices in most markets Tighter food security situation following the start of the...
By Arusha Times Correspondent The acute shortage of water which normally affects the residents of Nkoaranga area in Arumeru district will soon be over following the completion of a Sh. 74 million...
KEY MESSAGES The September to December Vuli rains started in September, but the start of season rainfall distribution remains poor in many areas. There are reports of poor germination and of the...