2015-04-01 Tanzania Health

BBC News   

Saving girls from the 'cutting season'   
BBC News
Girls in parts of Tanzania are often forced to undergo female genital mutilation, even though the practice is illegal. Faced with FGM, many had nowhere to turn - until now. A safe house has opened in the north of the country to offer protection when they need it ...

2015-04-01 Tanzania Science

American Register   

Researchers Use Tampons to Detect Waste Water Pollution Level   
American Register
Up till now it was thought th at tampons just serve as a feminine hygiene product that absorbs blood during menstruation but now a new study shows that tampons can do much more than that. They can help identify the pollution areas in rivers and streams that ...

2015-04-01 Tanzania Sports

Firstpost   

New Zealand pacer Kyle Mills announces retirement from all forms of cricket   
Firstpost
Wellington: New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Mills has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, ending a 14-year international career. The 36-year-old right armer was a member of New Zealand's 15-man World Cup squad but didn't play in any of its ...

2015-04-01 Tanzania Entertainment

Lusaka Times   

Twitter Is Not a Comedy Club (As Trevor Noah Just Found Out)   
Hollywood Reporter
There are a lot of issues at hand in the "Trevor Noah Situation," but maybe there's a lesson here for stand-up comics. Trevor Noah Standup Routine - H 2015. The Trevor Noah Situation, as we should probably be calling this little phase of his barely started ...

2015-04-01 Tanzania Technology

USA TODAY   

Amazon's Dash button--Not an April Fools' joke   
USA TODAY
Never, ever want to run out of coffee, toilet paper, razors or trash bags again? Amazon has a button for you. The online behemoth launched Amazon Dash on Tuesday. Although that was one day before April Fools', it actually is a real product, the company ...

2015-04-01 Tanzania Business

Massive import cheating uncovered at Dar port   
Daily News
SIX 40-foot containers loaded with motorcycle spare parts, flat screen television sets and biscuits but whose owners declared that they were loaded with imported gypsum, were seized by a Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) team led by Finance Minister, ...

2015-04-01 Tanzania World

Times LIVE   

Kampala bombing trial stalls as top prosecutor slain   
Times LIVE
"We call upon any member of the public who may have any information relating to the murder of Joan to give it to the police," Kayihura said. File photo. Image by: JAMES AKENA / REUTERS. A key trial in Uganda of 13 men accused of taking part in al-Shabab ...

2015-04-01 Tanzania Africa

Independent Online   

Zuma applauds Nigeria on polls   
Independent Online
Cape Town - South African President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday congratulated the incoming president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, following the general elections in that country. Current Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday conceded ...

2015-04-01 Tanzania Tanzania

STEP programme pushes to improve education standards   
Daily News
THE government will train 18,015 teachers countrywide under the Student Teacher Enrichment Programme (STEP) in a bid to improve education standards. The first phase of the programme started on March 9, this year, whereas 9,039 teachers from 20 ...

2015-03-31 Tanzania Health

BBC News   

Ebola outbreak: No work, no football   
BBC News
Sierra Leone has recorded more deaths than any other country in the current Ebola outbreak. Although the crisis is easing, schools remain closed, weddings are discouraged and football matches are not allowed. Here, some Sierra Leoneans explain how the ...

2015-03-31 Tanzania Science

Los Angeles Times   

A steady stream of comet dust may have 'painted' Mercury black   
Los Angeles Times
The mystery of Mercury's excessively dark surface may have just been solved. A team of researchers working at Brown University say the planet's inky appearance may be the result of a near constant rain of impacts from tiny specks of cometary dust that ...

2015-03-31 Tanzania Sports

CNN   

Tiger Woods drops out of golf's top 100   
CNN
Tiger Woods of the United States walks off the 18th green during the second round of The 143rd Open Championship at Royal Liverpool on July 18, 2014 in Hoylake, England. (CNN) — For the first time in his illustrious career, Tiger Woods is no longer ...

2015-03-31 Tanzania Entertainment

AsiaOne   

Jay Z to relaunch streaming service as battle heats up   
AsiaOne
NEW YORK - Rap mogul Jay Z was set Monday to launch a rebranding of his Tidal streaming service as he mounts a challenge to Spotify for a slice of the growing industry. Jay Z earlier this year bought Tidal, which markets itself for its high sound quality, ...

2015-03-31 Tanzania Technology

Market Business News   

Sony launches Spotify-powered music streaming app   
Market Business News
Sony has officially launched its new Playstation Music app. The Japanese tech giant teamed up with Spotify to make a music streaming service available on the PS4, PS3, and Xperia mobile devices across 41 markets. The streaming service, powered by ...

2015-03-31 Tanzania Business

Energy Voice   

Statoil makes natural gas discovery offshore Tanzania (STO)   
Seeking Alpha (registration)
Statoil (NYSE:STO) says it has made another natural gas discovery at the Mdalasini-1 exploration well offshore Tanzania. STO says the discovery of an additional 1T-1.8T cf of natural gas at the well brings the total of in-place volumes to ~22T cf in Block 2.
Statoil makes 8th hit off Tanzania   OE Digital
Statoil makes eighth discovery in block 2 offshore Tanzania   PennEnergy
Statoil discovers more natural gas in Tanzania   Big News Network.com
Africa Intelligence (subscription)   
Independent Online   
Oil & Gas Technology   
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Govt committed to build Kurasini logistics centre   
Daily News
THE government is still committed to execute the Kurasini Business Logistic Centre project, the envisaged business hub for East and Central African countries. The Minister for Industry and Trade, Dr Abdallah Kigoda, said in an interview in Dar es Salaam that ...

2015-03-31 Tanzania World

Al-Arabiya   

Swedish PM signals improved ties with Saudi Arabia   
Al-Arabiya
Ties appeared to have thawed between the two countries after Saudi Arabia decided last week to send its envoy back to Sweden. (File Photo: AFP). Text size A A A. By Staff writer | Al Arabiya News Tuesday, 31 March 2015. Sweden's prime minister signaled ...

2015-03-31 Tanzania Africa

BBC News   

Police investigates prosecutor murder   
New Vision
The lead prosecutor in the 2010 Kyadondo Rugby Club and the Ethiopian Village Restaurant in Kampala, Joan Kagezi Monday evening shot dead in what police called an assassination. Below is Inspector of Police Gen. Kale Kayihura's official statement.
Uganda prosecutor in 2010 al-Shabab bombings case shot dead   Deutsche Welle
Uganda: Prosecutor Is Fatally Shot   New York Times
Gunmen Kill Ugandan Prosecutor   Wall Street Journal
The Guardian   
Mail & Guardian Africa   
Channel News Asia   
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Daily Times   

International Observers Laud Polls   
Daily Times
Foreign Observers who monitored last Saturday's Presidential and National Assembly elections have lauded the exercise. The ECOWAS Observer Mission (EOM) described it is acceptable meeting the criteria of being free and transparent. The declaration ...

2015-03-31 Tanzania Tanzania

Firearm in Gwajima men's possession illegally owned   
Daily News
POLICE in Dar es Salaam Special Zone have established that the firearm that was found in the bag carried by the 15 suspects who were plotting to enable the Head of Glory of Christ Church, Bishop Josephat Gwajima, escape on Sunday morning was being ...

2015-03-30 Tanzania Health

Independent Online   

Ebola survivors urged to abstain from sex   
Independent Online
Monrovia - Liberia called upon Ebola survivors on Sunday to extend a period of sexual abstinence or protected sex beyond an already advised three months following their recovery, amid fears the country's latest case may have resulted from sexual ...

2015-03-30 Tanzania Science

American Register   

Yawunik Kootenayi, Lobster Like Predator, Discovered by Scientists   
American Register
Scientists have discovered a spec ies known as Yawunik Kootenayi that is a newly identified species. It was a sea animal having two sets of eyes and also had quite an interesting set of appendages that are much akin to antennae. Researchers are now ...

2015-03-30 Tanzania Sports

Eurosport.com AU   

World Cup win dedicated to Hughes   
Eurosport.com AU
Australia captain Michael Clarke paid tribute to Phillip Hughes after bowing out of one-day internationals with a World Cup win. Emotions were running high at the MCG as Australia beat New Zealand by seven wickets in the final, with Clarke scoring 74 on his ...

2015-03-30 Tanzania Entertainment

The Observer (blog)   

Cape Town jazz festival ends on a cheerful note   
The Observer (blog)
Africa's biggest jazz gathering took place on Friday at Cape Town International Convention Centre in South Africa, with Africans urged to love their culture. The Cape Town International Jazz Festival (CTIJF), saw related music genres like rap, blues, kwaito ...

2015-03-30 Tanzania Technology

Cybercrime Bill will help curb vice - Nkoma   
IPPmedia
The passage of the draft bills to fight against cyber crimes will help to a great extent curb the growing cybercrimes incidents that have rocked the nation recently, the Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority (TCRA) Director General Prof. John Nkoma ...

2015-03-30 Tanzania Business

DSE, NMB launch annual 2m/- student investment challenge   
Daily News
STUDENTS from higher learning institutions have the next three months to compete and win 2m/- courtesy of NMB Bank and Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE). In a statement, DSE said the competition was launched in Dar es Salaam on Saturday and ...

2015-03-30 Tanzania World

Wall Street Journal   

No threat to New Zealand from strong 7.5 quake   
TVNZ
No damage or injuries have been reported following a magnitude-7.5 earthquake which struck near Papua New Guinea. The US Geological Survey recorded a quake about 12.49pm New Zealand time at a depth of 40km. The epicentre was near the city of ...

2015-03-30 Tanzania Africa

Osun Defender   

Presidential Poll: Shocker! Buhari floors Jonathan in Obanikoro, Bode George ...   
Osun Defender
Main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Mohammadu Buhari casts his ballot at a polling station in the “Gidan Niyam Sakin Yara A ward” at Daura in Katsina State on March 28, 2015. Voting began in Nigeria's general election ...

2015-03-30 Tanzania Tanzania

Free Malaysia Today   

Reuters News - Elderly girls in Tanzania fear spate of murderous witch hunts   
New York Recorder
By Kizito MakoyeTABORA, Tanzania (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A blood-stained machete outdoors a mud-walled shack in a remote Tanzanian village is a reminder of how Pili Kidawa narrowly escaped death right after coming beneath attack from a ...

2015-03-29 Tanzania Health

IPPmedia   

Govt declares diabetics free treatment.   
IPPmedia
The government has called for re-enforcement of its decree to provide diabetic patients with free medical care, following 22 years of inertia that found millions of patients paying dear costs for the supposedly free services and treatment. In what appeared as a ...

2015-03-29 Tanzania Science

Fox News   

Earth Hour observed in Moscow   
Business Standard
Several landmarks in the Russian capital city of Moscow plunged into darkness on Saturday night in commemoration of the Earth Hour 2015 celebration, a media report said on Sunday. At the iconic Red Square, the outside lighting on the Moscow Kremlin ...

2015-03-29 Tanzania Sports

Eurosport.com AU   

Steel all smiles after solid outing at World Cross Country Championships   
Eurosport.com AU
Steel all smiles after solid outing at World Cross Country Championships Gemma Steel admitted she had plenty to smile about after coming home as the highest placed Brit in 18th in the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Guiyang. The 29-year-old ...

2015-03-29 Tanzania Entertainment

USA TODAY   

All the items Lady Gaga's crossed off her bucket list   
USA TODAY
Lady Gaga , aka Stefani Germanotta and the future Mrs. Taylor Kinney , turns 29 today. And we can't let the day go by without acknowledging all the accomplishments she's packed into 29 years. Here are a few things Gaga's already crossed off her bucket list, ...

2015-03-29 Tanzania Technology

SkySports   

MotoGP: Round #1 Bridgestone Pole Position Report – Qatar   
Cycleworld
Ducati Team's Andrea Dovizioso showed he will be a force to be reckoned with this season after the Italian set a stunning time of 1'54.113 during Qualifying Practice 2 to claim pole position for tomorrow's Qatar Grand Prix. Dovizioso's pole-winning time was ...

2015-03-29 Tanzania Business

Govt establishes debt management office   
Daily News
NATIONAL debt will soon come under effective and professional control, thanks to the national debt management office whose establishment is reportedly in the final stages, the national assembly heard on Friday. Deputy Finance Minister Mwigulu Nchemba ...

2015-03-29 Tanzania World

The Hindu   

National mourning for Lee Kuan Yew   
Business Standard
The government has declared national mourning today as a mark of respect to the former Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew. The national flag will be flown at half-mast throughout the country and there is no official entertainment today as Lee's ...

2015-03-29 Tanzania Africa

Deutsche Welle   

Nigeria election extended to second day after technical problems and violence   
Deutsche Welle
Following glitches in new election technology, many Nigerians will return to the polls for a second day to cast their vote. The presidential election has also been marred by an attack by suspected Boko Haram militants. Nigerian election. Borno state Governor ...

2015-03-29 Tanzania Tanzania

Legislator wants vacant Bunge seats filled.   
IPPmedia
Few hours after newly appointed Members of Parliament were sworn in, the Muhambwe Legislator Felix Mkosamali has asked the government to amend the law which forbid by- elections for vacant constituencies in Mbinga West and Kigoma North. “Madame ...

2015-03-28 Tanzania Health

Diabetic patients to get free and high quality treatment - Minister   
Daily News
THE establishment of 169 diabetic clinics and provision of special diabetic training to 1925 medics countrywide are some of the government initiatives to provide all diabetic patients with free and high quality treatment, the national assembly was told on Friday ...

2015-03-28 Tanzania Science

Slate Magazine   

Why Africa's Largest Lake Is in Grave Danger   
Slate Magazine
UKEREWE, Tanzania—The night is clear and cool, the pale light of the full moon shimmering on the black water of Lake Victoria. As we emerge from the bay and round a small headland, Hamisi, the crew's leader, stands in the bow and shines a small ...

2015-03-28 Tanzania Sports

Stuff.co.nz   

Cricket World Cup: It's in the numbers   
Stuff.co.nz
Australia has the highest average strike rate of the tournament: an average of 116 runs from every 100 balls faced. New Zealand's dramatic Cricket World Cup campaign can be told in numbers, very big numbers. The Black Caps have faced 1734 balls and ...

2015-03-28 Tanzania Entertainment

BBC News   

Without Zayn, One Direction becomes four goofy white guys shouting   
DAWN.com
I'M a fan of One Direction's music. It's very efficient pop music that doubles as ecstatic, funny, and emotionally complex arena rock. Becoming a fan of One Direction's music has inadvertently and perhaps inevitably drawn my focus toward the individual ...

2015-03-28 Tanzania Technology

Wired   

Slack gets hacked, adds two-factor authentication   
TechnoBuffalo
Slack, the popular workplace messaging service that's growing by leaps and bounds, shared some slightly disconcerting news on Friday afternoon. The company suffered a pretty serious hack earlier this year and is implementing new security features to ...

2015-03-28 Tanzania Business

Kikwete for faster regional development   
Daily News
PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete has urged investors to use existing opportunities to inject funds into infrastructure development projects across the region. Mr Kikwete's call, which was echoed by other heads of state in East and Central African countries, was ...

2015-03-28 Tanzania World

The Straits Times   

Indonesians mourn loss of close friend Lee Kuan Yew   
The Straits Times
Mr Lee's friendship with Mr Suharto helped Singapore and Indonesia to forge close ties. Even after Mr Suharto resigned from office in 1998, Mr Lee remained a good friend. Mr Lee with a Bird of Paradise during a visit to a bird park with Mr Suharto on Sept 9, ...

2015-03-28 Tanzania Africa

The Guardian Nigeria   

Presidential Poll: Variables That May Affect Exercise   
The Guardian Nigeria
AS Nigerians go to the polls today to elect their president and members of the National Assembly for the next four years, certain variables may make or mar the elections, considering the tensed political atmosphere in the country. Despite assurances by ...

2015-03-28 Tanzania Tanzania

iAfrica.com   

The most expensive Easter bunny   
iAfrica.com
It took a master chocolatier, cocoa from Tanzania and two solitaire diamonds to create what's being billed as the world's most extravagant chocolate Easter bunny, worth $49 000 - or, the price of a high-end car. The specs are impressive: The bunny statuette ...

2015-03-27 Tanzania Health

Times of India   

Study: Virus in latest Ebola outbreak doesn't show unusual mutations   
The Seattle Times
The study results mean worries about doomsday scenarios, such as the ebola virus becoming transmissible by air, seem unlikely, experts say. By PAM BELLUCK. The New York Times. Fears that the current Ebola epidemic, the deadliest in history, was ...

2015-03-27 Tanzania Science

Bangkok Post   

Antarctic icepack has thinned by almost 20 percent   
Bangkok Post
WASHINGTON - The ice floating around Antarctica has thinned by nearly 20 percent, according to research, depleting the bulwark that prevents the permanent collapse of glaciers covering the southern continent. Penguins are seen gathering on a floating ...

2015-03-27 Tanzania Sports

IPPmedia   

Tanzanians await athletes to return with pride from China   
Daily News
FIVE Tanzanian athletes are already in Guiyang, China eagerly waiting to hoist high the national flag at the IAAF World Cross- Country championships on Saturday. Alphonce Felix, Ismail Juma, Basil John, Joseph Theophil and Fabian Sulle left Dar es ...

2015-03-27 Tanzania Entertainment

The Daily Orange   

World Peace is Comedy: Tanzanian Comic Writes About Life in America   
Digital Journal
Growing up as a kid in Africa where opportunities were limited, Ed Blaze made his friends laugh to pass the time in school, not realizing that comedy would be his calling later in life. Blaze's first book World Peace is Comedy chronicles his childhood in Africa ...

2015-03-27 Tanzania Technology

Washington Times   

Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 edge smartphones are a bold step ahead   
Fox News
Consumer Reports' engineers are already pouring over T-Mobile versions of the Samsung Galaxy S6 smartphone, the company's brand new flagship phone, and edgier sibling, the curve-screened Samsung Galaxy S6 edge. Our experts are checking their ...

2015-03-27 Tanzania Business

News Of Rwanda Group   

Kagame in Dar es Salaam as Rwanda-Tanzania relations ease   
News Of Rwanda Group
Rwanda's president Paul Kagame arrived in Tanzania on Thursday morning for a regional conference – ending more than two years of absence in the country which hosts headquarters of the East African Community (EAC). Kagame was last in Tanzania in ...

2015-03-27 Tanzania World

Stuff.co.nz   

CAA changes cockpit policy following Germanwings crash   
Stuff.co.nz
It's certainly not the first time in the last year that the safety of air travel has been brought into question. But as it's revealed the Germanwings plane was brought down on purpose by the co-pilot, Katie Gregory asks if anything could have been done to prevent ...

2015-03-27 Tanzania Africa

Voice of America   

Uganda Police, US Embassy Warn of Possible Attacks   
Voice of America
Police in Uganda say they have received "credible information" that Somali militant group al-Shabab is planning an attack in the capital, Kampala. The warning Thursday follows a similar message from the U.S. embassy in Kampala a day earlier. The police ...

2015-03-27 Tanzania Tanzania

ITV News   

Man charged with murder over hotel death   
ITV News
A man has been charged over the murder of a woman whose body was found in a hotel room. Sammy Almahri and Nadine Aburas. Sammy Almahri (left) was arrested in Tanzania following the death of Nadine Aburas (right). Credit: South Wales Police.
Man charged after body found in hotel room   Asian Image
Man suspected of killing Cardiff woman Nadine Aburas appears in court after ...   WalesOnline
Nadine Aburas murder suspect Sammy Almahri extradited to UK from Tanzania   South Wales Evening Post
BBC News   
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Avoid rumours, story distortions - journalists urged   
Daily News
JOURNALISTS working for various media outlets have been cautioned against rumours, sensationalism and distortion as the nation prepares for the October general election. Chairperson of the Content Committee under the Tanzania Communications ...

2015-03-26 Tanzania Health

Bunge endorses new anti-HIV strategy   
Daily News
MEMBERS of Parliament (MPs) on Wednesday passed the Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS) Amendment Bill, 2014 that among other things, creates a special fund to ensure that resources for fighting HIV/AIDS are readily available. The amendment ...

2015-03-26 Tanzania Science

Discovery News   

NASA Aims to Pluck a Boulder Off an Asteroid   
Discovery News
NASA plans to launch a robotic spacecraft to pick up a boulder roughly 10 feet in diameter from the surface of an asteroid and nudge it into an orbit around the moon, officials said Wednesday. NEWS: Asteroid Encounters Next on NASA's Itinerary. The mission ...

2015-03-26 Tanzania Sports

SuperSport   

Priceless as India fans turn SCG into 'home' ground   
SuperSport
More than three hours before the start of the World Cup semifinal between Australia and India on Thursday and already there were India flags being flown outside the Sydney Cricket Ground. Ajit Burli, 31, a chartered accountant from Mumbai and his friend ...

2015-03-26 Tanzania Entertainment

WLRN   

Vanilla, Nutmeg Spice And Everything Nice On A Zanzibar Farm   
WLRN
Let's start with a spice quiz. One is a bean discovered in Mexico. One's a tree native to India. One's the seed of a fruit discovered in Indonesia. Today vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg can all be found in any spice farm in Zanzibar — the East African archipelago ...

2015-03-26 Tanzania Technology

Gadget to monitor mobile service abuse procured   
Daily News
THE government has purchased a new device to control misuse of mobile phones and crime which is to be installed after completion of some procedures, the National Assembly was told on Wednesday. Deputy Minister for Communication, Science and ...

2015-03-26 Tanzania Business

www.worldbulletin.net   

Tanzania floods‏ leave 7 death   
www.worldbulletin.net
At least seven people have been confirmed dead and over 5,000 displaced by heavy rains that have pounded Dar es Salaam. "The death toll has reached seven while over 5,000 people are homeless after more than 500 houses were surrounded by water," ...