2014-10-18 Tanzania Health

  ABC News   

White House names Ebola czar as it steps up response  Los Angeles Times
With Americans' fears over random Ebola exposure fueled anew by scares on a cruise ship and a tour bus, the Obama administration moved Friday to fight accusations of incompetence from around Washington and on the campaign trail ahead of the midterm ...

2014-10-18 Tanzania Science

  MarketWatch   

REUTERS SUMMIT-Can an oil and gas superpower lead on climate change?  Reuters UK
WASHINGTON Oct 17 (Reuters) - A day before President Barack Obama addressed the United Nations to declare the nation is "stepping up to the plate" to tackle climate change, nearly 400,000 protesters jammed New York City streets in a climate change ...

2014-10-18 Tanzania Sports

  New Vision   

Flavia Namakula leads 64th Uganda Ladies Open  NTV Uganda
UPDF golfer, Flavia Namakula, holds the lead in the 64th Uganda Ladies open. Namakula carded one under par 71 to go with her opening round of 72. The UPDF golfer turned in a solid bogey-free display on the front nine and had two birdies to go along with ...

2014-10-18 Tanzania Entertainment

Baha'is celebrate anniversary of birth of Bab  Daily News
Baha'is worldwide will celebrate the birth of Bab, the first of the two divine teachers central to the founding of the Baha'i Faith on Sunday. In Dar es Salaam the Bahá'í community will gather for prayers and devotional readings followed by a fellowship and ...

2014-10-18 Tanzania Technology

Last straw awaits drunk drivers  Daily News
A SPECIAL committee tasked with drafting strategies to ease road accidents has recommended revoking of licences of drunk drivers and introduction of road safety syllabi from primary to secondary schools. According to police statistics, road accidents have ...

2014-10-18 Tanzania Business

  Daily News   

Govt losing billions in revenue from natural resources - envoy  Daily News
THE management of natural resource sectors such as forests, wildlife and fisheries has been suffering from weaknesses. According to Finnish Ambassador to Tanzania, Ms Sinikka Antila, a number of studies and reports showed that the government was ...

2014-10-18 Tanzania World

  ABC News   

Palestinians want Israel pullout vote this year  Daily Mail
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Palestinian U.N. ambassador said Friday his government wants the U.N. Security Council to vote on a resolution before the end of the year that would set November 2016 as the deadline for Israeli troops to withdraw from all ...

2014-10-18 Tanzania Africa

  The Punch   

Kidnapped girls to be freed  Herald Scotland
NIGERIA has agreed a ceasefire with Islamist militants Boko Haram and reached a deal for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the group six months ago. NIGERIA has agreed a ceasefire with Islamist militants Boko Haram and reached a ...

2014-10-18 Tanzania Tanzania

  IPPmedia   

International body praises govt for giving Burundians citizenship  IPPmedia
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Tanzania has welcomed the move by the government this week to award citizenship certificates to 162,000 Burundi refugees. IRC's country director in Tanzania, Elijah Okeyo, speaking about the government's ...