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Last Burundian Refugees Who Fled to Tanzania in 1972 Return Home

The U.N. refugee agency says one of the longest-running refugee sagas in the world is ending with the return of 400 Burundians who fled to Tanzania in 1972. The UNHCR has helped 53,500 refugees return to Burundi from Tanzania...

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China's Business Ties to the Camara Junta Could Quickly Backfire

Beijing's Foreign Ministry officials are energetically distancing themselves from a US$7 billion minerals deal announced on 9 October by the increasingly isolated military regime in Guinea with the Hong-Kong based China...

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Natural Fire 10 Exercise Begins

The multinational military exercise involving contingents from the five East African states led by the US military and the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) entered its fourth day today in Kitgum, following its official...

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Fund Dishes Out Sh6 Billion in Aids Support

The Rapid Funding Envelope (RFE) has announced the release of Sh6.3 billion to fund HIV/Aids activities by civil society organizations in Tanzania. The 30 grant awards will be implemented in collaboration with the Tanzania...

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Locust Disaster in Tanzania Prevented

Locusts know no border. And for farmers in Africa, this fact can translate into disaster. A locust can consume more than its weight in food in just a day. If not controlled, large swarms of locusts will fly over vast areas of...

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Tanzania: 11 Key Roads Lined Up for Upgrading

Eleven roads are lined up for construction to tarmac level during the current financial year, it was revealed in Parliament yesterday, amid claims by the MPs on unfair distribution of infrastructure funds.

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Tanzania: 1 Million Hectares Set Aside for Livestock Keeping - Govt

Dodoma — More than one million hectares of land have been allocated to pastoralist communities in 240 villages countrywide. The deputy minister for Livestock Development and Fisheries, Dr James Wanyancha said the move was aimed...

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Tanzania gives Burundian refugees more time to return home

Source: UNHCR UNHCR has welcomed a decision by the Tanzanian government to give more time for the voluntary repatriation of some 36,000 Burundian camp-based refugees. The Mtabila refugee camp in Kasulu district ...

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Entrepreneurs to Access Sh13 Million From Two Schemes

Local entrepreneurs are set to benefit from grants of over $10 million (Sh13 billion). The Tanzania Private Sector Foundation (TFSP) is undertaking two programmes - the National Business Plan Competition (BPC) and the National...

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East Africa: UN-Backed Campaign Prevents Locust Outbreak

United Nations-backed emergency efforts have successfully contained a massive Red Locust outbreak in Tanzania and upheld the livelihoods of millions of farmers, marking the first time that biopesticides have been used on a...

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