American and German Governments Partner with Tanzanian Government and Frankfurt Zoological Society to Save Elephants in the Selous

The United States Department of State in partnership with the Dar Teknohama Business Incubator (DTBi) and CoderDojo launched a two-month pilot program to teach 50 primary school-aged youth 21st century computer technology skills through a new initiative called afriCoderDojo. In the photo the DTBi Chief Executive Officer Eng. George Mulamula speaks to the audience on launching the programme held yesterday at the COSTECH Building in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The program is first of its kind...

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German Zoological Organisation Donates 11 Vehicles to Tanzania Anti ...
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The Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS), a non-governmental organisation in Germany, donated 11 vehicles to the Tanzanian government on Tuesday (March 11th) to support its anti-poaching efforts, Tanzania's The Citizen reported. President Jakaya Kikwete ...
JK hails support, says fight must be globalIPPmedia
Smarter anti-poaching drive on horizonDaily News
Frankfurt Zoo comes to Tanzania's aid...

Kenya's Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o returns to her native country with a mission to save wild animals.

Mark Lowen visits Kenya's Tsavo national park to see the effects of poaching on the elephant population.

Will 2016 Be a Breakthrough in the Fight to Save Elephants?
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Signs of hope in East Africa include high-profile court cases, on-the-ground results, and a new president nicknamed the Bulldozer. Picture of seized elephant ivory being burned. A Kenya Wildlife Services officer stands near a burning pile of seized ...

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Tanzania urges China to curb ivory demand to save elephants
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DAR ES SALAAM A Tanzanian government minister described elephant poaching on Thursday as a national disaster, and urged China to curb its appetite for ivory. The east African nation's elephant population shrank from around 110,000 in 2009 to a little ...
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National parks wooing tourists to visit wildlife...

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Tanzanian and Mozambique governments aiming at deepen ties
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DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania (Xinhua -- The visiting Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has urged Tanzania and Mozambique to protect and nurture cordial relations between the two countries. Addressing the National Assembly in the east African nation's ...
Tanzania, Mozambique set to boost trade tiesIPPmedia
Dar, Maputo Agree On Stronger TiesAllAfrica.com
Mozambicans in Tanzania to be registeredStarAfrica.com

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Q&A: Report Alleges Governments' Complicity in Tanzanian Elephant Poaching
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Smugglers who dominate the illicit ivory trade from Africa to China said to use Zanzibar as their shipping port. A pgoro of an elephant in Mikumi National Park in Tanzania. An African elephant in Mikumi National Park, which borders Tanzania's Selous Game ...
Report: Africa ivory smuggled on China state visitPocono Record
Tanzania denies ivory smuggled during Chinese state visitReuters...

President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete with the US Secretary of State John Kerry exchange views before the start of a Civil Society Town Hall Meeting on Open Government Partnership (OGP) at the National Academy for Sciences in Washington DC. President Kikwete and President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana served as panelists during the session which was moderated by VOA's Straight Talk Afrika presenter Shaka Ssali.… ...