Call for action against violence

Hon. ambassador Mwaidi Sinare Maajar followed by honorable Minister of Science and Communication, Prof Makame Mbarawa together with the author Mr. Norman Moyo beating the drums marking the unveiling of the book “Rumble in the Jungle” to the invited guests, the event took place at the Hyatt Hotel, far right is the MC of the event, Taji Liundi.

A Tanzanian based telecommunications executive, Norman Moyo, CEO of Helios Towers Tanzania launched his first leadership book called Rumble in the...

France on Monday presented a draft resolution to the UN Security Council aimed at toughening the international response to the violence in Burundi, where fears of Rwanda-style mass killings are rife.

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Ministry to focus on ending gender violence in action plan
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The Ministry of Community Development, Gender and Children has resorted to fight Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the next financial year attributing the habit as a major factor hampering socio-economic development of the country. Sophia Simba, the ...

The Nigerian government has been criticised for not doing enough to find and release some 190 schoolgirls abducted by militants two weeks ago.

Yesterday, Friday 9th May 2014, MPs, ministers, global representatives and zoological organizations gathered together to the ‘Stopping wildlife crime & advancing wildlife conservation conference: a call to action’ hosted by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism and the ICCF.

The conference, which was held at the Hyatt Regency in Dar es Salaam, brought together influential delegates from across the globe to open a discussion about the alarming levels of illegal poaching occurring in...

UNICEF today launched a creative video initiative in support of the #ENDviolence movement, designed to reinforce the growing global momentum to end violence against children.  This includes connecting with, and engaging parents and care givers to tackle violence against children and find solutions to prevent and end it in their own communities. The video features the single ‘Our Navigation’ from the UK-based electronic music band Four Tet’s latest record, ‘Beautiful Rewind’, on Text...

The Union of NGOs (Ungos) in the region yesterday asked President Jakaya Kikwete to take appropriate disciplinary measures against all government officials who have been implicated in the Tegeta escrow account scam.

MPs yesterday asked Energy and Minerals ministry to put proper strategies in place that would help in weeding out mineral smugglers.

Call for improvement in gender violence coverage
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JOURNALISTS in Zanzibar have been asked to avoid single source 'syndrome' to improve gender reporting. "Most stories are single sourced, containing insufficient information, and mainly urbanized," Ms Shifaa Said explained when analyzing best covered ...