EDITORIAL: Let us be practical if we’re to end poverty

>A report by the Chronic Poverty Advisory Network released over the weekend provides a disturbing scenario: 20 million people in East Africa are chronically poor!

>Tanzania should embark on a serious fight against poverty through building a strong agricultural sector and tapping the potentials of its tourism sector.

It’s an open secret; poverty is a big time problem in Tanzania. This is despite the recent statistics showing that only a third of the population still languishes in abject poverty.

Ending poverty is one of 17 goals outlined by the UN to replace the Millennium Development Goals which expire this year, as Naomi Grimley explains.

L-R:  Former president of Ghana John Kufuor; President of Cote D’Ivoire Alassane Ouattara, Co-Chair of the Africa Energy Leaders Group (AELG); Tony O. Elumelu, Chairman of Heirs Holdings and Co-Chair of the AELG; Vice President of Nigeria Yemi Osinbajo during the inaugural meeting of the AELG held in Abidjan yesterday to discuss regional solutions to the electricity deficit in Africa.

L-R:  Former presidents of Nigeria and Ghana Olusegun Obasanjo; John Kufuor; President of Cote D’Ivoire...

It would be naïve for anyone of us to think or demand that, conquering poverty – the bane of this country’s majority –  is an easy, short term engagement, since  resources needed to achieve this are in short supply.

L-R: Former president of Ghana John Kufuor; President of Cote D'Ivoire Alassane Ouattara, Co-Chair of the Africa Energy Leaders Group (AELG); Tony O. Elumelu, Chairman of Heirs Holdings and Co-Chair of the AELG; Vice President of Nigeria Yemi Osinbajo during the inaugural meeting of the AELG held in Abidjan yesterday to discuss regional solutions to the electricity deficit in Africa. L-R: Former presidents of Nigeria and Ghana...

Diplomat Patrick Chokala yesterday collected his nomination forms for the presidency at the CCM headquarters here. He has become the 38th party cadre to pick up the forms ahead of the October General Election.

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