INSIGHT:How can the Tanzania—Malawi ‘waters diplomacy’ succeed?

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Tanzania must unite to succeed
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>The future of Tanzanian business communities to have access to US markets through the African Growth Opportunity Act (Agoa) is brighter now, thanks to a decision by Agoa to extend time.

>A few years ago,  the government was up in arms with edible oil importers on one hand and local manufacturers of the same on the other. Among others, the bone of contention was the taxes and levies imposed on the imported oil.

>Tanzania has made notable progress in the fight against leprosy. The disease, which once seemed to be a curse by many and left them with lifetime body deformation, is now a story with only few cases remaining. According to data, 1:10,000 people (only 1 in 10, 000 people) may be diagnosed with leprosy.

Tanzania: Insight - Need for Rethink of UN Involvement in Darfur
AllAfrica.com
El Fashir, Darfur — As others think for a need to reinforce the UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur (Unamid), its leaders have a different view. They think that the UN should refocus its involvement in Darfur crisis. Now that the situation is calm, the ...

Dar es Salaam. If problems were ranked by their weight basing on how widespread they are and how they affect people, land problems would be among the top issues on the list. Anywhere you go in the country you will hear problems related to land as one of the issues, which affects people.

>About 50 key actors in the marine fisheries sector could not believe their ears in mid-August, this year, when they were told that Tanzania did not know the amount of tuna fish caught from the Indian Ocean, where over 70 foreign fishing vessels are operating on the Tanzania side.

>Andre Mayi, 58, is a farmer from Seloto village in Babati District. He is also the village chairman. He has 10 acres of land on which he grows maize, pigeon peas, beans, bananas, vegetables and fruits. He also keeps cows, goats, milk, local chicken and pigs. In all his farming years Mayi admits he has never used industrial fertilizer until now  believing it ruins the soils and so did nearly everyone else in his village. However, through a research programme known as Africa Rising, this...