LOCAL FEATURE: Dar’s historic buildings get a new lease of life as threat looms large

>Seventy-two-year-old Walter Bgoya has a passion for conserving and protecting Dar es Salaam’s architectural heritage, which is now on the brink of being wiped out by greedy real estate developers.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

IPPmedia

16 May

One of Bagamoyo's historic buildings which could be lined up for demolition ...

IPPmedia
One of Bagamoyo's historic buildings which could be lined up for demolition ...
IPPmedia
Members of Parliament raised their voices on Wednesday in protest against a growing trend of bulldozing historic buildings and structures in replacement with new-modernised ones, saying they instead need to be renovated to promote tourism sector in the ...

 

9 years ago

Daily News

03 Sep

Heavy rains seen as El Nino looms large

Heavy rains seen as El Nino looms large
Daily News
THE Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA) has warned of possible heavy rains in the coming months in many parts of the country due to the anticipated El Nino phenomenon effect. There is increasing warming over the Equatorial Pacific Ocean, which is ...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

28 Oct

LOCAL FEATURE: Rukwa prepares to make case for increased local investment

>Rukwa Region, located in south-western Tanzania 1,200 kilometres from the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, will throughout this week be in local and international headlines as it showcases its investment opportunities which are in abundance.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

03 Dec

Give trl a new lease of life

Our central railway system is a sad testimony of just how much our country has stagnated or backtracked instead of making social and economic strides with the passage of time.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

22 Dec

Giving the book a new lease of life

The sound of voices mingles with a clapping of hands. At Pingo Primary, pupils, parents, invited guests and teachers join in song. It’s the climax of a month-long reading competition that has brought together five schools from Bagamoyo District.

 

9 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

22 Dec

Tanzania: Giving the Book a New Lease of Life

Tanzania: Giving the Book a New Lease of Life
AllAfrica.com
The sound of voices mingles with a clapping of hands. At Pingo Primary, pupils, parents, invited guests and teachers join in song. It's the climax of a month-long reading competition that has brought together five schools from Bagamoyo District ...

 

11 years ago

BBC

VIDEO: Drought threat looms over Kenya region

The Turkana region in northern Kenya is facing one of the worst droughts in living memory with more than 1m people in need of food aid.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

13 Jan

Chaos threat looms ahead of 2015 General Election

>With about a year to go before the next general election, a worrying trend in intra-party politics has emerged in the country, whereby internal wrangles and differences among leaders are increasingly leading to violent skirmishes between members of rival factions.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

18 Feb

KAGWANJA: Nigeria’s electoral strategies give new lease of life to jihadism

>In mid-December last year, I warned that “elite fiddling with terrorism [is] pushing democracy to the brink”.

 

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