Many homeless after rain, wind in Sumbawanga

Tanzania: Many Homeless After Rain, Wind in Sumbawanga
AllAfrica.com
Sumbawanga — More than 490 families are homeless after their houses were destroyed by persistent strong winds and heavy rain in Sumbawanga. According to Sumbawanga district executive director Himid Njovu, more than 30 houses, including a mosque, ...

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Thousands homeless: Three Tanzanians drown during heavy rain
Coastweek
DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania (Xinhua) -- At least three people were killed, thousands were displaced and transport was paralyzed on Wednesday in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam following heavy rains that started on Tuesday. Said Meck Sadick ...
Dar overwhelmed as rains hit hardDaily News

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Media At a Glance As Campaigners Wind Up
AllAfrica.com
Zanzibar — In a general perspective, media has not been impartial during the election campaigning, officially closing on Saturdaybefore the polling Day on Sunday. But despite the challenge, journalists have been urged to shun any form of partisanship ...
TANZANIA : European election observers non grata in ZanzibarAfrica Intelligence (subscription)

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Part of the answer to South Africa's continuous power shortages could lie in using renewable energy, the BBC's Taurai Maduna reports.

Tanzania must adapt various energy sources -- including wind and solar -- to get rid of water problems affecting communities in the country, it has been advised.

>The National Audit Office yesterday said it needs more time to complete investigations into the controversial sale of Independent Power Tanzania (IPTL) that led to the questionable withdrawal of Sh201 billion from an escrow account at the Bank of Tanzania (BoT).

A British company Aldwych International and its Tanzanian partner Six telecoms Company are at an advanced stage of establishing a major wind power project in Singida region to improve power supply to the north and north-west regions of Tanzania.

The envisaged Singida Wind Power project will roll the region’s economic fortunes and turn the municipality into a city during the next few years, the project developers said yesterday.