Minister slams killings of elderly women, seeks state initiative

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Minister slams killings of elderly women, seeks state initiative
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About Sh500 million is needed for the introduction of a nationwide initiative for ending killings of innocent elderly women, the Minister for Lands, Housing and Human Settlements, Prof. Anna Tibaijuka has declared. Officiating at the Tanzania Women Lawyers ...

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10 years ago

Daily News

08 Nov

State slams ivory smuggling claim

The Irrawaddy News Magazine
State slams ivory smuggling claim
Daily News
THE government has strongly refuted allegation by a United States-based Nongovernmental Organisation (NGO) that alleged some Chinese officials sneaked out of the country illegal ivory during the visit by President Xi Jinping of China in Tanzania last year.
Chinese officials smuggled so much ivory out of Tanzania prices doubleDaily Mail
Did Chinese Officials Smuggle Ivory On A State Trip To Tanzania?AFKInsider
Tanzania Denies...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

16 Oct

Mobile initiative seeks to boost productivity for farmers

The Connected Farmer Alliance (CFA) — a public-private partnership for Vodafone Group, the US Agency for International Development (Usaid) and TechnoServe — has announced its first commercial agreement on the use of mobile technology to increase the productivity of low-income farmers in Tanzania.

 

11 years ago

IPPmedia

14 Feb

Minister of State, Prime Minister's Office, Regional Administration and Local ...

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Minister of State, Prime Minister's Office, Regional Administration and Local ...
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To ensure accountability and prevention of mismanagement of public funds, the government has been forced to dismiss, suspend warn or otherwise punish a good number of its servants. Minister of State, Prime Minister's Office, Regional Administration and ...
Govt eyes electronic revenue collection by year 2015Daily News

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10 years ago

TheCitizen

19 Dec

Initiative seeks to award best board directors in banking and insurance

> Outstanding members of boards of directors for banks and insurance firms will now be awarded in a move that seeks to celebrate excellence in the group of people that are entrusted with responsibilities of making decisions on behalf of shareholders.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Jun

Magu, where elderly women are labelled witches

In Mwanza Region’s Magu district, you cannot avoid being called a witch if you are a woman. When your husband dies, you are the one who killed him. And if his wife dies, then it is his mistress that killed her.

 

10 years ago

Reuters

30 Mar

Elderly women in Tanzania fear spate of murderous witch hunts

Elderly women in Tanzania fear spate of murderous witch hunts
Reuters
TABORA, Tanzania (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A blood-stained machete outside a mud-walled shack in a remote Tanzanian village is a reminder of how Pili Kidawa narrowly escaped death after coming under attack from a mob of angry villagers ...

 

10 years ago

TRFN

16 Apr

Attacks on elderly Tanzania women sparks plan against witch hunters

Leadership Newspapers
Attacks on elderly Tanzania women sparks plan against witch hunters - TRFN
Reuters Africa
DAR ES SALAAM, April 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A rising number of attacks on elderly women in Tanzania accused of witchcraft has prompted the launch of a campaign to protect older women in the impoverished east African nation.
Tanzanian mobile phone subscribers jump by 16 pct in 2014Reuters
EU Releases $56.7m In Funding Aid To TanzaniaLeadership Newspapers
Jovago Opens New...

 

10 years ago

Thomson Reuters Foundation

16 Apr

Attacks on elderly Tanzania women spark plan against witch hunters

Thomson Reuters Foundation
Attacks on elderly Tanzania women spark plan against witch hunters
Thomson Reuters Foundation
DAR ES SALAAM, April 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A rising number of attacks on elderly women in Tanzania accused of witchcraft has prompted the launch of a campaign to protect older women in the impoverished east African nation. Human rights ...
Attacks on elderly Tanzania women sparks plan against witch huntersThe Standard Digital News (satire) (press release)...

 

10 years ago

Daily News

14 Jun

State reaffirms pledge to contain albino killings

Anglicannews
State reaffirms pledge to contain albino killings
Daily News
PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete has reaffirmed his government's commitment to end killings and all other forms of violence against people with albinism. Mr Kikwete said the government has been taking a number of measures including review of legislations to ...
Anglicans helping families accept children with albinism in TanzaniaAnglicannews
World albinism awareness day to be observed in Kikwetespyghana.com

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