No ban yet on ‘shisha’ smoking, says govt

MPs in Lagos state, Nigeria's economic hub, pass a bill banning smoking in public places, including restaurants and on public transport.

>It is easy to dismiss smokers as people who should simply be ignored since they are self-destructive, but the matter is not as simple as that. The health of a non-smoker seated next to a person who is smoking is endangered too.

Simanjiro district commissioner Mahmoud Kambona says the ban is necessary and will halt mounting tension between TanzaniteOne and locals

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Rally ban in Mtwara, Lindi to be lifted soon, says govt
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Government ban on public rallies in the southern regions of Mtwara and Lindi may be in the not so distant future with authorities reporting they are performing a security evaluation ahead of the lift. Public rallies in the said regions were banned late last year in ...

>President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday defended his administration against growing accusation that it was muzzling the press and cracking hard on the opposition parties’ activities.

Govt mulls lifting of ban on lobster, prawns fishing
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THE government will conduct an assessment to see if there was a need to lift a ban on prawns, crab and lobster fishing in sea waters. This was said in the National Assembly here by the Deputy Minister for Livestock Development and Fisheries, Mr Kaika ...

>The government will next week intervene in a ban slapped on Tanzania’s tourist vehicles shuttling between here

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Govt seeks global ban of ivory trade, refutes claims it is not doing enough
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Claims that Tanzania has failed to fight against poaching on account that it has never managed to arrest any poachers in the country and at least all Tanzania's trophies seized were seized outside the country have been refuted strongly by the government.
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Cigarette smoking is not the leading choice of leisure in Africa. Three years ago when the World Health Organisation (WHO) issued statistics, it was concluded that there were no figures for Africa.