Our ‘tourism curse’: How mountains, lions and elephants have made us lazy

The first African Mountains Regional Forum has started at Ngurdoto Mountain Lodge in Arusha, Tanzania. The three-day forum to take place from October 22-24 is to provide an opportunity for different sustainable mountain development stakeholders to enhance understanding of common conservation and development issues in the region.
The forum is organized by the Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS) and the Africa Mountain Partnership Champions Committee (AMPCC) in partnership with the East...

>They once roamed the vast savannah of Africa in their hundreds of thousands, foraging on the abundant vegetation. But poachers were a different species and for half a century, killed the animals for their horn.

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Isles ministers 'lazy'
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THE House of Representatives and Zanzibar ministers have been criticised for underperforming due to their failure to take up their respective responsibilities. Mr Ismail Jussa Ladhu (CUF - Mjimkongwe) and Mr Makame Mshimba Mbarouk (CCM - Muyuni), ...

>CCM presidential candidate John Magufuli has declared war on lazy public officia vowing  to protect poor people’s rights if he will be elected Tanzania’s fifth president.

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Men too lazy to participate in community cooperatives - VICOBA
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Men have been advised strongly to participate in village cooperatives (VICOBA) so as to bring about multiple changes in development progress. Almost 80 percent of VICOBA members all over the country are women and only 20 percent are men, a figure that ...

Chadema presidential candidate Edward Lowassa yesterday said he will clear the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) of irresponsible officials who contribute to power woes if elected the next president.

Troops in Somalia have retaken the Galgala mountains from al-Shabab Islamist militants, the regional administration tells the BBC.

A friend at Kibong’oto, Lilian, assured me that we would walk up to the mountains of Old Moshi to visit her parents. So, one Saturday morning we took a taxi to Bomang’ombe, which is half way between Kibong’oto and Moshi.