Residents query sand exports

Residents of Ntondo Village in Lindi Region have called for government intervention in their dispute with Pack, a mining company they suspect of smuggling out of the country tonnes of sand believed to contain minerals.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

23 Apr

Tanzania still exports gold-laden sand to Japan, says agency

Tanzania is still exporting huge cargo of unprocessed gold to Japan as East Africa’s second largest economy still lacks the technology to refine its reddish yellow metal locally.

 

9 years ago

BBC

VIDEO: Soil turning to sand in Senegal

It is not only political and economic upheaval that forces many people to try and make the dangerous journey from Africa to Europe.

 

5 years ago

BBC

23 Feb

Canary Island sandstorm: Flights cancelled due to Saharan sand

Passengers have been left stranded after a strong sandstorm caused poor visibility.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

16 Jan

MBITIRU: Head deeply buried in sand for Gambian leader after coup bid

>Belatedly, it’s a new year but inauspicious beginnings abound in Africa. The power by the barrel of the gun and rule-by-fear-instilling mob is still around.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

13 Oct

Query as Meghji votes as Islander

>More claims of voter tampering in the just-ended Constituent Assembly (CA) continue to emerge, this time involving a member from the Union Parliament from the Mainland who reportedly voted as a representative from Zanzibar.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

03 Aug

Parliamentarians query education standards in EA

Poverty could be the reason behind the falling educational standards in East Africa, according to a member of the East African Legislative Assembly (Eala) from Kenya Judith Pareno.

 

9 years ago

Sunday Leader

03 Oct

Query Over Blood Ivory Disposal

Sunday Leader
Query Over Blood Ivory Disposal
Sunday Leader
Questions have been raised as to why the new government has not yet considered disposing of the shipment of contraband blood ivory that was seized by the Sri Lanka Customs in May 2012, while being transshipped to Dubai from Tanzania. Stock of ...

 

10 years ago

BBC

Funding query over Rio carnival win

Brazil samba school Beija-Flor wins Rio's carnival by telling the story of Equatorial Guinea - after allegedly being funded by the African nation.

 

10 years ago

Daily News

05 May

Seized vessel faces registration query

Seized vessel faces registration query
Daily News
REGISTRATION of MV Hamal, which was seized by Royal Navy with drugs worth over 500 million pounds sterling, had expired since last June. Zanzibar Maritime Authority Director General, Abdi Omar Maalim said the ill-fated boat, which was manned by a ...

 

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