Southern African leaders meet as region faces food shortages

The UN appeals for more than $2bn to care for 20 million 'food insecure' Africans in the Sahel belt south of the Sahara.

The winners of the Southern African regional 2015 All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA) in Partnership with CNBC Africa were announced at a glamorous ceremony held at the Hilton Sandton Hotel, Johannesburg on September 30.
 
The Southern African winners will go on to contend other regional winners from West and East Africa to determine Africa’s most respected business game-changer at the All Africa AABLA Finale, to take place in November. Known for identifying excellence in business on...

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The East African Heads of State Summit Chairman ,President Dr.Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete together with his East African counterparts from left President Salva Kiir of South Sudan, the host President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda and President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya during the 9th Northern Corridor Integration Projects Summit held in Rwandan Capital Kigali today(Photo by Freddy Maro)

Large crowds gathering at food markets have made social distancing impossible for many.

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Leaders vow to fight shortages
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THE newly appointed Permanent Secretaries (PSs) and Regional Commissioners (RCs) who were sworn in by President Jakaya Kikwete in Dar es Salaam's State House have vowed to work on the various problems that afflict citizens. The problems to be ...

Tanzania police seize 61 elephant tusks in southern region
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DAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Police in Tanzania's southern region of Mtwara said on Thursday that they have seized 61 elephant tusks and arrested two suspects in connection with the tusks. Augustine Ollomi, Mtwara regional police commander, ...

>Health stakeholders in Mara have requested the government to supply the region with antiretroviral drugs as the shortage of the life-saving therapy threatens the lives of people living with HIV.

Kagera region faces acute shortage of science teachers
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MISENYI district in Kagera Region faces a shortage of 127 teachers for secondary schools, with 103 being science teachers, the Misenyi District Academic Officer, Mr George Rubaiyuka has disclosed. He noted that to-date the district has a total of 333 ...