SPECIAL REPORT: Concern as divorce rate in Zanzibar nears 32pc

Independent Online
Divorce rate spikes after Tanzania poll
Independent Online
Dar Es Salaam - Up to 50 women in Zanzibar have been divorced for taking part in the recent Tanzanian elections against the will of their husbands, according to lawyers and women's rights campaigners. Mzuri Issa, coordinator of the Tanzania Media ...
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IPPmedia
High enrolment rate unmatched by learning skills, says report
IPPmedia
Despite school pupils being enrolled in big numbers across Tanzania every year, a recent report by Twaweza, a non-profit NGO, shows that the general increase in access to education has not been matched by improvement in learning outcomes. Twaweza ...

Husbands who left their wives because of who they voted for in Zanzibar's election must provide for their children, a women's right lawyer has told the BBC.

BBC News
Zanzibar election: Couples 'divorce' over voting difference
BBC News
Husbands who abandoned their children after disagreeing with their wives' choices in Zanzibar's election must provide for their families, a women's rights lawyer has told the BBC. The call comes after divorces following October's election. The vote on ...

-Mobile internet use doubling year-on-year, with usage expected to increase 20 times in the next five years

-By 2017, 3G technology will outstrip 2G to become the region’s dominant form of mobile connection

-Ericsson predicts 930 million mobile subscriptions in Sub-Saharan Africa by the end of 2019, with 557m smartphone and 710m broadband subscriptions

 Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) (http://www.ericsson.com), a world leader in communications technology and services, has today revealed the scale...

SPECIAL REPORT: Why anti-poaching campaign ineffective
IPPmedia
In recent years, Tanzania has witnessed a steep rise in poaching and other forms of crime targeting elephants and other wild animal species. The rate of killings is significantly greater than the elephants' capacity to reproduce. This has led many wildlife ...

>For years, the success story of the Nile perch has been told in volumes and verses to the extent that this version of reality overshadows the impact of the fish on Lake Victoria.

>Outbreaks of  viral diseases which are known to spread from animals to humans (known as Zoonotic diseases) can be so economically devastating and life threatening—the reason why future health research priorities should be reviewed to combat Zoonotic infections in Tanzania and Africa in general.

>In an attempt to raise primary school enrolment, the government dropped fees in 2001—and the response was well worth it. By 2009, 95 per cent of children were in school all the way from pre-primary to secondary level.