SPECIAL REPORT: Why anti

SPECIAL REPORT: Why anti-poaching campaign ineffective
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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 ...

poaching campaign ineffective

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

30 Mar

SPECIAL REPORT: Shocking details emerge as secret anti-poaching drive takes root

A covert anti-poaching operation that began early this year in Katavi has found a Pentecostal Church involved in coordinating, storing and transporting ivory and arms.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

22 Dec

SPECIAL REPORT: Is empowerment working for women?

>Women in Zanzibar are leading in the growing number of those filing for divorce (talak), it has emerged.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

09 Jan

SPECIAL REPORT: Why research on viral diseases

>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.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

19 May

EDUCATION SPECIAL REPORT: Universities everywhere, but are they worth it?

>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.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

23 Sep

SPECIAL REPORT: The making of an ecological catastrophe

>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.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Apr

SPECIAL REPORT: Is al-Shabaab finally aiming at Tanzania?

>First, it was a Catholic Church that was hit before the bombers shifted their gun-sights to public rallies organised by Chadema—setting Arusha City, Tanzania’s tourist haven in panic mode. There was fear, chaos and blame game pitting the two major political parties, CCM and Chadema.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

11 Jan

SPECIAL REPORT: What’s the hidden agenda in IPTL saga?

>CAG lists the following nine court cases involving IPTL’s shareholders and/or creditors and informs us that it only focused on the first 2: Misc Civil Case No 49 of 2002 pitting VIP against IPTL and Mechmar Corporation in the High Court of Tanzania, Misc Civil Case No 254 of 2003 pitting VIP against IPTL, Mechmar and the Administrator General in the High Court of Tanzania and Civil Application No163 of 2004 pitting VIP against Mechmar in the Court of Appeal.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Mar

Lawyer fired over fraud report wants special rights

>A lawyer fired after raising concerns about corruption is seeking whistle-blower status in a UK lawsuit that could expand the protection to tens of thousands of professionals.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

24 May

SPECIAL REPORT: Many fleeing Burundi have no wish to return home

If you ask a Burundian refugee who has recently arrived in Tanzania when they plan to return home, there’s a good chance that the answer will be, “I don’t.” Now a cholera outbreak on the border has made the journey all the more dangerous.

 

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