Tanzania adamant on Serengeti road works

THROUGHWAY: The government insists that Serengeti has all along been conserved by Tanzania and it is the property of a sovereign state. The government is appealing the EACJ ruling. (COURTESY PHOTO)By Elisha MayallahARUSHA,Tanzania - The government, through the Attorney General’s Office, has appealed against the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) for its recent verdict to block a new road through the Serengeti National Park.

The AG last week submitted before the EACJ maintaining that the...

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Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Jun

Tanzania loses Serengeti road case

>Tanzania has lost a case on the proposed highway across the Serengeti National Park filed by a Nairobi-based animal welfare organisation. The First Instance Division of the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) ruled yesterday that the planned tarmacked road from Loliondo-Kleins Gate/Tabora B to Mugumu/Natta would damage the park’s ecosystem.

 

11 years ago

East African Business Week

07 Jul

Serengeti road bid needs compromise

Serengeti road bid needs compromise
East African Business Week
Recently, a cherished plan by the Tanzania government to build a new road across the Serengeti National Park, took a hit when the East African Court of Justice decided it was not a good idea. This was after the Africa Network for Animal Welfare (ANAW) ...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

16 Feb

Govt defends Serengeti road

The government has defended the proposed highway across the Serengeti National Park, saying constructing it will neither violate the East African Community (EAC) Treaty nor harm the ecosystem.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

10 Oct

AG in spirited defence of Serengeti road plan

>Legal wrangles dominated the start of submissions for the Serengeti road case in which Tanzania is appealing against the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) for its recent verdict to block the road project.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

05 Oct

Group to block Dar’s Serengeti road appeal

Environmental activists are lining up to block an appeal by the government of Tanzania against a court verdict to stop construction of a paved road across Serengeti National Park.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

26 Sep

EACJ lower court faulted over Serengeti road case

The Appellate Division of the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) has poked holes in the regional bloc’s lower court for entertaining a case against a controversial plan by the Tanzania government to construct a tarmac road across Serengeti National Park.

 

5 years ago

The Citizen Daily

02 Mar

Road Fund Board monitors road maintenance and socio-economic development across Tanzania

Road Fund Board monitors road maintenance and socio-economic development across Tanzania  The Citizen Daily

 

9 years ago

BBC

VIDEO: How Tanzania's general election works

The BBC's Sammy Awami reports from Zanzibar on how the process works in Tanzania's closely fought election.

 

10 years ago

Mwananchi

15 Nov

Serikali kuchunguza miradi ya Tanzania Buildin Works

Serikali imesema itakagua miradi yote iliyotekelezwa na Kampuni ya Tanzania Building Works Co. LTD na kwamba ikibainika kuwa na upungufu hatua za kisheria zitachukuliwa.

 

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