Tanzania: Why Dar Skies Turned Smoky Yesterday

Tanzania: Why Dar Skies Turned Smoky Yesterday
AllAfrica.com
Dar/Kigoma — Successful to a great extent, the cleanliness campaign to mark the Independence Day turned into a source of air pollution in some places where residents burnt waste, including plastic bags and tires, causing clouds of smoke in their ...

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Habari Zinazoendana

9 years ago

TheCitizen

10 Dec

Why Dar skies turned smoky yesterday

Successful to a great extent, the cleanliness campaign to mark the Independence Day turned into a source of air pollution in some places where residents burnt waste, including plastic bags and tires, causing clouds of smoke in their surroundings.

 

11 years ago

Michuzi

FIRST CRESCENT IN JUNE SKIES IN TANZANIA

The Moon will make it into the news this month following its New Moon phase 27th June.  The beginning of the holy month of Ramadhan can be expected on 29th following observation of the first crescent at sunset on June 28.  Each day, the Moon shifts significantly in the sky, (nearly 12 degrees per day = 1/30 a full cycle).  Hence it will have grown in size and risen high enough to be observable on 28th, a day following the New Moon.  The first crescent will be easy to locate soon after...

 

10 years ago

Michuzi

Idd Crescent and July Night Skies over Tanzania

By Dr. N. T. Jiwaji,

ntjiwaji@yahoo.com

 This month once again thousands of eyes will be turned upwards in the west horizon looking for a sacred celestial body.  The Moon is the closest celestial body and continually in our eyes at night shifting position and changing shape as it orbits the Earth. The sight of one particular shape, the First Crescent marks the beginning of the month in many cultures that use the lunar calendar. Muslims will be awaiting the First Crescent to mark the end of...

 

10 years ago

Michuzi

12 Jun

Planet string in JUNE NIGHT SKIES over Tanzania

 

11 years ago

Michuzi

March 2014 Night Skies Over Tanzania and the Threat of Asteroids

 

11 years ago

Michuzi

24 Sep

Equinoxes and No Shadow day - September Night Skies over Tanzania

 

11 years ago

Michuzi

22 Jul

Looking for the Idd Crescent and a Comet in July Night Skies over Tanzania

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

10 Jul

Residential buildings turned into offices in Dar suburbs

Office renters are targeting Masaki, Mikocheni and Mbezi Beach in Dar es Salaam as companies are opting to operate away from the city centre.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

03 Jun

How my operation in Tanzania turned deadly

>A few months after Gen Idi Amin’s coup in 1971, Ugandan troops under Kisuule, who was then a Lieutenant, entered Tanzania to rescue their colleagues who had sneaked there in search of water.

 

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