Many individuals continue to poach to improve their incomes, rather than just make ends meet
The process of institutionalisation may be patchy and uneven. But one thing is clear: Africa is not without functioning institutions
Veteran Tanzanian journalist, and government critic, recounts his escape from assassins – and describes the country’s climate of fear
A new study is finding that community-based wildlife conservation can quickly result in clear ecological success.
Forgotten by history, the ancient city of Rhapta is among Africa’s most enduring archaeological mysteries
Foreign-owned ships registered in Tanzania have been caught smuggling drugs and arms. The country’s president has had enough
The 13 detained activists had been holding a meeting about health issues, not about homosexuality
The group accused of ‘promoting homosexuality’ are yet to be charged by Tanzanian police
The arrests took place in Dar es Salaam last Tuesday when the Tanzanian police raided a legal consultation meeting.
Across Africa, from Mali to Tanzania to Zimbabwe, millions of people, including children, work in dangerous gold mines.
"The United Nations estimates that 80% of Africans wear secondhand clothes yet as inexpensive as they may be, there is a price to be paid"
Angelina might just have saved a life. But is there science to prove it?
The country’s government has reinforced that queer rights activists will be punished
“My parents abandoned me, because I look the way I do. They said I’m not their child”
Ex-Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has said improving the education system in Africa will replenish the continent’s skills gap.
A new report uncovers the sad stories of Tanzanians with albinism and disabilities.
‘The trade deal with the EU gives East African Community member states duty- and quota-free access for their goods to the EU’
Rabies kills more people in sub-Saharan Africa than anywhere else besides India. But a new rabies monitoring app could change that.
The concept of a bee fence offers a holistic approach to humans living in harmony with elephants in search of food or following migratory routes.
A true rebirth will come about if we go back to the land and find African solutions for our problems.
Youngsters in Tanzania who are suffering from epilepsy or who are just ‘naughty’ face exorcisms, beatings and even death.
Poaching linked to crime syndicates has seen 85 000 tuskers being slaughtered in five years.
Thought to bring luck, people with albinism are hunted in Tanzania – often by family members.
Two cabinet ministers and several other top officials implicated in multi-million dollar energy sector graft scandal must go, say Tanzanian MPs.
Tanzania claims the report about Chinese diplomats smuggling ivory was ‘cooked up’.
Tanzanian women are marrying each other to escape domestic violence.
Two women had their throats slit and were hacked on suspicion of being witches, a week after seven people were burned to death on the same suspicion.
Police in Tanzania say 23 people were arrested in connection with the crime of seven people, accused of witchcraft, have been burned alive.
Tanzania’s Finance Minister William Mgimwa has died in a Pretoria hospital after undergoing treatment for an unnamed illness, says the SA government.
Tanzania’s President Jakaya Kikwete says his country will not pull out of the East African Community despite having issues with the organisation.
The East African Community has been accused of forging trilateral deals that exclude the country.
Media organisations will not publish anything from Tanzania’s information department in protest of three local newspapers being banned.