TANZANIA: BEYOND SECTARIAN INTERESTS
Haroub Othman
No-one knows whether the 1964 union between Zanzibar and Tanganyika
was dictated by cold war considerations first, with pan-African ideals
of unity playing second fiddle to ideology and personal survival,
writes Haroub Othman. But what is clear, Othman argues, is that
despite Tanzania’s controversial history, the union brought peace and
stability to the region, in contrast with the secessionism and
violence seen elsewhere. While corrective measures – supported by the
people – are required to ensure that it is fit for purpose, the union
is a better option than breaking into a federal structure with Kenya
and Uganda, says Othman.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/55984
AFRICA: AKINA MAMA WA AFRIKA LAUNCHES 3-YEAR PROJECT
On 29th April 2009, Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA), a Pan-African
International non-governmental organization based in Kampala, Uganda
launched a 3-year project on “The Power of Women’s Leadership and
Movement Building: Gender Based Violence and Sexual and Reproductive
Rights in Conflict and Post Conflict Africa”. This regional project
will be implemented in Central Africa (Democratic Republic of Congo)
and Western Africa (Sierra Leone) and is supported by a grant from the
MDG3 Fund, an initiative of the Netherlands Government.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/wgender/55936
TANZANIA: OVER 2,000 ISLES CHILDREN RESCUED FROM CHILD LABOUR
http://www.dailynews.co.tz/home/?n=1457
At least 2,400 children have been rescued from ‘hazardous’ work in
Zanzibar; the Isles Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Employment,
Youths, Children, and Women Ms Rahma Mshangama, has revealed.
Officiating at celebration to mark 90 years of International Labour
Organization (ILO) at Bwawani Hotel, Ms Mshangama said the children
included those engaged in fishing and seaweed farming.
EAST AFRICA: LEADERS FOR CRUCIAL TALKS
http://www.dailynews.co.tz/business/?n=1592&cat=business
The five East African Community (EAC) partner presidents from Kenya,
Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi are scheduled to meet in Arusha
to peep into what has so far been achieved in the negotiations for the
establishment of the EA Common Market Protocol, envisaged to commence
early next year. The EAC Deputy Secretary General (projects and
programmes), Ambassador Julius Onen, who has been at the forefront of
the negotiations, was optimistic that the talks so far have been
encouraging since the first session in November 2008 in Uganda.
TANZANIA: DEADLY BLASTS ROCK CITY
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8024656.stm
An ammunition dump on the outskirts of the Tanzanian city of Dar es
Salaam has exploded killing at least three people. The BBC’s Vicky
Ntetema in Dar es Salaam says hundreds of people have been injured as
they fled in panic. Police say several buildings in the area were set
alight by debris from the blasts at Mbagala army base.
WOMEN’S SEX STRIKE: G10 PRESS STATEMENT
Kenya’s G10
Thoroughly dissatisfied with the persistent failure of Kenya’s
leadership to rise above its petty squabbles for the country’s greater
interest, a coalition of women’s groups known as the G10 is calling
for a one-week sex strike. In a bid to oblige President Mwai Kibaki
and Prime Minister Raila Odinga to settle their differences once and
for all and begin to effectively serve the nation they represent, the
G10 will be delivering performance contracts to Kenya’s leaders at the
end of the week-long strike.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/55954
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