Former Tanzanian President Ali Hassan Mwinyi died on 29 February aged 98.
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Ali Hassan Mwinyi successfully drove economic and political reforms in Tanzania, all in the shadow of his predecessor, Julius Nyerere.
Zebra and wildebeest taking part in the Serengeti migration.
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Lessons from the Serengeti herds may help conservationists manage migratory herbivore populations.
A worker sorting plastic bottles at a recycling plant in Lagos.
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Recycled plastics are not safe if the chemicals used in creating them in the first place are harmful.
Detail from the cover of Peponi, the Kiswahili translation of Tanzanian Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah’s novel Paradise.
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Swahili readers who have not encountered Abdulrazak Gurnah’s work in other languages are in for a great treat.
A comparison of dreams shows they play out much differently across various socio-cultural environments.
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Dreaming differs across cultures, and these differences may hold the clue to how and why dreaming evolved for humans and other species.
Kenyan anchovy products are tested in Hunan, China.
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Several key events highlighted the growing ties between China and Africa.
Kenya’s former president Uhuru Kenyatta and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu signing agreements in Jerusalem in 2016.
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East Africa’s reaction to the war in Gaza appears shaped by history, affinity to the policies of the west and the threat of terrorism.
Processing facilities in Tenke Fungurume Mine, one of the largest copper and cobalt mines in the world, in south-eastern DRC.
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Since the 1990s, transnational corporations have once again become the dominant force as owners and managers of major mining projects.
German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier with Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan in October 2023.
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The evidence suggests that atrocities committed against civilians and communities were indeed intended to destroy an identifiable group.
Bee eaters pictured at Samburu, Kenya.
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With about 1,500 species, the diversity of birds in east Africa is nearly overwhelming.
Giraffes face survival challenges in may parts of Africa.
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Giraffes are vulnerable to extinction, mainly due to habitat loss and killing for bushmeat markets. The good news is human actions can alleviate that danger.
Tanzania is not yet out of the woods despite reforms by President Samia Suluhu Hassan.
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Current reforms in Tanzania lack popular participation and legal safeguards.
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From the moment a male lion is born it faces a gauntlet of challenges, ranging from snakebite to infanticide.
Elephants are being forced into confrontations with humans.
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Measures to address tensions between wildlife and humans are critical for Tanzania.
A newborn baby holds a father’s finger.
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Urban populations are diverse, and certain neighbourhoods or subgroups may be disproportionately affected by poor birth outcomes.
Tanzania designated Dodoma as it’s new capital following a public referendum 50 years ago.
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Dodoma will need to address social issues such as increased accommodation and recreational facilities as population grows
President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington on Dec. 15, 2022.
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As the United States government builds economic and security ties with African countries, some of those countries are encouraging African Americans to establish social and economic ties in Africa.
The oldest known footprint of our species, lightly ringed with chalk. It appears long and narrow because the trackmaker dragged their heel.
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This was an area in which early anatomically modern humans survived, evolved and thrived, before spreading out of Africa to other continents.
The Burundian flag flies at the head of a convoy of buses moving refugees back home from Tanzania in 2019.
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Tanzania’s refugee policy in the 1990s is a good example of how geopolitics affects ordinary refugees.
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The proposed law reinforces unscientific conversion practices – or so-called reparative therapies – that don’t work.