Foot-and-mouth disease is endemic to Tanzania.
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Foot-and-mouth disease vaccines have been successful in several parts of the world. But in Tanzania it’s not that easy.
Tanzania’s capital, Dar es Salaam. The country is known for its budgetary problems.
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Building a fiscally capable state won’t bring benefits in the short term but can build taxpayers confidence.
Cage farming is when fish are raised and harvested in a netted enclosure.
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With proper regulation, Lake Victoria’s fisheries could increase production without damaging wild stocks or the environment.
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime has yet to show it differs from that of Robert Mugabe.
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The debate on sanctions on Zimbabwe has been lost in the southern African region and on the continent.
Repression is on the rise in Zambia under President Edgar Lungu.
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Democratic and authoritarian countries are moving further away from each other.
The change in leadership is one of the factors that led to the decriminalisation of homosexual relationships in Angola.
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Angola’s new President João Lourenço has shown some willingness to engage in more inclusive politics.
Underwater world of Lake Malawi.
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Lake Malawi is considered a biodiversity treasure because almost all its species occurs nowhere else on the planet.
When the wheels of partnership turn smoothly, Africa can benefit enormously.
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It’s all too common for local scholars to be sidelined in what are supposed to be genuine research partnerships.
Mangoes in particular could stay ripe longer with an external application of hexanal.
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Hexanal, a chemical produced naturally by fruits and vegetables, may help keep produce fresher for longer.
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African countries need to find a way to present a common front to the rating agencies.
Tanzania’s journalists have been kept in check for a long time.
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There’s been an evolution in Tanzanian laws used against the press
Water quality is compromised by cultivation, pesticides, household waste and clothes washing.
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Declining water quantity and quality means people have to travel further to find good water sources.
In Tanzania, only half of the children with albinism complete primary school.
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The needs of children with albinism aren’t met in the classroom and this often leads to them dropping out of school.
Many children don’t receive the treatment they deserve.
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When children are drawn into their countries’ informal justice systems, their human rights are often threatened.
New book extends the canon of investigative journalism from 1706 through to 2017.
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A new book celebrates the long and rich history of investigative reporting in southern Africa, and highlights some hidden and forgotten gems.
A scene from ‘Boy Erased,’ released this month. The film depicts Christian conversion therapy, something the author has experienced and strongly recommends be outlawed in Canada and globally.
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In 2018, Hollywood released two films depicting youth forced into Christian ex-gay conversion therapy programs. A survivor of these programs tells the story.
Elephants in Kakoi village, Burunge Wildlife Management Area.
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Narratives about successful community-based conservation efforts in Tanzania need to be probed.
Cellphones are everywhere in Africa - but that doesn’t mean the digital divide is closing.
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We don’t have the data in developing countries, and in global statistics to know if the digital divide is being closed.
Tanzania was one of the first sub-Saharan African nations to embrace family planning as a national development priority.
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Tanzania was an early, ardent believer in family planning. Now it joins a growing number of developing nations that see potential advantage in having a huge and growing workforce.
Asking questions can create new ways of teaching and learning.
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It’s vital for academics in South Africa to start asking deep questions that examine what decolonialism could look like in their teaching.