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Dar es Salaam implements carbon emission reduction scheme

FOREST conservation protects water sources. (File photo)WITH generous support from the Government of Norway, Tanzania has been engaging in piloting readiness activities of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) in different parts of the country.

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Right to Information act could benefit many

VETERAN journalists: Mr Suleiman Seif (left), Mr Absolom Kibanda, and Salim Said (standing) at a meeting in Zanzibar recently. (File photo)LOCAL people and reporters in Zanzibar have always shared their experiences of how difficult it has been in getting information they need. They insist that several leaders at village to national level remain reluctant to release information, even when it is important to the public.

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Call to revive national news agency (SHIHATA)

JOURNALISTS at work in Dar es Salaam. News agency journalism could promote professionalism in Tanzania. (File photo)THE government should look into the possibility of reviving the Tanzania News Agency, famous for its Swahili acronym SHIHATA, which became defunct in the year 2000 to distribute news products for the increasing number of clients locally and abroad.

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Zanzibar sets strong plans to fight HIV/Aids

THE Zanzibar minister for health Mr Juma Duni Haji. (File photo)ZANZIBAR thinks it can eliminate spread of HIV/Aids under the new global programme to stop new cases, but call for Homosexual freedom spreading in almost all regions of the world, poses a grave threat to war on HIV/AIDS.

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Parrots impede Constitutional Commission's work progress

PARROTS, ignorance of Constitutional contents, poor attendance of women and lack of aid for handicapped people are some of the challenges in the ongoing work of collecting views on the new Constitution by the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC).

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Mathematics association of Tanzania meets in Arusha

THE Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, Mr Phillipo Mulugo, addresses Central Secondary School students at Dodoma in May. Maths experts are meeting in Arusha to ponder on ways of improving understanding of students on the subject.The Mathematical Association of Tanzania (MAT/CHAHITA) holds its annual general meeting in September every year. This year the activity is being conducted at the Makumira University College, in Arusha region from 17th September to 22nd September 2012. 

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Can NAM stop global conflicts?

IrAniAn Revolutionary Guards commander Brigadier General Mohammad Ali Jafari holds a press conference in Tehran yesterday. Jafari said members of his elite special operations unit, the Quds Force, are present in Syria and Lebanon but only to provide "counsel." (AFP photo)Everyone was surprised to see the Iranian leader and Egyptian leader expressing different views on Syria. It was to the expectation of many that Egypt should remain silent without condemning Syria for the ongoing internal conflict which many democratic nations have expressed deep concern and blamed Syria for every consequence that is taking place in the region.

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Kigoma solar power project takes off

Technicians instal solar power pannels in one of the buildings.Rex Energy, a subsidiary of a Holding company - Rex Investment Ltd, has started to implement the long awaited solar project in Kigoma region financed by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a US-based development agency.

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Parrots impede Constitutional Commission's work progress

CHAIRMAN of the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC), Retired Judge Joseph Warioba, speaks at a news conference in Dar es Salaam recently on the progress in collection of people's views on the new constitution. Centre is the Deputy Secretary of the Commission, Mr Casmir Kyuki and Secretariat member Saleh Mubarak. (Photo by staff photographer)PARROTS, ignorance of Constitutional contents, poor attendance of women and lack of aid for handicapped people are some of the challenges in the ongoing work of collecting views on the new Constitution by the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC).

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