Following the recent earthquake that claimed thousands of people in Haiti, humanitarian organizations are seeking aid from several nations, organizations and individuals to save the victims of the earthquake. I think most governments in Africa lack the sense of unity and the positive impact it has. President Obama’s gesture should be a lesson to most nations. They should learn that one cannot achieve something in isolation.

There was pandemonium at Chisokone Market in Kitwe this morning, when the coffin of a dead man was brought to the office of the association called Zanama (Zambia National Marketeers Association), in protest over the man's death at the hands of security guards. Mourners from Kitwe Central Hospital’s mortuary carried the coffin of a dead man shoulder high, ...

Conservation farming was the main stay of rural and urban dwellers before the introduction of chemical fertilizer and herbicides as well as GMOs genetically modified organisms. The Bible in Genesis tells us of one Adam in the Garden of Eden. He grew almost everything without chemicals and crops thrived and bore fruits. Then the bible advised us to go out and multiply. As the population grew with time, the quest for more food could...

This morning as I was walking from a commuter bus stop to my normal business place I encountered a shocking though normal condition – it was somehow heavily raining. I cared not, and kept on walking to the office before my shirt became totally wet. It is raining in Dar es Salaam and it has not rained for a long enough period of time compared to the normal rainy seasons here. As the rains begin, the city of Dar es Salaam city and the nation of Tanzania at large needs some precautions.

In Masaka District, Kako Samalien parish, the coffee is drying. What is surprising is that when this coffee dries it follows a straight line. At one time it looked like it was decreasing, then the coffee started drying again. So what we have been doing for this problem is that we cut, burn and burn the infected coffee. The tools we use like the pangas we use, we also burn them. We worry that our income will decrease since we depend on coffee.

Global warming is hitting us. Lake Victoria’s water level is sinking and stones are coming up while marine life is threatened. This takes me back to when we were school students. One boy was once found with a letter to his girlfriend to-be. The boy tried to convince the girl by showing how much he thought he loved her

There is an ongoing dispute on the use of water from Lake Victoria and the river Nile. The dispute is between Egypt and other nations which share the Nile basin or benefit from it directly and indirectly. Mostly these are East, north and some central African states, such as Sudan and Uganda. I recently attended a video conference on water re-use, where six countries were

Production in the agricultural sector will fall by 33 per cent in few years to come due to climate change, the Parliament heard yesterday. The health sector, according to experts, has started experiencing the wrath of climate change which has increased temperature in areas that were known to be cold, thus increasing cases of malaria. The Minister said increased amount of carbon generated in the developed world is ...

Tanzania recently lost between 3,000 and 4,000 cattle worth 1 billion in a decade’s worst drought, Deputy Permanent Secretary for Livestock Development and Fisheries Ministry Jonas Melewas has said. Most cattle died in the north of the country – the northern highlands – he told the media in Arusha this week. Ngorongoro, Longido and Monduli Districts in Arusha are the ...

The first batch of heavy oil meant to get Independent Power Tanzania Limited (IPTL) generators running arrives tomorrow, Energy and Minerals minister William Ngeleja said yesterday. He told a press conference in Dar es Salaam that a ship with 7,524-tonne consignment of oil procured by Total would dock at Dar es Salaam port. This is a crucial step in the implementation of President Jakaya Kikwete’s directive...

Zanzibar President Amani Abeid Karume yesterday said global warming has hit the poor African nations hardest, especially in power generation. “These countries are less industrialized and have contributed little to the current greenhouse gas emissions, and yet they have to bear the heavy burden of climate change,” he said. He said the change has greatly affected energy ...

Three women at the farm spoke to GAPWUZ officials last Friday and accused members of the army manning the farm of sexually harassing them and looting their belongings.....The soldiers are reported to have chased the farm workers out of the farm before going on a rampage, looting the stored tobacco and wheat crops.

The only picture that can be portrayed is that as a nation we are still far from the desired situation where human and workers rights are part of our core goals. It defies logic to think that an individual can decide to ignore a court order and go on to affect the lives of 95 families just because he wants to take over a farm; such levels of greed are not acceptable in any society...

Tanzania is expected to experience a tremendous fall in agricultural productivity by around 33 per cent this year due to drought, climate and weather variations in the coming harvest season.
Minister of State in the Vice-Presidents Office responsible for Environment Dr Batilda Burian made the revelation yesterday when addressing the United Nation’s Convention to Combat ...