Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania is in east Africa, bordered by Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Congo (Zaire), Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, and the Indian Ocean. Tanzania achieved independence in December 1961 and was considered a model for politically moderate African socialism, but since then have changed some political and economic goals, structures, and processes. The articles included herein relate to travel and tourism in Tanzania.
Tanzanian Minister Quits Over Bae Investigation
A minister in Tanzania resigns following disclosures in the Guardian that he was under investigation in worldwide corruption inquiries against the British arms giant BAE
BAE Corruption Investigation Switches to Tanzania
Serious Fraud Office expected to decide whether to bring corruption charges against BAE
Mugabe to Face New Pressure at African Summit
Zimbabwean president due to arrive in Tanzania for meeting of southern African leaders.
Action By Tanzanian Bishops Risks New Gay Priests Row
A group of African bishops has issued a new challenge to the splintering worldwide Anglican communion by saying they will refuse to recognise any church which allows gay people to be priests or deacons, or any bishops who ordain gay people or license them to officiate.
Who needs Kilimanjaro? Take the Mwanihana challenge!
Hiking the Mwanihana trail in Udzungwa Mountains National Park, south Tanzania. A challenging trek with no other tourists in stunning montane scenery. Not for the fainthearted!
Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Mbalageti camp:-best kept secret of Tanzania safaris and tours
The Serengeti ecosystem is a never ending savannah expanse extending to the horizons. Serengeti is dotted by the worlds largest un-broken crater, the Ngorongoro. the crater is full of heavy vegetation and a haven for thousands of plains game. Within all this cacophony is located a quiet remote but comfortable mbalageti camp. Nature and man in total harmony.
Serengeti Safari - Memories of Tanzania and Miscommunications
On a continent where wildlife photography inspires the best adventures and misadventures inspires the best tales, the Serengeti has no equal!
UN Warns Europe Not to Give Up Asylum Role
The UN high commissioner for refugees, António Guterres, yesterday warned Europe not to shirk its responsibility to shelter asylum seekers, after the EU approved a plan to offer financial support to refugee camps in Tanzania and Ukraine.
Cash to Help African Children Back to School
Efforts by two east African countries to get more children into school have been backed by the UK government with £87m worth of funding. The Department for International Development (DFID) announced last week that it would give £85m to the Tanzanian government to support the...
Where to safari in Tanzania
With such an overwhelming choice of safaris in Tanzania which is the best choice for you?
Walking Safari in Selous Game Reserve
A walking safari in Tanzania's Selous Game Reserve staying in a remote luxury mobile camp.
The Treasure Island Kilwa Off Tanzania
Once a wealthy island, it used to be the most important of thirty five trade sites on the Indian Ocean
Pipes Run Dry in Tanzania
Water used to come through the taps in Tabata, a sprawling suburb of whitewashed bungalows in Tanzania's biggest city, Dar es Salaam. But these days the faucets and steel water pipes stand empty in backyards while families send their children to fetch water from a well.
Tanzania Camp Plan for Refugees Refused Uk Home
The Home Office is in negotiation with Tanzania over a £4m aid deal to take failed Somali asylum seekers from Britain and house them in a camp, the Guardian has learned. A Home Office team went to Dar es Salaam last year for discussions with their counterparts in the Tanzanian...
How a Un Chief Was Broken By Horror of Rwanda
Tribunal hears how a general finally came face to face with a devil, reports David Beresford in Arusha, Tanzania.
The Saadani 'It' Factor
A visit to Saadani National Park, Tanzania's only beach and safari destination. For centuries the Swahili Coast of Tanzania has watched as the winds blow traders, warriors, conquerors, slaves, refugees, explorers and now tourists past her shores.
Life for Inciting Rwanda Killings
Two Rwandan journalists were jailed for life and a third sentenced to 35 years yesterday for inciting the 1994 genocide in which an estimated 800,000 people were killed. A UN tribunal in Arusha, Tanzania delivered the sentences to end a three-year trial that heard how the journalists...
War Crimes Charges for Rwandans
Four former senior Rwandan officials went on trial in Tanzania yesterday accused of playing important roles in the 1994 genocide of 800,000 people, including training militias and drawing up lists of people to be killed. It is the second trial in a month to feature former cabinet...
They Made a Mess of Nigeria...
So what kind of trouble will the oil companies cause when they start drilling off the coast of Tanzania next year? Giles Foden reports from the island of Mafia
'Help me save my chimps'
Primate expert Jane Goodall fears that the chimps she studied for years at Tanzania's Gombe Park are perilously close to extinction, hit by habitat loss, inbreeding and disease.
UK sees terrorism threat on Zanzibar
Britain yesterday warned tourists seeking winter sunshine in Zanzibar that an "international terrorist group" may be planning an attack on the Indian ocean island owned by Tanzania.
Britons Put on Terror Alert in Tanzania
The Foreign Office today warned British holidaymakers to take particular care in public places when travelling to Tanzania, after receiving information that terrorists were planning an attack on the island of Zanzibar. The Foreign Office refused to give specific details of the threat....
Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania's Treasure
On safari in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania. The southern parks and reserves of Tanzania have until very recently been completely overlooked in preference of the big names of the north – Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Tarangire and Lake Manyara.
'It's a Way of Life By Which I Feed the World'
Tell Samuel Togo that northern governments subsidise their farmers by £230bn a year and the small farmer from Sirar in the north of Tanzania looks askance. He earns a few hundred pounds a year, and all the west has done for him, he says, is to stop him exporting his crops, and to try to sell...
Witness Boycott Brings Rwandan Genocide Trials to a Halt
Trials at the international Rwandan genocide tribunal have ground to a halt because witnesses are refusing to travel from Rwanda to give evidence at the hearings in Arusha, Tanzania, and the tribunal and the government in Kigali are locked in a bitter dispute. The trial of a former...
£15m Jet Sparks New Tanzania Row
As Britain agrees aid package, Dar es Salaam defies World Bank with order of plane for president.
Tanzanian Aid Back on Track After Air Control System Row
Clare Short has released a £10m grant to the government of Tanzania which was frozen during the cabinet row about the sale of a £28m military air traffic control system to one of the world's poorest countries. Earlier this week the Tanzanian president, Benjamin Mkapa, gave Ms...
Short to Visit Tanzania As Fraud Claims Fly
Clare Short, the international development secretary, is to fly to Tanzania next week to discuss the row over the country's controversial £28m military air traffic control system.
Tanzania Wants New Deal on Air System
Tanzania is to demand a big reduction from British Aerospace for its £28m military air traffic control system after the disclosure by experts commissioned by the World Bank that the Tony Blair-backed deal was a "waste of money" and they had been sold "outdated technology".
Tanzania Aviation Deal 'a Waste of Money'
Tanzania air traffic control deal condemned as 'waste of money'.
Twin tragedies on Philippine and Tanzanian ferries
Thirty-six people are feared dead after flames fanned by strong winds swept through a cargo and passenger ferry yesterday off Quezon, 70 miles south of the Philippines capital, Manila.
Islanders Put Jobs Ahead of Tanzania Deal Scruples
The presence, on the Isle of Wight, of the factory where Tanzania's new £28m military air traffic control system was made causes ethical dilemmas for islanders.
Straw backs Short in cash row
Jack Straw, the foreign secretary, gave his backing last night to his cabinet colleague Clare Short's decision to withhold £10m of development aid to Tanzania in the wake of the row about the government decision to let BAE Systems sell Tanzania a £28m military air traffic control system.
How Aid Took Tanzania to the Classrom
Monica is just one success story, but she brings hope for the whole of Africa.
Tanzanian Government Deserves Short Shrift
Clare Short is right to oppose the sale of an expensive air traffic control system to Tanzania, writes Mark Tran.
Tanzania Confirms Air Traffic Contract
Tanzania confirmed yesterday that it will press ahead with a controversial British contract to buy a £28m air control system despite objections from the World Bank that it is too expensive and inappropriate to the country's needs. The decision dashes the hopes of the international...
Rwandan Priest Turns Himself in
A Catholic priest accused of slaughtering parishioners during Rwanda's 1994 genocide has abandoned a church sanctuary in Tuscany and surrendered to a UN war crimes tribunal in Tanzania. Father Athanase Seromba faces charges of genocide and crimes against humanity for allegedly helping to...
Huge Haul of Tusks Raises Spectre of Poaching Revival
The seizure of more than 1,000 elephant tusks in Tanzania, together with the first poaching of Kenyan rhinos in a decade, have raised fears in east Africa of a repeat of the killing sprees which almost wiped out both species from the region in the late 1980s. At the same time the Kenya...
Backlash over costly hi-tech for Tanzania
The government's decision to approve the sale of BAE's £28m air traffic control system to Tanzania came under fierce scrutiny last night, with aid agencies and both Labour and Liberal Democrat backbenchers asking how such a deal could be justified.
'Plotters' can be extradited
Three men alleged to have conspired with Osama bin Laden to bomb US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania face extradition to the US after their last-ditch attempt to block it failed yesterday in the highest court, the House of Lords. A London-based Saudi businessman, Khalid al-Fawwaz, 37, and...
Zimbabwean president due to arrive in Tanzania for meeting of southern African leaders.
Action By Tanzanian Bishops Risks New Gay Priests Row
A group of African bishops has issued a new challenge to the splintering worldwide Anglican communion by saying they will refuse to recognise any church which allows gay people to be priests or deacons, or any bishops who ordain gay people or license them to officiate.
Who needs Kilimanjaro? Take the Mwanihana challenge!
Hiking the Mwanihana trail in Udzungwa Mountains National Park, south Tanzania. A challenging trek with no other tourists in stunning montane scenery. Not for the fainthearted!
Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Mbalageti camp:-best kept secret of Tanzania safaris and tours
The Serengeti ecosystem is a never ending savannah expanse extending to the horizons. Serengeti is dotted by the worlds largest un-broken crater, the Ngorongoro. the crater is full of heavy vegetation and a haven for thousands of plains game. Within all this cacophony is located a quiet remote but comfortable mbalageti camp. Nature and man in total harmony.
Serengeti Safari - Memories of Tanzania and Miscommunications
On a continent where wildlife photography inspires the best adventures and misadventures inspires the best tales, the Serengeti has no equal!
UN Warns Europe Not to Give Up Asylum Role
The UN high commissioner for refugees, António Guterres, yesterday warned Europe not to shirk its responsibility to shelter asylum seekers, after the EU approved a plan to offer financial support to refugee camps in Tanzania and Ukraine.
Cash to Help African Children Back to School
Efforts by two east African countries to get more children into school have been backed by the UK government with £87m worth of funding. The Department for International Development (DFID) announced last week that it would give £85m to the Tanzanian government to support the...
Where to safari in Tanzania
With such an overwhelming choice of safaris in Tanzania which is the best choice for you?
Walking Safari in Selous Game Reserve
A walking safari in Tanzania's Selous Game Reserve staying in a remote luxury mobile camp.
The Treasure Island Kilwa Off Tanzania
Once a wealthy island, it used to be the most important of thirty five trade sites on the Indian Ocean
Pipes Run Dry in Tanzania
Water used to come through the taps in Tabata, a sprawling suburb of whitewashed bungalows in Tanzania's biggest city, Dar es Salaam. But these days the faucets and steel water pipes stand empty in backyards while families send their children to fetch water from a well.
Tanzania Camp Plan for Refugees Refused Uk Home
The Home Office is in negotiation with Tanzania over a £4m aid deal to take failed Somali asylum seekers from Britain and house them in a camp, the Guardian has learned. A Home Office team went to Dar es Salaam last year for discussions with their counterparts in the Tanzanian...
How a Un Chief Was Broken By Horror of Rwanda
Tribunal hears how a general finally came face to face with a devil, reports David Beresford in Arusha, Tanzania.
The Saadani 'It' Factor
A visit to Saadani National Park, Tanzania's only beach and safari destination. For centuries the Swahili Coast of Tanzania has watched as the winds blow traders, warriors, conquerors, slaves, refugees, explorers and now tourists past her shores.
Life for Inciting Rwanda Killings
Two Rwandan journalists were jailed for life and a third sentenced to 35 years yesterday for inciting the 1994 genocide in which an estimated 800,000 people were killed. A UN tribunal in Arusha, Tanzania delivered the sentences to end a three-year trial that heard how the journalists...
War Crimes Charges for Rwandans
Four former senior Rwandan officials went on trial in Tanzania yesterday accused of playing important roles in the 1994 genocide of 800,000 people, including training militias and drawing up lists of people to be killed. It is the second trial in a month to feature former cabinet...
They Made a Mess of Nigeria...
So what kind of trouble will the oil companies cause when they start drilling off the coast of Tanzania next year? Giles Foden reports from the island of Mafia
'Help me save my chimps'
Primate expert Jane Goodall fears that the chimps she studied for years at Tanzania's Gombe Park are perilously close to extinction, hit by habitat loss, inbreeding and disease.
UK sees terrorism threat on Zanzibar
Britain yesterday warned tourists seeking winter sunshine in Zanzibar that an "international terrorist group" may be planning an attack on the Indian ocean island owned by Tanzania.
Britons Put on Terror Alert in Tanzania
The Foreign Office today warned British holidaymakers to take particular care in public places when travelling to Tanzania, after receiving information that terrorists were planning an attack on the island of Zanzibar. The Foreign Office refused to give specific details of the threat....
Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania's Treasure
On safari in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania. The southern parks and reserves of Tanzania have until very recently been completely overlooked in preference of the big names of the north – Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Tarangire and Lake Manyara.
'It's a Way of Life By Which I Feed the World'
Tell Samuel Togo that northern governments subsidise their farmers by £230bn a year and the small farmer from Sirar in the north of Tanzania looks askance. He earns a few hundred pounds a year, and all the west has done for him, he says, is to stop him exporting his crops, and to try to sell...
Witness Boycott Brings Rwandan Genocide Trials to a Halt
Trials at the international Rwandan genocide tribunal have ground to a halt because witnesses are refusing to travel from Rwanda to give evidence at the hearings in Arusha, Tanzania, and the tribunal and the government in Kigali are locked in a bitter dispute. The trial of a former...
£15m Jet Sparks New Tanzania Row
As Britain agrees aid package, Dar es Salaam defies World Bank with order of plane for president.
Tanzanian Aid Back on Track After Air Control System Row
Clare Short has released a £10m grant to the government of Tanzania which was frozen during the cabinet row about the sale of a £28m military air traffic control system to one of the world's poorest countries. Earlier this week the Tanzanian president, Benjamin Mkapa, gave Ms...
Short to Visit Tanzania As Fraud Claims Fly
Clare Short, the international development secretary, is to fly to Tanzania next week to discuss the row over the country's controversial £28m military air traffic control system.
Tanzania Wants New Deal on Air System
Tanzania is to demand a big reduction from British Aerospace for its £28m military air traffic control system after the disclosure by experts commissioned by the World Bank that the Tony Blair-backed deal was a "waste of money" and they had been sold "outdated technology".
Tanzania Aviation Deal 'a Waste of Money'
Tanzania air traffic control deal condemned as 'waste of money'.
Twin tragedies on Philippine and Tanzanian ferries
Thirty-six people are feared dead after flames fanned by strong winds swept through a cargo and passenger ferry yesterday off Quezon, 70 miles south of the Philippines capital, Manila.
Islanders Put Jobs Ahead of Tanzania Deal Scruples
The presence, on the Isle of Wight, of the factory where Tanzania's new £28m military air traffic control system was made causes ethical dilemmas for islanders.
Straw backs Short in cash row
Jack Straw, the foreign secretary, gave his backing last night to his cabinet colleague Clare Short's decision to withhold £10m of development aid to Tanzania in the wake of the row about the government decision to let BAE Systems sell Tanzania a £28m military air traffic control system.
How Aid Took Tanzania to the Classrom
Monica is just one success story, but she brings hope for the whole of Africa.
Tanzanian Government Deserves Short Shrift
Clare Short is right to oppose the sale of an expensive air traffic control system to Tanzania, writes Mark Tran.
Tanzania Confirms Air Traffic Contract
Tanzania confirmed yesterday that it will press ahead with a controversial British contract to buy a £28m air control system despite objections from the World Bank that it is too expensive and inappropriate to the country's needs. The decision dashes the hopes of the international...
Rwandan Priest Turns Himself in
A Catholic priest accused of slaughtering parishioners during Rwanda's 1994 genocide has abandoned a church sanctuary in Tuscany and surrendered to a UN war crimes tribunal in Tanzania. Father Athanase Seromba faces charges of genocide and crimes against humanity for allegedly helping to...
Huge Haul of Tusks Raises Spectre of Poaching Revival
The seizure of more than 1,000 elephant tusks in Tanzania, together with the first poaching of Kenyan rhinos in a decade, have raised fears in east Africa of a repeat of the killing sprees which almost wiped out both species from the region in the late 1980s. At the same time the Kenya...
Backlash over costly hi-tech for Tanzania
The government's decision to approve the sale of BAE's £28m air traffic control system to Tanzania came under fierce scrutiny last night, with aid agencies and both Labour and Liberal Democrat backbenchers asking how such a deal could be justified.
'Plotters' can be extradited
Three men alleged to have conspired with Osama bin Laden to bomb US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania face extradition to the US after their last-ditch attempt to block it failed yesterday in the highest court, the House of Lords. A London-based Saudi businessman, Khalid al-Fawwaz, 37, and...