EU gives 108bn/- for Tanzania water, hygiene projects
The European Union and the Tanzanian government have signed an agreement worth euro 51.51million (equivalent to 108bn/-) in the framework of its Millennium Development Goals Initiative for the improvement of access More...
Tanzania gets 110bn/- grant from EU to support MDGs
Head of EU mission in Tanzania, Ambassador Filiberto Ceriani Sebregondi The European Union (EU) has extended a grant aid of euro 51.51 million (108b/-) to Tanzania to support Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) More...
Serengeti, Natron ecosystems threatened
Lake Natron Ecologies of Serengeti and Lake Natron are under threat due to massive deforestation caused by farming activities in Loliondo forest reserves, environmental experts have warned. “Loliondo forests are More...
Three Rwanda southern districts in clean water drive
NYANZA – Residents living in rural areas of three districts in the Southern Province are set to benefit from a new water project. A study is already being carried out in the three districts of Ruhango, Muhanga More...
Fishing continues at ‘Nyumba-ya-Mungu’ despite ban
Nyumba-ya-Mungu. Photo source: flickr.com/photos/pangani Fishing at the ‘Nyumba-ya-Mungu’ hydro-electricity dam in Mwanga District, Kilimanjaro Region continues despite the ban imposed by local authorities here More...
Planes battle forest fires in Spain
An helicopter collects water from a small lake in Solius near Girona (AFP, Josep Lago) SOLIUS, Spain — Firefighters in planes and helicopters on Saturday battled to finish off forest blazes that have ravaged hundreds More...
MWAUWASA to hike water tariffs next month
Mwauwasa Executive Director, Engineer Mashaka Sitta Mwanza Urban Water and Sewerage Authority (MWAUWASA) plans to raise water price from April 1, 2012 immediately after getting a go ahead from EWURA. In an exclusive More...
Water week to be commemorated with a difference
Deputy Minister for Water Gerson Lwenge The Tanzania government has maintained that water problem in Dar es Salaam will be solved at least by 75 per cent by next year following thorough rehabilitation of water production More...
280 cholera cases registered in Uganda
A girl picking maize beside a filthy drainage channel in Kisenyi slum in Kampala. The Ministry of Health has warned of an outbreak of cholera epidemic in several districts of Uganda. The acting director general More...
More then 70 poisoned children admitted in Kawolo hospital
Kawolo Hospital Over 70 children of Kitega Junior Primary School have been admitted to Kawolo Hospital after they were reportedly poisoned this morning. The school is located in Kawolo sub-county, Buikwe district. A More...
