19 - 23 May: Been offline? Catch up on the development-related news, images, infographics and reports that matter José Mourinho, who has been awarded the role of UN ambassador against hunger . reproductive rights are human rights. great discussion Melinda Gates and panel #womenandgirls ; thanks @GuardianGDP for the opportunity Continue reading... ...
Despite efforts from the government and donors, a doctor shares his experiences struggling to save malnourished children For the past year I've been running a children's ward in rural Tanzania. Every day I treat severe acute malnutrition (SAM), a condition responsible for over half a million deaths in under-fives each year . These children are either emaciated, weighing less than 70% of what they should,...
Fight at the international arbitration court comes as UK promotes private investment in east African country A British couple aim to take Tanzania to an international arbitration court after they were forced to flee following what they say was a campaign of harassment and intimidation, including death threats. If it goes to court, the case could prove embarrassing for the UK and Tanzania at a time...
Conflict between endangered predators and cattle-owning Masai significantly helped by project using African myrrh trees A new low-tech solution is helping eliminate an age-old problem in northern Tanzania the conflict between predators and farmers. Continue reading... ...
Daniel Yohannes, Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO, shares his views on the private sector and poverty reduction Tell us about yourself and how you got into aid. I came to the US by myself [from Ethiopia] when I was 16 years old, looking for better opportunities. It was not planned but I landed a career in banking and finance, where I spent over 30 years. Then I wanted to give back to the country...
Tanzania's largest city to tackle effects of growing urbanisation by introducing high-capacity, low-carbon commuter buses Moving from one point to another is a nightmare for most Dar es Salaam residents, who must endure agonisingly hot days and long hours stuck in traffic jams. ...
After intensive lobbying by a coalition of women's rights groups, gender equality is climbing the agenda in Tanzania at a key time • How a young woman was helped out of sexual slavery – animated video This year is critical for women in Tanzania. In just a few months, we'll find out if the country is to have a new national constitution with the power to transform the lives and protect the rights of...
A young Tanzanian woman tells of how she was lured away from her village by the promise of work in Dar es Salaam only to be sold into sexual slavery. She talks about her ordeal and recounts how she has since received help from a support group formed to give a unified voice to Tanzanian women ...
d often eat these tiny fish with stewed greens, home-ground peanut butter and ugali (soft maize), served in small bowls, with our fingers. Here is my British take on the dish. (Serves 2) 48p a portion 150g rice, 6p 2 tbsp oil, 6p 200g sprats, 40p 1 tbsp lime juice, 3p 1 tsp fresh grated ginger, 5p ½ tsp salt, 1p 100g spinach or spring greens, 15p 1 tbsp peanut butter, 10p 1 fresh chilli, chopped, 9p...
s public accounts committee says he was critical of the scheme from the start. "Something like this needs to go through parliament. The executive cannot just commit to these changes," he said, poring over the list of projects and policy changes his government has agreed to as part of the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, launched by Barack Obama two years ago. As part of the initiative,...
commitments under the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition , said there had been a "historic shift" in the level of investment on the continent in 2012. In January, the Department for International Development (DfID) said it is overhauling how it engages with businesses . It will conduct roundtables and ministerial visits to developing countries with business representatives and create special...
Jack Monroe visits Tanzania, a trip organised by Oxfam to draw attention to projects involving inspirational women in difficult circumstances Jack Monroe Michael Tait Caterina Monzani ...
s rights both to acquire land and participate in communal decision-making. In 1996 Patrick was commissioned to convert Tanzania's ambitious, but also ambiguous and contradictory, national land policy into legislation. This massive exercise, resulting in two Acts of more than 800 pages, was completed with great efficiency, becoming a model that was later adopted in Uganda and South Sudan. The reforms...
New documentary Run follows six Masai warriors who have never left their village in rural Tanzania as they head for London to run the Marathon ...
s head office to stump up the cash for the flights. The warriors were running the marathon because of the lack of water in their village, but I arrived during the rainy season, and was knee-deep in mud. Then there was the training for the marathon – or rather lack of it. Naturally fit from their days spent herding cattle and goats, not to mention chasing and killing the occasional lion, the warriors...
butchered' in two months since crackdown was suspended after inquiry uncovered murder, rape and extortion Elephant deaths in Tanzania have risen dramatically since the government abandoned a shoot-to-kill policy against poachers, officials admit. Lazaro Nyalandu , the deputy minister of natural resources and tourism, said 60 elephants were "butchered" in November and December, compared with two in...
s famished Ethiopia of 1984 has become a nation achieving 93% GDP growth in six years, finds study "Dawn. And as the sun breaks through the piercing chill of night on the plain outside Korem it lights up a biblical famine, now, in the 20th century. This place, say workers here, is the closest thing to hell on earth." That television news report by the BBC's Michael Buerk in 1984 framed Ethiopia for...
s mother, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "If the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are as committed to helping to bring these people to justice on behalf of two British citizens, then you would expect them to move hell and high water to do that. "There just doesn't seem to be any sense of urgency to conclude matters." There is still confusion over how to get a photograph of a suspect to the women...
s King Edward VII school and Nottingham University. A conscientious objector, he avoided national service and instead worked for Oxfam in the late 1950s. In 1961 he went to Dar es Salaam to teach at Kivukoni adult education college. He also worked in Uganda and Kenya. Back in Dar es Salaam, he engaged vigorously in the university's curriculum reform and in 1970 became the first director of the interdisciplinary...
s bastions of democracy, a new bill threatens to impose stiff penalties on journalists for articles deemed harmful by the government. In neighbouring Tanzania , which Barack Obama visited this summer, the government has shut down independent newspapers. And in Burundi , a new law forces journalists to reveal sources or face heavy fines. "The region is on a slide," said Henry Maina, East and Horn of...