Dar es Salaam — Opposition politicians in Tanzania are criticizing the government for its emergency response to a plane crash Sunday in Lake Victoria that left 19 people dead, including the pilots. Authorities say they were communicating with the pilots immediately after the Precision Air plane crashed on its way from Dar es Salaam to the Kagera region.Continue Reading
Grieving Tanzanians paid emotional tribute Monday to 19 people killed when a passenger plane plunged into Lake Victoria. Bad weather was blamed for the accident.Continue Reading
Zanzibar — RESEARCHERS and other development stakeholders have agreed to collaborate more in addressing impacts of climate change on trade and in achieving the national, regional and the global sustainable development goals.Continue Reading
Earth’s population will hit EIGHT BILLION next week: Key milestone for humanity as life expectancy increases… with headcount already triple the 2.5 billion of 1950
By 2030, the world’s population will reach 8.5 billion and by 2100, 10.4 billion
Population growth was growing at its slowest pace since 1950, figures show
A key factor driving global population growth is increased life expectancy Continue Reading
As global leaders converge in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, for the UN’s annual climate summit, researchers, advocates and the United Nations itself are warning the world is still wildly off-track on its goal to halt global warming and prevent the worst consequences of the climate crisis.Continue Reading
A small passenger Precision Air plane has crashed into Lake Victoria as it was coming in to land at an airport in Tanzania.
Authorities said 26 of the 43 people on board the Precision Air flight from the coastal city of Dar es Salaam had been rescued and taken to hospital.Continue Reading
Agony for passengers as KQ pilots, aviation workers strike. Dozens of flights were disrupted at JKIA in Nairobi after Kenya Airways (KQ) pilots went on strike.Continue Reading
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey says SORRY to current and ex-employees after Elon Musk fired half of social media giant’s staff and says he ‘grew the company too quickly’ – but keeps his $1 billion in sharesContinue Reading
KENYA prolonged drought: Hundreds of elephants, wildebeests, and zebras have died across Kenya amid the nation’s longest drought in decades.Continue Reading
ZANZIBAR President Dr Hussein Mwinyi has expressed his government commitment to strengthening seaweed farming and called upon the US government to support the efforts, especially by boosting production and value addition of the commercial crop.Continue Reading
