Passengers arrive at Dar es Salaam after a journey on the TAZARA railway.Photo: Keystone/Zumapress/Alamy

The promised land

Half a century after Tanzania and Zambia built a railway to reduce the latter’s dependence on its white-ruled neighbours, East Africa’s railways are once again on the up. Can new lines help African countries trade with each other – or are they just a beacon of the new imperialism? Priya Sippy reports.

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NI 539 - Railways - September, 2022
Land locked

Land locked

Report from Tanzania by Maina Waruru.

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NI 537 - How we stop big oil - May, 2022
Illustration: Emma Peer

Introducing... Samia Suluhu Hassan

Samia Suluhu became the East African country’s first woman president in March 2021.

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NI 532 - Courage and terror in Myanmar - July, 2021
Photos, clockwise from top left: a woman working in a greenhouse, fertilizing female plants with male flowers for a company that produces seeds for export to European farmers; Itaga Sasa Masuke, 21, who works at the Kahama goldmine, prepares to go underground without safety equipment; teenagers, including 16-year-old girl Mwanaid Abeid, learning about electrics at the Nzega vocational training centre; a supporter listens to a speech by (soon to be elected) President Magufuli.Photo: SVEN TORFINN/PANOS

Country profile: Tanzania

Facts, figures and photos from Tanzania.

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NI 521 - Who owns the sea? - September, 2019
Lube for all

Lube for all

Report from Tanzania by Elsie Eyakuze.

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NI 516 - The dirt on waste - November, 2018
Photo: Anna Boyiazis

Learn to swim

The Panje Project in Zanzibar.

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NI 513 - A better media is possible - June, 2018
Game over for hunters in Tanzania

Game over for hunters in Tanzania

Maasai activists hope Tanzania’s newly appointed Natural Resources Minister Hamisi Kigwangalla could put an end to big-game trophy hunting, Nick Dowson writes.

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NI 509 - What's left for the young? - January, 2018
‘We will not be quiet!’ Tanzania’s Maasai fighting eviction and harrassment.Dieter Telemans / Panos

Hunted down

Maasai evicted so foreigners might play

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NI 428 - Welcome to Copenhagen! - December, 2009

Tanzania

Tanzania is home to the highest point in Africa as well as to Olduvai Gorge, where some of the oldest human remains have been found. It also contains most of the Serengeti region, which hosts a dazzling array of animal, bird and plant life.

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NI 416 - Wanted! For dodging tax justice - October, 2008
Rights for albinos

Rights for albinos

Tanzanian authorities launch a crackdown on anti-albino witch doctors

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NI 414 - We need to think about toilets - August, 2008

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title From magazine Publication date
Railways September, 2022
How we stop big oil May, 2022
Courage and terror in Myanmar July, 2021
Who owns the sea? September, 2019
The dirt on waste November, 2018
A better media is possible June, 2018
What's left for the young? January, 2018
Cuba October, 2014
Welcome to Copenhagen! December, 2009
Wanted! For dodging tax justice October, 2008
We need to think about toilets August, 2008
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