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☆ Idris Elba is building an entertainment industry in Africa
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Elba, whose parents hail from Sierra Leone and Ghana, is on a mission to transform the entertainment industry in Africa. Elba aims to build film studios across Africa, starting in Zanzibar, the Tanzanian semi-autonomous island renowned for its white sand beaches. “Much of the imagery about Africa isn’t even generated from Africa,” Elba told CNN at the Stellar Development Foundation’s Meridian conference in London this week. Global players like Netflix and Disney have already made sizable investments in Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria. Still, many governments in emerging economies have yet to recognize the economic potential of the creative sector, Elba said.

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☆ Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Former President of Tanzania, Dies at 98
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Alan Cowell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Ali Hassan Mwinyi, a schoolteacher turned politician who led Tanzania as its second post-independence president and helped dismantle the doctrinaire socialism of his predecessor, Julius K. Nyerere, died on Thursday in Dar es Salaam, the country’s former capital. Tanzania’s current president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, announced the death, in a hospital, on X, formerly known as Twitter. She said Mr. Mwinyi had been treated for lung cancer. Mr. Mwinyi was 60 when he took over the presidency in 1985 as the handpicked successor of Mr. Nyerere, who had volunteered to step down after governing his country since its beginnings of independent nationhood as Tanganyika in 1961 and its merger with Zanzibar in 1964 to create the state of Tanzania.

Persons: Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Julius K, Nyerere, Samia Suluhu Hassan, Mwinyi, Mr Organizations: Twitter Locations: Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika, Zanzibar

☆ East Africa floods: More than 300 killed as heavy rains wreak havoc
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Bethlehem Feleke | Nimi Princewill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The unusually heavy rains are largely caused by the El Niño weather phenomenon and are forecast to continue into the new year by the Kenya Meteorological Department. This phenomenon has been associated with severe flooding in eastern Africa, resulting in landslides, elevated waterborne diseases, and food shortages. Meanwhile, the northern and southern regions of the continent often endure prolonged periods of severe drought during El Niño events. That means the Horn of Africa may experience more drought as well as floods from heavy rain. In northern Tanzania, authorities said 49 people were killed by floods accompanied by mudslides following heavy rains in the country’s Manyara province.

Persons: William Ruto, Niño, Ruto, ”, Queen Sendiga, Samia Suluhu Hassan Organizations: CNN, Interior Ministry, Kenya Meteorological Department, Disaster, Communication, Somali, Afi, United, International Rescue Locations: East Africa, Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Mombasa, El, Africa, COP28, Dubai, Horn of Africa, Manyara, Hagadera

☆ Floods kill more than 20 people in northern Tanzania
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 3 (Reuters) - At least 20 people have been killed by floods after heavy rain in the Manyara region of northern Tanzania, the ministry of health said on Sunday. Severe flooding caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon has killed hundreds of people in Kenya and Somalia in recent weeks. "We are very shocked by this event," President Samia Suluhu Hassan said in a video message posted online by the Tanzanian ministry of health. The more than 20 people were killed in Katesh village in the Hanang district of Manyara, the president said. The heavy rain on Saturday night caused landslides in some areas of Mount Hanang, domestic media outlets reported, adding that the waters also swept away livestock.

Persons: Samia Suluhu Hassan, Nuzulack Dausen, Duncan Miriri, Alison Williams Organizations: DAR, SALAAM, El, Tanzanian, Thomson Locations: Manyara, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, East Africa, Katesh, Hanang, Mount Hanang

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden promised to visit Africa this year, but 2023 is drawing to a close with no trip in sight yet. “I’m eager to visit your continent,” Biden said at the summit almost a year ago. “We’re hoping that President Biden will also be here to restore that trajectory,” he said. Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan told Harris that her country was excited for a Biden visit. “Tanzanians are now anxiously waiting for President Joe Biden’s visit in Tanzania,” she said to the U.S. vice president.

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☆ India discussing local currency trade with Tanzania
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

NEW DELHI, Oct 9 (Reuters) - India is discussing trade in local currencies with Tanzania, a foreign ministry official said on Monday adding that New Delhi has pushed for trade in rupees. Tanzania has also sought additional lines of credit from India in defence and other sectors, above the $1.1 billion offered by India previously, Dammu Ravi, a secretary at the foreign ministry, told reporters at a briefing on the visit of Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan to India. Reporting by Shivam Patel in New Delhi, editing by Ed OsmondOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Dammu Ravi, Samia Suluhu Hassan, Shivam Patel, Ed Osmond Organizations: Thomson Locations: DELHI, India, Tanzania, Delhi, New Delhi

☆ Kamala Harris announces Tanzania trade boost during Africa tour
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Nuzulack Dausen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/4] U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris talks to her Tanzanian counterpart Philip Mpango as she arrives in Tanzania, the second stop of a three-nation tour of Africa, at the Julius Nyerere Airport in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania March 29, 2023. "Working together, it is our shared goal to increase economic investment in Tanzania and strengthen our economic ties," Harris said, listing a number of initiatives. China has invested heavily in Africa in the last two decades, and last November the Tanzanian president met China's President Xi Jinping during a state visit to Beijing. Under Hassan, Tanzania has returned to international engagement after a period of isolationism enforced by her predecessor John Magufuli, who cancelled all his ministers' foreign trips and discouraged travel. "Madam President, under your leadership Tanzania has taken important and meaningful steps and President Joe Biden and I applaud you," Harris said, standing alongside Hassan.

☆ Kamala Harris wraps up Ghana visit, heads to Tanzania
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris meets with women entrepreneurs during her week-long trip to Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia, in Accra, Ghana March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Francis KokorokoACCRA, March 29 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will meet Ghanaian women entrepreneurs on Wednesday to discuss economic empowerment and leadership, her last engagement in Accra before heading to Tanzania to continue her week-long African tour. She is scheduled to leave Ghana after her roundtable with women entrepreneurs and fly to the Tanzanian commercial capital Dar es Salaam, where she will meet President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Thursday and fulfil other engagements. On Friday, she will fly to Zambia, where she will meet President Hakainde Hichilema and participate in other events. Reporting by Francis Kokoroko; Writing by Estelle Shirbon; Editing by William MacleanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Climate change is a global problem that needs a global solution, President of Tanzania says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailClimate change is a global problem that needs a global solution, President of Tanzania saysSamia Suluhu Hassan, President of Tanzania, speaks on a CNBC-moderated panel at Davos 2023.

☆ Passenger plane crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Nuzulack Dausen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

DAR ES SALAAM, Nov 6 (Reuters) - A passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania on Sunday while attempting to land in stormy weather at an airport in the lakeside city of Bukoba, the state broadcaster said. The aircraft, which had departed from the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, "fell in Lake Victoria this morning due to storms and heavy rains", TBC reported. Video footage and images that circulated on social media showed the plane almost fully submerged, with only its green and brown-coloured tail visible above the water line of Lake Victoria, Africa's largest lake. Rescue boats were deployed and emergency workers were continuing to rescue other passengers trapped in the plane, TBC added. "I have received with sadness the news of the accident involving Precision Air's plane," she tweeted.

☆ Passenger plane crashes into Africa's largest lake after it tried to land in stormy conditions, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Tanzanian passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria on Sunday due to stormy conditions. The flight was carrying 43 people, of whom 26 were rescued and taken to hospital, a local official said. The Precision Air flight was carrying 43 people, of whom 26 were rescued and taken to hospital, a local official told the BBC. The plane, which took off from Dar es Salaam, crashed into Lake Victoria due to storms and heavy rains, its state broadcaster said. Rescue workers and local fishermen are searching for survivors, according to the BBC, and emergency workers are trying to use ropes to pull the plane out of Africa's largest lake.

☆ Noua președintă a Tanzaniei schimbă abordarea țării privind pandemia COVID
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-06 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Noul președinte al Tanzaniei, Samia Suluhu Hassan, a anunțat va înființa o comisie care să o consilieze în privința stopării pandemiei COVID-19, relatează Bloomberg. Guvernul a oprit publicarea datelor cu privire la infecțiile cu COVID-19 în luna mai a anului trecut, când numărul deceselor ajunsese la 21, și a declarat că nu va cumpăra niciun vaccin. Hassan a cerut, de asemenea, noului ministru al afacerilor externe Liberata Mulamula să „îmbunătățească relațiile Tanzaniei cu comunitatea internațională” și a cerut unei echipe de negociere cu compania Barrick Gold Corp. să soluționeze rapid o dispută privind impozitele. „Vreau ca discuțiile privind impozitele și alte probleme cu Barrick și cu alți parteneri din domeniul minier să fie rezolvate rapid. Să nu ajungem la un punct în care începem să ne încordăm mușchii împotriva investitorilor”, a spus ea.

Persons: Hassan, John Magufuli Organizations: Barrick Gold Locations: Tanzaniei, străinătate, guvernamentali

☆ A murit preşedintele Tanzaniei. John Magufuli era unul dintre cei mai vocali coronasceptici din Africa şi a bagatelizat boala COVID
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-18 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Preşedintele Tanzaniei, John Magufuli, unul dintre cei mai vocali lideri africani care şi-au manifestat scepticismul faţă de coronavirus, a murit la vârsta de 61 de ani. Cauza oficială a decesului a fost „insuficienţa cardiacă”, conform unui anunţ făcut de vicepreşedintele ţării, informează AP News, citat de digi24. Cu câteva zile în urmă apăruse informaţia că Magufuli ar fi internat în stare gravă cu COVID-19 într-un spital din Kenya. Vicepreşedintele a mai afirmat că Magufuli a murit într-un spital din Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. În ciuda numeroaselor solicitări ale Organizaţiei Mondiale a Sănătăţii, Tanzania nu a publicat nicio statistică privind cazurile din luna mai, când a înregistrat 509 de infecţii.

Persons: John Magufuli, Hassan, Magufuli Organizations: AP Locations: Tanzaniei, Kenya, Tanzania, Sănătăţii

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