by Contributed | Nov 1, 2022 | Blog
Jacob Cloete, University of the Western Cape The conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the deadliest the world has ever witnessed. One report estimates the death toll at 5.4 million while a more conservative count puts it at one million...
by Contributed | Jul 18, 2022 | Blog
A mysterious disease that killed three people in Tanzania has been identified as leptospirosis or “rat fever”, a bacterial infection commonly spread by the rodents, the East African nation’s government said Monday. Last week authorities dispatched a...
by Contributed | Jun 15, 2022 | Blog
Tanzania will introduce a digital tax this year, the country’s finance minister said, in a move targeting global internet giants offering services in the East African nation. The two-percent tax will come into effect in July and follows similar attempts by...
by Contributed | Apr 12, 2022 | Blog
Rob Ahearne, University of East London After the death of President John Magufuli on 17 March 2021, Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan became Tanzania’s sixth president, and the first woman in the office. She may have been an “accidental president” but she seems to...
