With the international focus on peace moves in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), an "explosive situation" in neighbouring Burundi is being largely ignored, regional analysts warned on Friday.

This not-for-profit independent research body has received a foundation grant to implement a research project on the implications of globalisation for the countries of East Africa. Dates: Apply before June 30 2001, to commence by end 2001. 2 year contract. Positions: 1 post-doctoral fellow, 2 assistant research fellows, 1 research assistant.

In this report, Peter Wobst considers how Tanzania's structural adjustment reforms of the late 1980s and early 1990s affected agriculture, as well as growth, equity, and poverty alleviation--in others words, the economic well-being of the people in this extremely poor country. The report also presents a computable general equilibrium model of the Tanzanian economy and an updated social accounting matrix.

The Tanzania government has formed a four-man task force to investigate a massive corruption scandal involving government officials suspected to have pocketed millions of Tanzania shillings in compensation to some 900 people relocated from a gold mining area in Geita, Mwanza, on the shores of Lake Victoria.

Tanzanian refugees who fled to Kenya from the islands of Pemba and Zanzibar have told UNHCR that they would be ready to return home "if talks between the government and the opposition [Civic United Front (CUF)] lead to a declaration that would ease tensions on the islands".