This article from Malaria Journal looks at care-seeking for fatal malaria among children under five in southern Tanzania. Findings showed that in the case of 78.7 per cent of malaria deaths, biomedical care had been used in the form of antimalarial drugs from shops, government or non-government facilities. In cases of suspected malaria at all ages, including those which involved convulsions, modern care was sought by the vast majority (90 per cent as a first resort).

The Prevention of Corruption Bureau (PCB) has brought the Mbulu District Mangistrate, Mr Wallace Manolo, to court for allegedly soliciting and receiving bribes from an individual due to appear in his court on trial.

Tanzania is considering legal action after 22 European trawlers were spotted illegally fishing in its waters. The ships were spotted by European Union surveillance planes and the information was passed to the Tanzanian authorities, EU sources say. EU sources estimate that some 70 ships are operating illegally, targeting tuna, kingfish, lobsters and prawns.

AITEC, an organisation which seeks to advance ICT knowledge in Africa, is hosting a conference in Arusha, Tanzania, to promote and support the development of ICT as a tool of change and empowerment for women across Africa. The conference will be held on 5-7th August and AITEC's partners include the Government of Tanzania and the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).

Tanzania hopes to start distributing free antiretroviral drugs to people living with HIV/AIDS by October, the Ministry of Health has said. Special priority would be given to expectant mothers, as around 70,000 HIV-positive babies were born each year, said deputy health minister Ali Mwinyi.

Up to date and accurate information on best practice for maternity care is not always available to practitioners in African countries. Women giving birth in government hospitals may be subjected to outdated practices, because midwives and birth attendants may not be aware of effective interventions that can improve outcomes and women's experiences during labour and delivery.

AMREF is the largest health development organisation based in Africa with the mission to improve the health of disadvantaged people in Africa as a means for them to escape poverty and improve the quality of their life. The Country Director, AMREF Tanzania will provide leadership and strategic direction to the country office and field-based staff in the AMREF Tanzania Country Programme, responsible for country performance and programme growth.

On March 01, this year the Tanzania Development Gateway (TzDG) of the Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) organized a one-day workshop on the Internet Development and the Role of Media in Promoting Open and Inclusive Information Society. Aloyce Menda, the Coordinator of Journalists' Union for Science & Technology Advancement in Africa, presented the paper available through the link below on how the media in Tanzania can promote local content development to enhance inclusive information society in Tanzania.

The number of Burundian refugees living in camps in western Tanzania has fallen to a six-year low, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported on Tuesday from Geneva. UNHCR spokesman Ron Redmond said more than 40,000 refugees had returned to Burundi since the beginning of the year, bringing the number of those remaining in the camps to less than 300,000. He said UNHCR convoys carried most of the refugees who returned this year through two major border crossings in Burundi's eastern province of Ruyigi.

Tanzania's main university has re-admitted most of the more than 3 000 undergraduate students who were suspended for rioting two weeks ago, a senior Dar es Salaam University official has said in a statement. "Classes have resumed and all students have been screened to determine their role in the demonstration on April 20 and those who have not been re-admitted appear to have played a bigger role in planning and staging the riots," acting chief academic officer JS Mshana said in the statement, issued on Monday night.

The parliament of Tanzania, the Bunge, is hoping that a new website dedicated to explaining what it does will soon be figuring amongst the most visited sites in the country. It is hardly the sexiest of subjects but the aims of the website known as Polis (Parliamentary Online Information System) are laudable - to make politics more understandable and accessible to the public.

On 10th December, 2002, the Parliament enacted the Tanzania Prevention of Terrorism Act. According to its provisions, it overrides any human rights instruments including the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. The Act states ‘the provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent with this Act contained in any enactment other that this Act or in any instrument having effect by virtue of any enactment other than this Act’.

This paper from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology examines the factors which determine participation and effort in illegal hunting, in western Serengeti, Tanzania. It studies the impact on illegal hunting of the integrated conservation and development project, the Serengeti Regional Conservation Project (SRCP), and looks at how the pattern of crop production in agriculture, market accessibility and wildlife-induced damage to crops and domestic animals affect illegal hunting.

The Home Office confirmed last night it had abandoned controversial plans to create "transit processing centres" in East Africa for asylum seekers in the face of opposition in Tanzania and criticism from the EU. Instead it is seeking to repackage plans to process asylum seekers in their own region of origin in a scheme possibly linked to extra aid.

Hundreds of Tanzanians demonstrated in Dar es Salaam on Saturday to protest what they called "bad policies" of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Placard-waiving demonstrators marched through several streets shouting anti-globalisation slogans. "The demonstration has been staged to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the Bretton Woods institutions (on Sunday)," said Gemma Akilimali, an official with the Tanzania Gender Network Project, one of the non-governmental organisations that organised the march.

There is no law in Tanzania specifically addressing air pollution control, according to Leandri Kinabo, the Head of Process Technology Standards Department with the Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS). Instead the country has several pieces of legislations targeting hazards posed by various forms of air pollution. These include the Mining Act and the Standards Act.

Zanzibar's parliament has passed a bill that outlaws homosexuality and lesbianism. The bill imposes stiff penalties which include up to 25 years imprisonment for those in gay relationships. The overwhelmingly Muslim Indian Ocean island is a key tourist destination on the East African coast. The attorney-general said they were determined to prevent Zanzibari culture from being corrupted. The president is expected to approve the bill into law.

The Tanzania government is drafting a policy on genetically modified (GM) crops in readiness for adopting the controversial technology, which some advocates consider a necessity for the future of food production. The EastAfrican has learnt that a multi-sectoral selection of Tanzanian experts will be drafting the policy guidelines and regulations in order to safeguard and equip the nation with the necessary precautions. Tanzania’s Minister for Agriculture and Food Security, Charles Keenja, said in Dar es Salaam last week that the country had taken no clear position on GM products to date.

Tanzanians in the diaspora have launched an online petition making the case for recognition of dual citizenship by the Tanzanian government.

A Tanzanian human rights body has expressed concern over the high level of corruption in the country, which it said was continuing unabated and was curtailing people's human rights. However, in its 2003 report released on Tuesday, the Legal and Human Rights Centre said there had been some steps taken to tackle the vice, notably in the strengthening of the Prevention of Corruption Bureau and the prosecution of some government officials, but that this was merely "scratching the surface".