Tanzanian landslide kills 11 children, 9 adults

A Tanzanian government official says a landslide has killed 11 children and nine adults near Mt. Kilimanjaro.

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Guide on BBC children's show killed by elephant

The BBC says that a British guide working on a children's television show in Tanzania was killed after being charged by an elephant.

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Tanzanian soccer refs banned over match-fixing

Tanzania has banned four referees for life for fixing games.

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Dormitory fire in Tanzania kills 12 schoolgirls

A fire that ripped through a dormitory in rural Tanzania, killing 12 schoolgirls and wounding 23 others, likely began after a student fell asleep with a candle burning, officials said Monday.

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Report: 33 killed in Tanzania bus accident

The state-owned broadcaster is reporting that a bus has crashed into a truck in northeastern Tanzania, killing 33 people.

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First African head of state visits Obama

President Barack Obama has welcomed his first African head of state to the White House.

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Ammo explodes at Tanzania dump site, 3 killed

Huge explosions rocked an ammunition dump at an army camp in Tanzania's commercial capital Wednesday, killing three people and injuring more than 150, officials said.

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Tanzanian official: Train crash kills at least 15

A goods train hit a stationary passenger train in central Tanzania Sunday, killing at least 15 people, a government official said.

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Worries about Sudan shadow UN chief on Africa trip

The U.N. chief acknowledged Thursday that a widely expected arrest warrant for Sudan's president in connection with atrocities in Darfur could result in a political fallout and urged him to protect peacekeepers and civilians.

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Police: 20 children die in Tanzania stampede

A stampede at an overcrowded dance hall in central Tanzania killed 20 children and left 50 others injured as they celebrated an important Muslim festival, police said Thursday.

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Official: 75 Miners Missing in Tanzania

A government official says 75 miners are missing and believed to have died in mines following heavy rains in northeastern Tanzania.

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Tanzanian PM Dissolves Cabinet

Tanzania's prime minister and two Cabinet ministers have resigned over a corruption scandal involving a contract with a nonexistent firm supposedly based in the United States, and the president dissolved the entire Cabinet as a result.

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Tanzania Fishermen Catch Endangered Fish

Fishermen have caught a rare and endangered fish, the coelacanth, off the coast of the Indian Ocean archipelago of Zanzibar, a researcher said on Monday.

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Scientists Study Hundreds of Dead Dolphins

Scientists tried to discover Saturday why hundreds of dolphins washed up dead on a beach popular with tourists on the northern coast of Zanzibar.

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400 Dead Dolphins Found in Tanzania

At least 400 dead dolphins were found on Zanzibar's northern coastline early Friday, alarming villagers, fishermen and tour operators, residents said.

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Thirty years ago today, American prestige and credibility hit its nadir when we allowed Iran to sack our embassy in Tehran and hold dozens of Americans hostage for 444 days.

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"A photographer has captured the moment a bird fed on ticks" near the mouth of a giraffe.

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Around the world millions of children are not getting a proper education because illness or disability prevent them going to school. In the third report in the BBC's Hunger to Learn series, Will Ross meets children in Tanzania who are overcoming visual impairment to learn.

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In her latest book, Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink, she writes, "There are surely plants and animals living in the remote places beyond our current knowledge. There are discoveries yet to be made."

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A court in Tanzania has found three men guilty of murdering a 14-year-old albino boy and severing his legs.

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A man has been found dead on a beach in Zanzibar, Tanzania, following a suspected mugging. The body of Rob Stringer, 26, was discovered on a beach in Zanzibar at 8am yesterday morning.

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Findings that a single pill(maybe several doses) can save numerous children from an illness that has caused so many deaths. Instead of more expensive medicine.

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Tanzania has launched a bank aimed specifically at women in what officials say will be an empowering move.

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One person has been sentenced to life in prison and eight others to jail in Burundi over the murder of albinos whose remains were sold for witchcraft. Three other suspects were acquitted by the court in Ruyigi province over the the killings of at least 12 albinos.

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Every year, millions of dragonflies fly thousands of kilometres across the sea from southern India to Africa... ...and then likely back again, a round trip of 14,000 to 18,000km. More Articles

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While U.S. President Barack Obama was shepherding his economic stimulus bill through Congress, Chinese President Hu Jintao was making his fourth trip to Africa.

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Thomas M. Franck, a prominent expert on international law in all its aspects who was particularly committed to promoting justice in developing countries, helping draft constitutions for several of them, died Wednesday at his home in Manhattan. He was 77.

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Tanzania's chimpanzee population has plummeted by more than 90 percent, from 10,000 a few years ago to just 700 today, according to a report from the Tanzania National Parks Authority.

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BEREGA, Tanzania — A handwritten ledger at the hospital tells a grim story.

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The young woman had already been in labor for two days by the time she reached the hospital here. Now two lives were at risk, and there was no choice but to operate and take the baby right away.

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Bayla Shepley pulled inner tubes off used bike rims on a recent rainy Saturday in Jamaica Plain, Boston.

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Volunteer Abroad International Programs Overseas Facebook: abroaderview Twitter: @abroaderview Youtube: abroadervieworg

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Video Clip "The music industry in Tanzania has witnessed tremendous growth over the past ten years. With a blend of influences from other countries especially the US along with the original musical traditions, Tanzanian music is conquering airwaves in East Africa."

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Police in Tanzania suspect a train crash that left seven people dead was caused deliberately so that petrol could be stolen from the fuel tanks.

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The push to get all children into school has seen spectacular successes in Tanzania.

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Thousands of people in Tanzania have been taking part in an exercise aimed at identifying those behind the killing of albinos for ritual purposes.

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Tanzania is launching a nationwide exercise urging the public to identify those behind dozens of murders of people with albinism. In the past 15 months, 45 albinos have been slaughtered in Tanzania.

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Great job by this volunteer; Kids Against Hunger is also a good group to help feed the hungry.

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The Power of Nightmares is a controversial documentary that critiques the United States government and attempts to show how neo-conservatives shaped the war on terror against Islamists in the post-9/11 world. We watched it in my SRA 471 class with Dr. Horgan.

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