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Comment on REVIEWS by G. Thomas Burgess, “race, revolution and the struggle for human rights in zanzibar” « Benhuser's Blog

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:33:33 +0000

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Comment on Editorial Team by Tanzanian Affairs » LETTERS

Tanzanian Affairs » LETTERS — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:52:29 +0000

[...] Editorial TeamHelp put back issues [...]

Comment on TANZANIA RAILWAYS LIMITED by Tanzanian Affairs » RAILWAYS IN DEEP TROUBLE

Tanzanian Affairs » RAILWAYS IN DEEP TROUBLE — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:37:47 +0000

[...] The 25-year $31 million contract agreement signed in 2007 between the government and Rail India Technical and Economic Services Ltd (Rites) under which Rites took over the majority 51% share of Tanzania Railways and agreed to manage it, has gone sour. Details of earlier developments were given in TA No 94. [...]

Comment on THE ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE by Tanzanian Affairs » CORRUPTION CASES – THE LATEST

Tanzanian Affairs » CORRUPTION CASES – THE LATEST — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:53:08 +0000

[...] Affairs has been giving prominence in recent issues to reports on the various corruption cases which have been widely and frequently debated in [...]

Comment on NILE BASIN – COULD IT EVENTUALLY LEAD TO WAR? by Afrika: de grimmige strijd om water « DeJaap

Afrika: de grimmige strijd om water « DeJaap — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:04:55 +0000

[...] grootste provocateur in het conflict tot nu toe is Tanzania, dat in 2004 de koloniale regels aan zijn laars lapte en een gigantische pijplijn liet aanleggen om water uit Lake Victoria af te voeren. Egypte [...]

Comment on NILE BASIN – COULD IT EVENTUALLY LEAD TO WAR? by Erfenis verscheurt Nijlfamilie « Luc van Kemenade

Erfenis verscheurt Nijlfamilie « Luc van Kemenade — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:18:55 +0000

[...] provocateur in het conflict tot nu toe is Tanzania, dat in 2004 de koloniale regels aan zijn laars lapte en een gigantische pijplijn liet aanleggen om water uit Lake Victoria af te voeren. Egypte [...]

Comment on REMAKING TANZANIA PLC by sabasjoe

sabasjoe — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:30:26 +0000

Correction!
In the last paragraph the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) Should read as UK Financial Investments Ltd (UKFI) which was set up to manage government’s investments in Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group, Bradford & Bingley and Northern Rock. FSA is the Financial Services Regulator in the UK.
Joseph Sabas

Comment on FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION – ALLEGATIONS by Anti-Money Laundering Efforts in Tanzania | AffairBoard

Anti-Money Laundering Efforts in Tanzania | AffairBoard — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:20:09 +0000

[...] having dealings with the unknown, the unknown being just how bad are the money laundering cases in Tanzania. One of the reasons for this is that when a high percentage of a banks transactions involve [...]

Comment on POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS by Tanzanian Affairs » ZANZIBAR, THE UNION AND OIL

Tanzanian Affairs » ZANZIBAR, THE UNION AND OIL — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:54:09 +0000

[...] TA 93 described how a row had developed over who is responsible for any oil that might be discovered in Zanzibar – the Union government or the Zanzibar government. The row has continued with the Zanzibar cabinet insisting on Zanzibar’s right to the oil. [...]

Comment on MISCELLANY by Tanzanian Affairs » THE ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE

Tanzanian Affairs » THE ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:52:26 +0000

[...] DECI The Guardian reported in May on a financial scheme, started in 2007 and known as the ‘Development Entrepreneurship Community Initiative’ or DECI – a pyramid or ponzi scheme. In a short space of time membership had grown to some 700,000 and it was believed to have 46 up-country branches. Apparently an alert by the media helped to make ‘largely innocent public and overly gullible government agencies’ wake up to the fact that this money game was criminal. Finally the government issued a statement declaring that enough was enough and effectively prevented the scheme from continuing [see TA 93] [...]