The Head of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Southern Africa Department is the new British High Commissioner in Dar es Salaam. He is Mr Bruce Dinwiddy who began his career as an economist in Swaziland. Born in 1946, he has also served in the diplomatic service as Head of Chancery in Cairo. Counsellor in Bonn and Deputy High Commissioner in Ottawa. His recreations, listed in ‘Who’s Who’ include golf, tennis and music.

There is also a new American Ambassador in Tanzania. He is M. Charles Stith, a theologian by training.