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The demand for organic cosmetics is fast growing across the continent. Hellen Dause is determined to make the most of this trend with her own brand of skin care based in Zanzibar. And, passionate artists from Mali and Burkina Faso are fighting to expand and make their work more accessible. … [Read more...] about Inspire Africa: tapping into natural skin care market in Tanzania

By Fumbuka Ng’wanakilala DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – South African authorities have impounded an Airbus 220-300 aircraft leased by Tanzania’s national flag carrier, the Tanzanian government said. The plane had been scheduled to fly from the Oliver Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on Friday. “The plane was impounded following an order issued by the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg,” Tanzania’s transport ministry said in a statement on Friday. It was not immediately clear why the plane was seized. Calls to the courts in South Africa went unanswered outside of usual business hours. President John Magufuli has personally taken charge of the revival of loss-making state carrier Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL), spending hundreds of millions of dollars purchasing eight new planes since 2016. The airline’s existing fleet, which is leased from the state-run Tanzania Government Flight Agency … [Read more...] about Tanzania says South Africa impounds Airbus plane

By Nicky Woo ZANZIBARCITY, Tanzania (Reuters) – Zanzibar’s traditional healers with their toolkits of herbs, holy scriptures and massages are being registered by authorities keen to regulate the practitioners who treat everything from depression to hernias. About 340 healers have been registered since Zanzibar, a region of the east African country of Tanzania, passed the Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act in 2009. There are an estimated 2,000 more healers, or mgangas, hoping to register, said Hassan Combo, the government registrar at the council that records them.  Traditional healer Bi Mwanahija Mzee has already registered. She tends to patients at her busy clinic where women line up in the early morning sun cradling their sick children. One family seeks relief for a child suffering from an umbilical hernia, scared that if they bring the child to hospital for surgery he will die. A pregnant woman who has repeatedly miscarried comes for reassurance, herbs and … [Read more...] about Tanzania’s Zanzibar begins to register traditional healers

A survivor has been found inside a capsized Tanzanian ferry two days after the disaster on Lake Victoria, an official said Saturday, while coffins arrived for at least 167 victims and counting. An engineer was found near the engine of the upturned vessel, Mwanza regional commissioner John Mongella told reporters. The Tanzanian Broadcasting Corporation reported he had shut himself into the engine room. His condition was not immediately clear. Search efforts continued around the ferry's exposed underside as families of victims prepared to claim the dead. No one knows how many people were on board the ferry, which had a capacity of 101. Officials on Friday said at least 40 people had been rescued. The government's Chief Secretary John Kijazi announced the rising death toll to reporters after President John Magufuli ordered the arrests of those responsible. Top News Photos: One Year Anniversary of Hurricane Maria Spencer Platt/Getty Images "This is a great disaster for our … [Read more...] about Survivor Found Inside Capsized Tanzania Ferry; Death Toll Hits 167

Acting President greets former Mozambican President Acting President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh (R) and President of Mozambique Armando Emilio Guebuza  Vietnam always attaches importance to its relations with Mozambique, and considers the country a priority cooperation partner of Vietnam in Africa, Acting President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh told former President of Mozambique Armando Emilio Guebuza. During a reception for Armando Emilio Guebuza in Hanoi on September 28, Acting President Thinh  thanked the guest for coming to the State funeral of President Tran Dai Quang, and also conveyed sincere thanks to the State and people of Mozambique for assigning the former President to Vietnam to pay tribute to Quang, who passed away on September 21.  She affirmed that this is vivid evidence for the close and strong relations between Vietnam and Mozambique for over the last 40 years. She congratulated the Mozambican people on new achievements in the national construction and economic … [Read more...] about Government News 30/9