> AGRA’s results are devastating for small-scale farmers. Most AGRA projects primarily entail selling them expensive inputs such as hybrid seeds and synthetic fertilizers via agrochemical companies. These inputs are extremely costly and thus drastically increase farmers’ risk of falling into indebtedness. Examples from #Tanzania show that small-scale farmers have not been able to repay seed and fertilizer debts directly after the harvest, even forcing some to sell their livestock.
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/bill-gatess-foundation-is-leading-a-green-counterrevolution-in-africa/
Africa: Why Africa Is Learning From Tanzania's Legal Information System: [Daily News] Dodoma -- Tanzania has achieved a milestone in the digitalisation of legal information services, with the Tanzania Legal Information Institute (TanzLII) emerging as a powerful tool in bridging the gap between courts and the communities they serve. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TL9pJM #Africa #Tanzania #LegalInformation #Digitalisation #TanzLII
All manner of repression is on the rise in Kenya, under William Ruto's orders, and across East Africa as a whole, where authoritarians and dictators are presidents.
'A Kenyan software developer and digital activist who was arrested last week after creating a tool for people to express their opposition to a proposed law has been arraigned in court...'
'A Kenyan activist has told the BBC that he is "struggling to be alive" after allegedly being sexually tortured in detention in Tanzania last month.'
At our faculty's 𝗟𝗲𝗵𝗿𝗲@𝗚𝗲𝗼 𝗧𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗻𝗴, students presented original research funded by studforschung@geo – from identifying meteorites to building drones fit for volcanoes!
We're especially proud of Tim Drießle and Mareike Winkler, who our research group supervised.
Read how their findings could change land use and health in Tanzania: https://www.geo.lmu.de/geographie/en/latest-news/news-overview/news/lehre-geo-presents-science-made-by-students.html
Africa: 16 African Nations Opt to Treat Patients in Tanzanian Hospitals: [Daily News] Dodoma -- SIXTEEN African nations have brought their patients for treatment in Dar es Salaam major hospital in the past four years from March 2021 to March this year. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TL7Tfr #Africa #Tanzania #Healthcare #MedicalTourism #InternationalHealth
Africa: African Court On Human and Peoples' Rights Elects New President and Vice President: [africancourt] Arusha, -- The election took place today during the first day of the Court's 77th Ordinary Session, being held at its seat in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TL7Stx #AfricanCourt #HumanRights #Tanzania #Arusha #Election
Life is colourful. Also in
#Malawi
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#Maldives
#Mali
#Mauritania
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#Morocco
#Mozambique
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#Samoa
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#Senegal
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#Singapore
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#SouthSudan
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#Sudan
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Tanzanian politician’s lawyers ask UN to declare detention arbitrary
The European Parliament adopted a resolution denouncing Lissu's arrest as politically motivated.
Kenyan President Expresses Regret to Tanzania Amid Deportation Dispute #EastAfrica #deportation #dispute #expresses #Kenyan #President #regret #Tanzania
https://tinyurl.com/26h2j4zd
Just wrapped up an epic hike in the breathtaking Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania! Check out this Flyover of my adventure on Strava! #UluguruMountains #Tanzania #Hiking #StravaFlyover #AdventureAwaits https://strava.app.link/GNiPEfqiLTb