The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) a regional bloc of 16 countries has formally endorsed the hydro power dam in Tanzania that seeks to develop 2,115 megawatts of electricity. The dam that has been criticised by some Western countries will be Africa’s fourth largest in terms of power outputs and will be completed in three years through Tanzania’s own taxpayer’s money.
The United States (U.S.) Department has imposed visa restrictions on some Nigerians who are believed to be involved in trying to undermine democratic process in the recently concluded Nigeria’s 2019 presidential and parliamentary elections. It explained that the individuals affected by the ban, who have not been identified, operated with impunity at the expense of Nigerians and undermined democratic principles and human rights.
Women’s Bureau a local Non-Governmental Organization is embarking on a 3-day training workshop to educate women in the informal sector on various issues affecting them when conducting their daily business. On the side-lines of the workshop running under the theme ‘Information for women’s voices targeting women in the informal sector’, the Women’s Bureau director Ronika Mumbire unpacked the whole project.
I have been following up the tussle between the Government of Tanzania and Acacia Plc ever since it began more than two years ago. I am fascinated by the emerging African patriotism. I am proud whenever an African country takes the big boys by the horns to wrench a fair deal from the onerous arrangements which the foreign multinationals managed to extract from our Governments, whether coercively, deceitfully or corruptly. Undeniably, in this effort, Tanzania is admirably the leading light to other African countries.
President John Magufuli’s high strides and performance has made Tanzania to scoop the first position in Africa against corruption in two different categories, the findings from 2019 Transparency International and Afro- Barometer report has revealed.