Serengeti road becomes Tanzanian election issue

Tanzania’s president Jakaya Kikwete has offered a compromise to the conservationists opposed to the commercial road linking Arusha and Musoma through the Serengeti National Park. While the road has the full backing of Kikwete, who also insists he is an...

Controversy mounts over Serengeti road

Contradictory reports are coming out of Tanzania about the proposed road across the Serengeti to link Arusha in the north with towns on Lake Victoria. The proposed road would link Arusha and Musoma on the lake, which are at present...

Tenure of Arusha Rwanda tribunal judges extended

The United Nations Security Council has agreed to extend the terms of office of the judges sitting on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha to allow them to complete their work. Cases of first instance had been...

Arusha to Kilimanjaro road upgrade

A feasibility study for the widening of the highway between Arusha and Kilimanjaro international airport is in its final stages, according to the Tanzania Roads Agency. The project involves widening the present two-lane highway into a four-lane one. The study...

Save the Serengeti

Opposition to the proposed road through the Serengeti to connect Lake Victoria to Arusha is growing and possible suggestions for another route are now being studied. According to eturbonews, a usually well-informed website for the tourist industry, studies are being...

One-stop border posts for East Africa

The East African Community (EAC) is pressing ahead with plans to introduce one-stop border posts across the region under the terms of the draft EAC One Stop Border Posts (OSBPs) Bill adopted at a meeting in Arusha at the end...

Deforestation warning for Tanzania

Tanzania is set to lose its entire forest cover within the next 100-160 years if more is not done to reduce the current rate of deforestation, the United States-based environmental watchdog Conservation International (CI) has said. Forests presently cover around...