Tag Archives: Lake Tanganyika

Burundi: Land issues keep possibility of conflict alive

February 4, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Kris Berwouts The civil war in Burundi now lies several years behind us. Since November 2003, when the CNDD-FDD integrated the transitional institutions, the rebels and the regular armed forces integrated their troops into a new national army. The … read more »

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Zambia job stampede – 8 dead

May 28, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Lusaka – Eight people were killed on Monday in a job search stampede that also left dozens injured in Zambia’s northeastern fishing town of Mpulungu, state radio said. “I wish to confirm that eight people have died in a stampede … read more »

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39 survive plane crash in Tanzania

April 9, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Thirty-five passengers and four crew members aboard a Dash 8-300 aircraft belonging to Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) escaped death yesterday when the plane skidded off the run way at Kigoma airport while taking-off for Dar es Salaam via Tabora. … read more »

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DRC gunmen release boat with 100 aboard

September 27, 2011 by benim

Kinshasa – An official in eastern DRC says gunmen have released a boat and about 100 hostages aboard. Victor Chomachoma said on Tuesday that the vessel was freed after a ransom was paid to the gunmen. It was not immediately … read more »

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Who killed the national flag carrier Air Tanzania?

June 20, 2011 by benim

MY CONSCIENCE The other day I boarded a private local airliner bound for an adjacent town. I reported, along with my colleague, on time – slightly more than hour before departure as regulations require. The tickets for both of us … read more »

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Albinos in Tanzania murdered or raped as AIDS “cure”

May 6, 2011 by benim

Hundreds of albinos are thought to have been killed for black magic purposes in Tanzania and albino girls are being raped because of a belief they offer a cure for AIDS, a Canadian rights group said on Thursday.   At … read more »

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