FOOD SECURITY is one of the region’s most
pressing challenges and active regional collaboration
is offering a key solution.
Intra-regional trade, forward planning, innovative farming methods, food aid and a shift away from the traditional but droughtvulnerable staple maize, have helped southern Africa to avert starvation in the face of persistent droughts. [read more]
THE UNITED Republic of Tanzania is an independent, unitary, sovereign and democratic
state founded on 26 April 1964 by two independent states – Tanganyika (independence
9 December 1961) and Zanzibar (independence 10 December 1963)
with the objective of building a unified society based on freedom, human rights and
peaceful existence. The vast country covers an area of almost 1 million sq km and has
a population of more than 34 million, according to the census in 2002. All Tanzanians
enjoy rights and responsibilities embedded within the country's Constitution.
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MORE THAN 15 million Tanzanians
are registered to vote in
elections on 14 December for a
Union president, parliament (the
Bunge) and local councillors. The
Union elections were postponed
from 30 October following the
death of an opposition vice-presidential
candidate, after a highprofile
campaign.
Benjamin William Mkapa is standing down after two terms as President of the United Republic of Tanzania. The main contenders in a field of nine candidates to replace him are Jakaya Kikwete of the ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), who is the current Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation; Ibrahim Lipumba of the Civic United Front (CUF) and Augustine Mrema of the Tanzania Labour Party (TLP), who got 16.26 and 7.8 percent of the votes respectively in the 2000 elections. [read more]