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Tanzania SearchesHere a list of sites were you can expect to find specific information about Tanzania when you search their database on the word "Tanzania": UNIONS is the United Nations International Organizations Network Search. Here you can search within all the UN-system, including sub-organizations. Expect to find too much documents, reports, articles, etc. about Tanzania. ECA-search - (UN.org.) In the database of the Economic Commission for Africa you might find some country-specific information about development. They also are quite good on gender issues. FAO-search - (UN-org.) Their database gives you lots of articles and reports about livestock and agriculture in Tanzania. Tons of free information! ILO-search - (UN-org.) Their database might find you some reports about working conditions in Tanzania, although there is little African country-specific information. Infonation is a UN statistics service. Choose country specific data from their huge and updated database. All countries are represented with data from the fields geography, economy, population and social indicators. You can compare data from up to seven countries. Excellent tool! UNDP-search - (UN-org.) You will find a solid amount of documents and reports about development in Tanzania in their database. UNESCO-search - (UN-org.) Their database contains loads of document related to education, science and culture and related items in Tanzania. WHO-search - (UN-org.) You'll find quit a few documents and reports about health issues in Tanzania and the region doing a search in their database. WTO-search - In the database of the World Trade Organization you'll find quit a few country-specific documents about trade, subsidies, development, etc. in Tanzania. Write "Tanzania" in the "Document Title" bar. WoYaa! is a search engine in French and English with links to quite a few sites in French-speaking Africa. Not updated since 1998 (?) and many bad connections. Yahoo-search - Yahoo helps you find websites related to Tanzania, although you'll have no idea what you'll find clicking their links...
Newspapers & PressHere, you'll find links to Tanzanian and non-Tanzanian newspapers and news agencies regularly writing about Tanzania, international press in general and other facilitators of news about Tanzania.
The Press in TanzaniaAlasiri is an almost daily updated news service in Swahili. An-nuur is a Tanzanian weekly magazine about Islam in Tanzania, issued by the Islamic Propagation Centre, Dar es Salaam. Swahili. The East African is a weekly journal published by The Daily Nation Group. Features in depth articles about Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda/Burundi. Good coverage on economy. Komesha is a daily news service with focus on local news. Swahili. Tanzania Radio One broadcasts live on the web and the site features the radio's programs. The Arusha Times is a weekly newspaper for the community of Arusha, Tanzania. It offers news of all categories, with special focus on local events. English. The Express Online is a weekly newspaper with special focus on the world of the business. English.
Press reporting about TanzaniaAfrica Confidential is a bisemanal journal on Africa. They let you enter their database on Tanzania of past headlines, which has some basic facts and news about Tanzania. Africa Online Tanzania is a commercial portal to Tanzania, with some daily news and other services. AllAfrica (former AfricaNews) is an electronic network handling the distribution of reporting from more than 40 African news organizations and provides a showcase for journalism from across the African continent. You can also go directly to their Tanzania page, listing the latest news stories. Recommended. East African Standard Online (on Kenyaweb) brings only headline news, and sports and business headlines. IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Network) is a UN humanitarian information unit, covering news from all Africa. You can also go directly into their Tanzania archive, where articles from the last months about Tanzania figure. NewAfrica, Tanzania offers interesting information about Tanzanian infrastructures, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. One World News Service is an international news service with a special page for Tanzania. In English, but not too regularly updated. PANA (PanAfrican News Agency) has an expanding pool of correspondents continent wide and partnerships with 48 national news agencies and the largest news-gathering operation in Africa. No country pages, but daily updated news from all over Africa. Tanzania News is powered by WorldNews.com. This news site brings you daily news about Tanzania, provided by the world's leading newspapers and press agencies. It's not really a newspaper itself, more a very efficient search engine, giving you headlines made all over the world. In English. Weather.com has a page about the weather in Tanzania.
International pressLe Monde, the leading French newspaper, has an ample international coverage (all in French). You can also go directly to their Africa page. The Africa and Middle East site of the BBC World Services offers updated news, articles and other media services on Africa. The Financial Times is one of the world's leading business newspapers with a global outlook. You can also go directly to their Middle East and Africa page. The Independent is an excellent British newspaper with a wide international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page, where the latest articles about the continent are listed. The International Herald Tribune is a daily newspaper edited in Paris with a focus on news from all over the world. Published with The New York Times & The Washington Post. The New York Times is one of the most important US newspapers, having a relatively good international coverage, including an Africa page. Most international articles, however, are by AP or Reuters. The Washington Post is a prestigious US newspaper with an ample international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page or Tanzania page, were the last articles from WP are listed. Times Internet Edition (UK) is the internet edition of the world's oldest daily newspaper. The sister paper, the Sunday Times Internet Edition has its own website. Relatively good international coverage.
News & Discussion GroupsAfrica Online Tanzania offers services like e-mail, chat, newsgroups. A lot of news too, and only in English. L'Afrique sur Internet is a website in French about everything what's happening on Internet in francophone Africa. List of links, forums, etc. NewAfrica has chats, besides offering lots of other services.
Government OfficesThe website of the Parliament of Tanzania offers information about its members, a parliamentary diary, Tanzania's budgets, etc. but not updated since 1998... Tanzania Tourist Board offers complete tourist information with its interactive map, chat and discussion area, among all information on safaris and other activities. Not regularly updated. Tanzania Investment Centre The National Construction
Council promotes the development of the local construction industry. Transnational Institutions: The East African Co-operation (EAC) is an inter-governmental organization with the mandate to promote regional integration and development among the Republics of Kenya, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania. About Tanzanian government, see also Politics and General Information, below.
OtherCities & TownsWeather.com has a page about the weather in Tanzania, with special information about some cities, like Dodoma.
CompaniesThe Bank of Tanzania Mkono & Co
offers legal advice on a large variety of issues.
CultureAfromix' web page to Tanzanian music, groups and artists, with special pages on some Tanzanian musicians. Focuc on Remmy Ongala, Bi Kidude and Tatu Nane. French and Spanish versions. East African Music, by Douglas B. Paterson, features music from Tanzania and Kenya, including cd's produced by the author himself. Nice introduction, but not updated since 1999. The Ethnologue Database is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Index organizes languages according to language families and countries. Islam Tanzania is an ample web site in English about Tanzania's second religion. Lots of informative articles, also about Islam in general, and a reader's forum. The Nyakyusa Homepage offers an introduction to the Nyakyusa people and language, along with research about the Nyakyusa and some traditional stories. The Sukuma Museum (Mwanza) features traditional arts and culture from the Usukuma region. The museum and Cultural Center provides an artistic, spiritual, intellectual and community focal point for Sukuma culture, which both celebrates and promotes the creativity of traditional and contemporary Sukuma art, architecture, and dance. Good site! Tanzania's Kiswahili: Chumvi Mtembezi! is a true Swahili site. Offers you to learn Kiswahili, dictionaries, Kiswahili slang, forums, Kiswahili humor, and other stuff that sounded Swahili to me... The Zanzibar Archives is a fantastic website, in design and content. It is an Internet project to explore the East-African anthropology and presents lots of historical and anthropological information about Zanzibar in a beautiful and logic way. Zanzibar Art (on Zanzibar Travel Network) is a local, web site, very informative, about art on Zanzibar. It mainly presents some local artists (photography, paintings, etc.). Zanzibar: Menus & Recipes from Africa (by the University of Pennsylvania) has an ample list of Zanzibar recipes and an introduction to the island's gastronomy.
EconomyThe Bank of Tanzania is the national bank. Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is an organisation of free independent states cooperating. With its 21 member states and population of 385 million it forms a major integrated trading block. Very informative and ample site about the regional economy. There also exists a Tanzania Page.
Dar-es-Salaam Stock
Exchange features a list of dealers/brokers, a list of investment,
market reports and more. Planet Business-Tanzania offers interesting data of the country's economic situation for importers, exporters, distributors and traders. Tanzania Economic Development and Indicators is an annual NewAfrica country profile on their pages about African economy. They use the IMF as their primary source, which should guarantee for their quality. In the website of Union-Transport you'll find well structured information about transportat, logistics, brokerage, consulting and documentation in Tanzania.
EducationThe University of Dar es Salaam has an ample and informative web site, also informing about their academic programs and offering an African Virtual University service.
Environment/NatureThe National Tree Seed Programme. The site provides information on seeds procurement, tree improvement, botany, training and marketing. NewAfrica-Environment offers interesting information about the environment in Africa, among other subjects, and sometimes news about the environment in Tanzania. Safariweb is the main entry to safaris in East-Africa. Very informative site with focus on sustainable tourism. Visit their page on National Parks, Reserves & Recommended Safari Circuits, or enter their Guide to Tanzania. Recommended!
General Information/Read about TanzaniaThe U.S.
government has several informative, though subjective, pages about most countries in
the world, including Tanzania, being regularly updated. Big
resources are used to produce and maintain these pages. The CIA Factbook
2000 is probably
the best and most updated collection of data on the web. The Ethnologue Database is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Index organizes languages according to language families. The Spanish spoken website of the Basque publishing house Ikuska has pages on all African countries with relatively good statistical data and fuller information on ethnic groups. Infoplease.com contains a page about Tanzania with basic data of the country: history, geography, etc. The International Crisis Group is a organisation with special interest in Africa. In its page about Central Africa you'll find lots of reports about the general situation in Tanzania and other countries. NewAfrica Tanzania offers interesting information about Tanzanian infrastructure, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. The Zanzibar Archives is a fantastic website, in design and content. It is an Internet project to explore the East-African anthropology and presents lots of historical and anthropological information about Zanzibar in a beautiful and logic way. Zanzibar Travel Network is a local, commercial web site, very informative, about travelling to Zanzibar and with lots of background information about the island, its history, geography, arts and the historical stone town. It also features links to Zanzibar. You can order books about Tanzania on amazon.com's web page.
Human RightsThe Committee to Protect Journalists has a small, but interesting rapport about the situation of the press in Tanzania in 1997. The most informative site about human rights in Tanzania is the annual Country Report on Human Rights Practices Released by the U.S. State Department. Big, elaborated report about the state of human rights in Tanzania. In the annual World Press Freedom Review looks at the the state of the media in 168 countries, like Tanzania, documenting press freedom violations. 1999.
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