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Health workers say that attacks on Ebola facilities in DRC could undo the work that has been done to contain the deadly outbreak that was first detected in August of last year. 18 Mar 2019.   The World Health Organization says the fight against the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is moving forwards. They are focusing on the cities of Butembo and Katwa in North Kivu province and the virus has been contained in 11 of 28 affected communities. But more than 100 armed groups are reportedly active in the eastern DRC and violence and attacks on treatment facilities are threatening the progress being made.

By Masondore Masondore, Canada Dear Editor, On 14 March 2019, once again you published an opinionated article titled: Tanzania’s leader, the “Bulldozer”, runs off course, which also appears as “A dose of Bull” in the Middle East and Africa version. Africa's biggest rail project under way in Tanzania In your article, you highlighted that Tanzania’s President “hates” critics, gay and accurate statistics. I tried to read your article with keen interest to update myself with what I thought was an investigative piece of journalism, only to find it is just another ordinary article, personal vendetta, a heap of baseless assumptions which are characterized by the cheap mediocre journalists based in Tanzania that you heavily pay them to suit your test. Well, I am a concerned Tanzanian citizen living in Toronto, Canada with frequent visit to my motherland. I am one of the millions Tanzanians who are extremely captivated by the transformations under President John ...

BY Staff Writer, Nairobi and Dar es Salaam Recently, investigation reveal, the Board of Directors of Acacia in London has been preoccupied with the drive to assure the shareholders that the company’s mining operations in Tanzania are stable and promise more prosperity.  Papers seen by this paper shows that the message put across repeatedly in the Acacia reports are that Acacia reserves at the Tanzanian mines are still a long way from exhaustion, and that the Management has managed to ensure continued operations and production.  According to our sources in London, based on the reports, while good governance and good relations have been key to continued profitability of the Tanzanian operations, the Acacia Board was made to commend the effective cost management, which has made it possible for Acacia to thrive while operating in a hostile environment. Sources in London further confirm that Acacia Board of Directors seeks to demonstrate its ability to defy an...

By Special Correspondent, Nairobi JOURNALISM is not a hopeless profession. It is not supposed to be a weapon in the hands of the WEST against the developing states but a profession, a responsible profession to serve the people not neo colonialism. It is now clear why the American President Donald Trump was up in arms against fake news and irresponsible journalism in the US. It is the same yardstick that measures professionalism. Accountability is another word; no wonder in Swansea, Wales in the United Kingdom, Liam Stacey was jailed for mocking a footballer, Fabrice Muamba, on twitter, after he collapsed during a match. The Swansea University biology undergraduate was quickly tracked down and arrested. He admitted inciting racial comments and the Swansea Magistrate jailed him for 56 days. The latest move by the Government of Tanzania to suspend the Citizen newspaper for seven days (7) for irresponsible journalism is an attempt to remind the newspaper and the e...

Staff Writer, AFP Librreville Gabonese President Ali Bongo returned to Morocco on Tuesday night after charing a council of Ministers meeting, sources told AFP . On Monday and Tuesday, Bongo successfully gave audience to several Gabonese officials since suffering a stroke attack last October. Bongo’s 48 hour return to Gabon also gave him the opportunity to move within parts of the capital Libreville, where he greeted onlookers from his car. No media was invited to the event. President Ali Bongo suffered stroke in Saudi Arabia on October 24. He was briefly in the country once on January 15. In January, an attempted coup took place in Libreville to denounce the absence of the president. AFP   ...