Africa

BBC SportCan 'miraculous' sponsorship turn round Tanzania football?BBC SportBy Emmanuel Muga BBC Sport, Dar es Salaam Tanzania have only ever been to the Africa Cup of Nations once - way back in Nigeria in 1980. The Taifa Stars have of course never made it to a World Cup. But hopes are high that the fortunes of the country's ...and more »Read Full Story

MICATZ, a non-profit organization based in Tanzania, places volunteers from across the world willing to assist in various welfare projects in schools, hospitals, orphanages, monasteries, community/government organizations etc. with an aim to educate and help influence the life of the deprived people throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America. We encourage students, professionals, businessmen, social workers and other organizations to step forward and volunteer in devoting some amount of time...Read Full Story

LONDON (Reuters) - Campaign group Global Witness has pulled out of the Kimberley Process, a scheme designed to prevent "blood diamonds" from entering the mainstream market, calling the scheme outdated and a failure, almost nine years after its launch.In a damning statement on Monday, Global Witness said the Kimberley Process had refused to close flaws and loopholes and accused the diamond-producing governments running the scheme of showing little interest in reform.It said customers buying...Read Full Story

Maybe some of us are big fans of war films just like me, and we always spend most of our times to watch some war related films such as PLATOON, TEARS OF THE SUN, the KINGDOM and so on. Even though we have watched it, some times we have a strong desire to watch it once again. Today there is a piece of good news for us that the grand movie ‘Hotel Rwanda’ is coming to blu ray dvd, that is to say we can have a good chance of watching it once more with a high definition quality. If you are also a...Read Full Story

In collaboration with other local NGOs, MICATZ takes the initiatives and offers you the opportunity to provide social services towards various welfare projects to upgrade the lifestyle of the people in Tanzania. Whether you’re interested in providing child care assistance, sharing real life learning experiences, educating children in Maths, Science, English, arts, dance, sports or even promoting HIV/AIDS campaign for the awareness to prevent its spreading, we would like to give you the...Read Full Story

> Volunteer Abroad Spring Break Summer Vacation Opportunities in 165 Programs Overseas 2009   Article by Joe Mark We offer the following A Broader View international volunteering opportunities: Child Care/Orphanages projects: Volunteer abroad in Tanzania, Honduras, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Nepal, Costa Rica and India with orphan children and street kids. As a volunteer, you will primarily assist with the daily care of the kids...Read Full Story

LONDON (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's military and police are running torture camps in diamond mining areas, the BBC said on Monday, in a report that could have implications for moves to ease restrictions on the region's diamond trade.The BBC said it had heard first-hand accounts of prisoners being beaten, raped and savaged by dogs in and around Zimbabwe's Marange diamond fields. The prisoners were miners who had demanded too much pay or had mined independently."The most recent victim we had was from...Read Full Story

Failed States For 2011 Newscast Media WASHINGTON D.C –The 2011 failed states list has just been released today, June 20, 2011 and the results aren’t that surprising. Failed States Index, the annual ranking is prepared by the Fund for Peace and published by FOREIGN POLICY. If the Failed States Index were the Big League, Somalia would be the reigning champ, since it has ranked number one for the fourth year in a row. The absence of a permanent national government in Somalia for almost twenty...Read Full Story

KIGALI (Reuters) - Paul Rusesabagina, the man who saved more than 1,200 people from genocide in events depicted in the Oscar-nominated film "Hotel Rwanda," has been implicated in the terrorism case against a Rwandan opposition leader.Martin Ngoga, Rwanda's prosecutor general, told Reuters on Wednesday that Rwandan courts would summon Rusesabagina because investigations indicated he also funded the terrorism activities that opposition leader Victoire Ingabire is being held for.Ingabire, the...Read Full Story