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Increased giraffe poaching in Arusha region
Giraffe killing highlighted in the Manyara lake district
Poachers are turning their attention to giraffes in the Manyara lake region, south-west of Arusha, according to reports in local media....
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Tanzania calls for worldwide ban on ivory, rhino trade
Tanzania has only 123 rhinos from 65,000 in 1970
An international ban on trading in ivory products is the only way to end the war on poaching, according to Tanzania's minister for natural resource...
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Electronic permits for Arusha's safari tourists
Pilot initiative introduced at Lake Manyara National Park
Tourists visiting the Lake Manyara National Park in northern Tanzania are now being issued with electronic permits, as part of a pilot pro...
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Arusha march for elephants and rhinos
Arusha protest to coincide with national event
The internationally-celebrated march to save elephants and rhinos is being held in Tanzania ten days after World Animal Day, so that it will coincide...
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Arusha to move cemetery for bus terminal extension
Council to exhume 2,500 bodies
Arusha city council plans to expand its main bus terminal by using a nearby cemetery situated in the central Levolosi district between Makongoro and Middleton Road....
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Tanzania to use Lake Victoria waters for Serengeti wildlife
Lake to help animals survive during increasing droughts
The Tanzanian government is to use Lake Victoria as an alternative water source for the wild animals of Serengeti National Park, to help the...
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Hippo under threat in Lake Manyara
Rice farming theatens hippo population at Lake Manyara
Rice farming is reducing the water levels significantly at Lake Manyara, threatening the existence of the hippos living in the surrounding na...
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Tanzania steps up fight against poachers
Local community helps protect Arusha against poachers
Tanzania has launched a new community-based programme to increase its measures against illegal poachers.
The plan by Tanzania National Park...
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The East African Court of Justice has blocked the plans of the Tanzanian government to build a road through the north of the Serengeti national park.
The grounds for its injunction are that it woul...
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The Facebook page of Stop the Serengeti Highway has reported that the Tanzania government has indicated that it will now consider a German feasibility study to route the controversial Serengeti Highwa...
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2-3 May. At a time when journalists are under attack in many parts of east Africa, World Press Freedom day on 3 May will be marked in Arusha with a conference on the theme of Media Freedom for a Bett...
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Arusha volcano to become geo-park
UNESCO to declare volcano a global geological heritage site
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is to declare Ol Doinyo Lengai, Tanzania's active volcano, a site of gl...
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Laetoli site to be managed by Ngorongoro Conservation
Archaeological site and Olduvai Gorge Museum to be managed by NCAA
The Tanzanian government is in the process of transfering the management of Tanzania's ancient Laetoli archaeological site to Ngo...
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The submission of arguments for and against a permanent injunction on the construction of the Serengeti highway have now been made to the East African Court of Justice. The court has not yet set a tim...
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Tanzania to build airport near Serengeti National Park
Government partner with American billionaire to build airport for safari tourists
Tanzania is to construct an airport in a town near the Serengeti National Park this year, according to reports in l...
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Four arrested in Arusha for wildlife poisoning
Poachers use poison to kill elephants for their ivory
Tanzania's wildlife authorities have arrested four suspects for poisoning a range of wild animals in a game reserve located near Arusha. The s...
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AICC to run Julius Nyerere Centre in Dar
Arusha's AICC takes over management of Dar es Salaam's JNICC
The Arusha International Conference Centre (AICC) has assumed the management of the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre (JNIC...
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Arusha tackles traffic congestion
A number of busy two-way thoroughfares in Arusha are soon to be changed into one-way streets as part of efforts to decongest the traffic-clogged city centre.
The biggest initial changes will affect...
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Swine fever outbreak in Arusha
Arusha city council has imposed a quarantine on the movement of livestock in a bid to halt the spread of the African swine fever virus (ASFV) following the deaths of hundreds of infected pigs around t...
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Bombed Arusha church to become pilgrimage site
The Catholic archdiocese in Arusha has declared the Olasiti church, where three people lost their lives in an explosion on 5 May, as a pilgrimage site.
In addition to the three casualties, 60 peopl...
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A bomb attack outside a Catholic church in Arusha on 5 May has killed two people and injured at least 30, according to police.
Four Saudi Arabian citizens and two Tanzanians have been arrested in c...
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Arusha to upgrade water supply
The Arusha Urban Water Supply Authority (AUWSA) plans to invest $158 million to upgrade its water services to meet increasing demand.
The water authority says it needs at least five years to upgrad...
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Major loans for Arusha-Holili highway
The road project connecting Arusha with Voi in Kenya has received two major loans totalling $232.5m from the African Development Bank (AfDB).
The loans constitute almost 90 per cent of the total pr...
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At least 14 people were killed in a quarry in the Moshono district of Arusha, some nine km from the city centre, on 1 April.
The accident happened after the sides of a quarry collapsed while worker...
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Tanzania's National Housing Corporation (NHC) has announced plans to establish two new satellite towns outside Arusha, in the north-eastern districts of Arumeru and Arusha-Rural.
The state body, wh...
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Tanzania national parks increase fees
Entry fees for Tanzania's national parks are being increased by the Tanzania National Parks Authority (TANAPA), the wildlife management agency which controls 15 parks across the country.
The new en...
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Arusha eyes Bangata as tourist attraction
Bangata Falls just outside Arusha could become the latest venue to be promoted by the city as part of efforts to publicise itself as a tourist destination in its own right, rather than being a gateway...
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Arusha is planning to turn the Kimandolu section of Suye Hill in the city's eastern suburbs into an animal sanctuary aimed at the tourist market, according to the mayor Gaudence Lyimo.
Lyimo said t...
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Lake Natron expects good year for flamingos
The area around Lake Natron in northern Tanzania is set to experience the most significant breeding season for flamingos since 2007, according to early reports by British scientists from the Universit...
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The municipality of Arusha has been was upgraded to "city" status, becoming Tanzania's fifth city after Dar-es-salaam, Mwanza, Tanga and Mbeya.
Tanzanian president Jakaya Kikwete commemorated Arush...
