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Monday, March 22, 2010 9:34 AM

Benjamin William Mkapa

Type: Person

Name: Benjamin William Mkapa (Benjamin Mkapa)

Title: President of Tanzania

Organization: Office of the President

Date of Birth: 12/11/1938

Place of Birth: Ndanda in the Masasi District of Southeastern Tanzania

Fact Sheet: Biography for Benjamin Mkapa

First Reported 8 mins ago - Updated 8 mins ago - 1 Documents

Jakaya Kikwete

Kikwete jets out to Namibia

President Jakaya Kikwete left for Namibia yesterday afternoon for a three-day state visit during which, among other things, he is scheduled to attend the swearing in ceremony of President-elect Hifikepunye Pohamba.Accompanied by First Lady Salma, the ... [Published 8 mins ago by IPP Media]

Entities: Jakaya Kikwete, Namibia, Mbeya (Tanzania), Organization of African Unity, Hifikepunye Pohamba

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 19 2010 - 1 Documents

Raila Odinga

Kenya: New Media Feature at Conference

Nairobi Twitter. YouTube. MySpace. Facebook. SMS. These are media platforms that were unheard of when the Nation was born 50 years ago.Yet they formed part of President Kibaki's speech when he officially opened the Pan Africa Media Conference.It is no ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by AllAfrica.com]

Entities: Kenya, New Media, Mwai Kibaki, Nation Media Group, Raila Odinga

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 19 2010 - 1 Documents

Mwai Kibaki

Nairobi talks kick off with calls for self-regulation

March 2010 AFRICAN Media has been challenged to improve and tighten its analytical skills as a way of contributing to development journalism, writes Dennis Itumbi for journalism.co.za.Panelists in the opening session of the two-day conference dubbed Media ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by Journalism.co.za]

Entities: Aga Khan, Nairobi, Mwai Kibaki

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 19 2010 - 1 Documents

Kagame Urges Africa to Unite to Have Bigger Say

Kigali President Kagame today participated in an Eminent Persons discussion at the Pan-Africa Media Conference in Nairobi organised by the Nation Media Group to celebrate their 50th anniversary.Other panellists in the session moderated by John Sibi-Okumu ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by AllAfrica.com]

Entities: Rwanda, John Sibi-Okumu, Benjamin William Mkapa, Nation Media Group

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 1 Documents

Wangari M. Maathai

African leaders push for unity

African leaders say time is now for the continent to come together to embrace sound governance and collectively pool for development.The leaders who were speaking at a Pan African Conference in Nairobi Thursday were unanimous that negative practices such ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by Kenya Broadcasting Corporation]

Entities: Benjamin William Mkapa, Wangari M. Maathai, Paul Kagame, Raila Odinga

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 1 Documents

Kenya: Media Conference Kicks Off in Nairobi

Nairobi The Pan African Conference got underway on Thursday in Nairobi, attracting an attendance of media experts and political leaders in discussing the role of media in an African democracy.Chief guest President Kibaki set the pace with an acknowledgement ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by AllAfrica.com]

Entities: Nairobi, Aga Khan, Graduate School

First Reported Mar 17 2010 - Updated Mar 17 2010 - 1 Documents

Benjamin William Mkapa

Consumers` lobby trains students on financial discipline

The Tanzania Consumer Advocacy Society (TCAS) will soon begin to provide training on financial disciplines and capabilities at secondary and college levels as a way of enabling them to use funds properly.This was revealed yesterday by TCAS Executive Director ... [Published Mar 17 2010 by IPP Media]

Entities: Tanzania, Benjamin William Mkapa, Bank of Tanzania

First Reported Mar 17 2010 - Updated Mar 17 2010 - 1 Documents

Campaigners in last-ditch attempt to save vulture funds bill

Supporters of the Jubilee Debt Campaign (JDC) are making a last-minute attempt to ensure that the vulture funds bill becomes law.The Bill, which would restrict the activities of companies that buy up the debts of poor countries and then sue for huge profits, ... [Published Mar 17 2010 by Ekklesia]

Entities: Christopher Chope, Harriet Harman, George Osborne, Benjamin William Mkapa, Sally Keeble

First Reported Mar 15 2010 - Updated Mar 15 2010 - 1 Documents

Dr Salim touts support for underprivileged

TANZANIANS have been urged to provide support to the underprivileged members of the society, the children in particular.The former Prime Minister and Chairman of Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation, Dr Salim Ahmed Salim, said this at the dinner organized in honour ... [Published Mar 15 2010 by Daily News TSN]

Entities: Dar es Salaam, Benjamin William Mkapa, Tanzania, Jakaya Kikwete

First Reported Mar 10 2010 - Updated Mar 10 2010 - 1 Documents

Timeline: Tanzania

1498 - Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama visits Tanzanian coast.Tanzania is home to Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak1506 - Portuguese succeed in controlling most of the East African coast.1699 - Portuguese ousted from Zanzibar by Omani Arabs.1884 - ... [Published Mar 10 2010 by BBC]

Entities: Zanzibar, Tanzania, Julius Nyerere

First Reported Feb 22 2010 - Updated Feb 22 2010 - 1 Documents

Former squatters win part of estate

Arusha Regional Police Commander0754 267032 Some 172 families of former Gomba Estate workers are expected to get title deeds for their residences on the estate area, bringing to an end a dispute over the property area that has raged since 1981.The submission ... [Published Feb 22 2010 by Arusha Times]

Entities: Arusha, Squatter, Benjamin William Mkapa, ROBBERY, Flooding

First Reported Feb 22 2010 - Updated Feb 22 2010 - 1 Documents

Church calls for Home-grown Solutions to Crisis

(Nairobi) Nairobi Kenyan Catholic Bishops have called for home-grown solutions to the current political impasse in the coalition government.The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) called for the intervention of chief mediator Kofi Anna to resolve the current ... [Published Feb 22 2010 by AllAfrica.com]

Entities: Deadlock, Crisis, Raila Odinga, Kofi Annan, Kenya

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Nairobi talks kick off with calls for self-regu... [Journalism.co.za - Mar 19 2010]
Kagame Urges Africa to Unite to Have Bigger Say [AllAfrica.com - Mar 19 2010]
African leaders push for unity [Kenya Broadcasting Corporation - Mar 18 2010]
Kenya: Media Conference Kicks Off in Nairobi [AllAfrica.com - Mar 18 2010]
Consumers` lobby trains students on financial d... [IPP Media - Mar 17 2010]
Campaigners in last-ditch attempt to save vultu... [Ekklesia - Mar 17 2010]
TAKE ACTION: Vultures Bill Back from the Dead? [Jubilee Debt Campaign - Mar 17 2010]
Dr Salim touts support for underprivileged [Daily News TSN - Mar 15 2010]
Kenya: Nation Group Celebrates 50 Years of News [AllAfrica.com - Mar 15 2010]
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Tory MP kills anti-poverty bill and goes into h... [Ekklesia - Mar 13 2010]
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Make co-operatives part of EAC agenda [IPP Media - Mar 11 2010]
Timeline: Tanzania [BBC - Mar 10 2010]
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Former squatters win part of estate [Arusha Times - Feb 22 2010]
Church calls for Home-grown Solutions to Crisis [AllAfrica.com - Feb 22 2010]
CCM`s NEC gets down to business [IPP Media - Feb 15 2010]
Tanzania: Show of Unity As Parliament Buries Ri... [AllAfrica.com - Feb 11 2010]
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