Dodoma 23/06/2022. The Tanzania ministry of Foreign Affairs and east African cooperation will enhance linkages on SADC agenda with Tanzanian members of parliament representing the country to the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Parliamentary Forum. A senior diplomat with the ministry said in a workshop convened recently under auspices of... Read More
Call for Expression of Interest for a consultancy work to evaluate implementation and performance of the project titled “Strengthening small scale farmers voices in influencing and monitoring the implementation of the AU Malabo Declaration Goals in Eastern and Southern Africa in short (INFLUENCE III) Background Eastern and Southern Africa Small... Read More
As climate change is becoming a global threat to agriculture, African countries have been urged to formulate policies, strategies, conduct research and studies to come up with the best indigenous seeds that will enable improved agroecology and increase value on the continent, a meeting heard yesterday. A senior agriculture officer... Read More
A joint declaration of Social Movements and Peasant farmers, Faith-Based Organisations and CSOs was delivered at the African People’s Summit ahead of the 6th EU-Africa Summit, demanding more space for CSO and measures to guarantee land justice and the transition to agroecology. Context We, members of a broad alliance of social... Read More
The sixth Europe-Africa summit taking place in Brussels, Belgium, this week risks entrenching inequality between the two continents unless deliberate steps are taken to rebalance relations, civil society activists have warned. In a two-day webinar ahead of the EU-AU summit, activists heard that key priorities for Africa, including debt relief... Read More
Dar es salaam and Johannesburg: 16th October 2021 The number of food insecure people in the Southern Africa Development Community block is in the rise due to a number of factors. According to the SADC statistics, the number has gone up by 10 million people from last year to reach... Read More
STAKEHOLDERS have requested the government to consider reducing taxes on coronavirus personal protective gear for all citizens to afford them. When the cost of some Covid-19 personal protective gear such as masks, hand sanitisers is low, all citizens will be able to take an active part in protecting themselves from... Read More
The Agriculture ministry has allocated Sh272 million for countering Covid-19 effects that were felt in 2020. The ministry’s representative, Ms Daines Philip, made the statement yesterday when making a presentation during a workshop on the effects of Covid-19 on farming and food security in the systems of food production, distribution... Read More