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Tanzania's iconic heritage sites face damage from state-backed tourism
Tanzania's iconic heritage sites face damage from state-backed tourism Lisa Lock Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor Assessment of four heritage sites in Tanzania finds that all are under threat from the institutions meant to steward them, prioritizing income from tourism over the sites' preservation and refusing to engage with community protection initiatives. Tanzania is home to numerous globally important heritage sites and they, like many archaeological sites around the world,...
President Tharman to make first state visit to Tanzania
President Tharman to make first state visit to Tanzania Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam will also make a working visit to South Africa. SINGAPORE: Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam will make a state visit to Tanzania from Monday (Jun 8) to Wednesday next week at the invitation of his counterpart Samia Suluhu Hassan. Mr Tharman's visit to Tanzania, the first by a Singapore president, comes as Singapore and the East African country mark the 45th anniversary of diplomatic...
Tanzania's president visits Russia amid frayed Western ties
Tanzania's president visits Russia amid frayed Western ties June 3, 2026Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has begun a three-day state visit to Russia, which included a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. This is the first time since 1969 that a Tanzanian leader has visited Moscow. Back then it was Julius Nyerere, whose socialist policies shaped Tanzania in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
Afrothismia lovettii sp. nov. (Afrothismiaceae) Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) and endemic to the Kihansi Falls Forest, Tanzania
The fully mycotrophic (or mycoheterotrophic) non-photosynthetic Afrothismia lovettii Cheek sp. nov. (Afrothismiaceae), is described and illustrated from the Kihansi Gorge Forest of the Udzungwa Mts, Tanzania where a World Bank-funded hydroproject may have resulted in its extinction, together with the possible extinction of two other narrowly endemic species of mycoheterophic plant, Kihansia lovettii and Kupea jonii (Triuridaceae). The co-incidence of these three species makes (or made) the...
Africa’s hottest new safari lodges are redefining luxury travel in the wild
From helicopter arrivals in Zambia to design-led lodges in Tanzania and ultra-luxury retreats in Botswana, a new wave of safari openings across Africa is transforming the classic game drive holiday into something far more immersive, stylish and experience-led.
Lawsuit challenges US ‘third-country’ deportations to Equatorial Guinea
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What is the St Petersburg forum, Putin’s economic outreach to the world?
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These are all the countries currently on the Foreign Office ‘do not travel’ list
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Genomic connectivity and the spread of adaptive insecticide resistance alleles in Anopheles arabiensis from East Africa
Population connectivity and adaptive gene flow in disease vectors can shape the emergence and spread of insecticide resistance, with direct implications for control strategies such as insecticide spraying or the use of bed nets for malaria control. Using whole-genome sequencing, we first resolved the geographic population structure of the major but understudied malaria vector, Anopheles arabiensis, across the East African region, including the geographically diverse country of Ethiopia. We...