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A woman cries beside the body of her sister, a victim of the MV Nyerere passenger ferry, as she awaits transportation for burial on Ukara Island, Tanzania on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. Photo: AP

Tanzania death toll 209 as survivor found in capsized ferry

NAIROBI, KENYA: It was a stunning discovery. As rescue divers probed a capsized Tanzanian ferry two days after the disaster and the death toll soared past 200, a man was found in an air pocket, alive. He was an engineer, regional commissioner...

Women 23 Sep, 2018

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Tanzania leader orders arrests as ferry death toll over 130

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Hundreds of solemn people watched Friday as body after body was pulled from a capsized ferry that Tanzanian authorities said was badly overcrowded and upended in the final stretch before reaching shore. The death toll was above 130...

Women 22 Sep, 2018

Solar panels covering 900 acres are seen at the Comanche Solar facility in Pueblo, Colorado on April 6, 2016. Photo: Reuters

Solar panels power business surge, not just lights in Tanzania

UKARA, TANZANIA: Samwel Nyakalege's life has recently become more of a grind - and that's a good thing. The 33-year-old miller from Bwisya village, on Lake Victoria's Ukara Island, is one of the first to benefit from a project to bring solar power...

Mobile & Apps 19 Apr, 2016

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