Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Selected News From Tanzania Today

>China to build heart institute in Tanzania
Source: ippmedia.com
China will build a training and surgical heart institute with the capacity of accommodating 100 patients at a go.The centre will be built at the Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam.

>Tanzania coffee prices firm, quantity offered up
Source: africa.reuters.com
DAR ES SALAAM, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Tanzanian coffee prices firmed slightly at last week's auction as buyers sought to cover their positions ahead of a Muslim holiday, traders said on Wednesday.

>The Albinism Murders in Tanzania At Least 28 Slain; Body Parts Used in Witchdoctors’ Get-Rich Potion, by © Andrew Leibs, Sept. 30, 2008
Source: http://tanzania.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_albinism_murders_in_tanzania
Advocacy groups are heading to Africa to offer education and to aid government intervention on a recent series of brutal murders of persons with albinism in Tanzania.