#ClimateDiary I am not sure whether people elsewhere habe really grasped just how devastating the recent #Floods i. #Kenya were.
By the latest count, devastating torrential rains, floods and landslides in Kenya have killed at least 228 people since March and displaced nearly 200,000 people. https://mas.to/@rachelstrohm/112451993799960019
⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a decline in internet connectivity in #Tanzania and Zanzibar; the incident is attributed to a disruption in the national power grid transmission system as Cyclone Hidaya approaches 🔌
Herds of hippos are at risk of dying due to a severe #Drought in #Botswana, which is home to one of the largest hippo populations. The rivers of the region have already dried-up, forcing hippos to congregate around the remaining muddy ponds.
Meanwhile in easthern Africa, countries like #Kenya, #Uganda and #Tanzania, have been battling against #Floods for months with hundreds killed and thousands displaced.
Our latest report documents extensive LGBTIQ censorship & the blocking of Change.org, Global Fund for Women, GlobalGiving, Open Society Foundations, Clubhouse and ProtonVPN (among others) in #Tanzania based on OONI data. 🧵
Many other blocks identified as part of our study appear to be targeted, as they involve specific websites, while other sites from the same categories were found accessible.
Overall, our analysis of OONI data from #Tanzania show that most ISPs appear to implement blocks by means of TLS interference, specifically by timing out the session after the ClientHello message during the TLS handshake.
Three Tanzanian peacekeepers deployed to eastern Congo as part of a Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission were killed by rebel mortar fire this week. Three others were wounded in the attack. Their deaths again raise questions about the capacity of the SADC Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, known as...
Another urgent request from the Maasai of Tanzania to sign and/or SHARE the petition "Tanzania: Stop the eviction of the Maasai". It has been running since 2022 and initially seemed successful: https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/maasai_evictions_sg_loc
Current appeal [slightly shortened]:
"In a matter of days, 27,000 Maasai could lose their ancestral land! Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan wants to clear the Maasai homeland for #safaris and trophy hunting in the hope of immense profits. A few years ago, 3 million signatories stood up for the Maasai - and the president at the time listened to us. Now they are asking for support again."
At least three million Tanzanians were pushed into poverty during and after the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Bank says in its latest report. In the 20th edition of Tanzania Economic Update, the World Bank says the number of Tanzanians living in poverty surged from 14 million in 2018 to 17 million by 2022....
In hopes of supporting a charitable cause, the event, organised by Q Life, a cultural platform under the International Media Office (IMO), in collaboration with Education Above All (EAA) and the #Qatar#Football Association (QFA), aims to raise funds for #education projects in six countries; #Palestine, #Sudan, #Mali, #Rwanda, #Tanzania, and #Pakistan.
The EAA aims to empower marginalised youths to enter well-structured educational programs.
Democratic Republic of Congo: Southern African Development Community (SADC) soldier deaths underline concerns over mission (www.dw.com)
Three Tanzanian peacekeepers deployed to eastern Congo as part of a Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission were killed by rebel mortar fire this week. Three others were wounded in the attack. Their deaths again raise questions about the capacity of the SADC Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, known as...
World Bank: Covid-19 pushed three million Tanzanians into poverty (www.thecitizen.co.tz)
At least three million Tanzanians were pushed into poverty during and after the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Bank says in its latest report. In the 20th edition of Tanzania Economic Update, the World Bank says the number of Tanzanians living in poverty surged from 14 million in 2018 to 17 million by 2022....