The hunt for albinos in Tanzania and Burundi by witchdoctors, who use their body parts for the manufacturing of traditional medicine, has claimed over 60 lives over the past recent months.

The list of the world's endangered species has grown since last year. Of nearly 50,000 analyzed, 15,000 species, both plant and animal, are at risk of extinction. Sadly the world lost a tiny little toad.

A court in the Shinyanga region of northern Tanzania this week sentenced to death four men convicted of killing a 50-year-old albino man whose body parts the killers believed to have magical powers.

The latest survey of the ice fields remaining on the mountain indicate the remaining ice fields atop famed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania could be gone within two decades and perhaps even sooner.

Paul and Rachel Chandler, the British couple that was kidnapped by Somali pirates over a week ago when sailing from the Seychelles to Tanzania, have been moved further inland by their hostage takers.

Anton Turner, who worked in Tanzania assisting with the filming of an episode of the CBBC series Serious Explorers, died after elephant's attack.

Idelphonse Nizeyimana, a top suspect accused of planning, executing and participating in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, pleaded not guilty at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha, Tanzania.

Fifteen years after Rwanda was ravaged by one of the most gruesome genocides in history, one of the brains behind the atrocities has been detained in a UN detention facility in Arusha, Tanzania, home of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

A local commercial bank, Exim Bank (Tanzania) is set to spread wings to the Horn of Africa country of Djibouti after a successful debut in the Indian archipelago of the Comoros.

The Tanzania Prime Minister, Mizengo Pinda, has asked PT Rutan Company of Indonesia to send their experts to assess the possibility of assembling agricultural equipment such as tractors in Tanzania to enhance the Kilimo Kwanza program.

China signed a construction contract with the Tanzanian government to build a cardiac surgery treatment and training center in Dar es Salaam, capital of Tanzania.

Fake S-26 Breast Milk Substitute has been spotted being sold in East African supermarkets and shops. S-26 which is the most popular BMS among other brands has been faked.

Highly anticipated trial of twelve people accused of murdering persons with albinism and using their body parts for witchcraft purpose is set to begin in western Tanzanian.

After visiting an orphanage in Tanzania and seeing sub-standard care and service, a British student decided to buy and manage the orphanage herself.

In the African country of Burundi, at least eight people were arrested this week for trading in human body parts belonging to Albinos. The public prosecutor's office says the peasant-farmers 'were caught carrying the bones of albinos, some still fresh.'

Household goods-recycling charity Estafette has donated € 4,000 to Farm Friends Netherlands. This organisation leases cows to Tanzanian women, which helps them generate income through dairy cooperatives. The scheme started in 2003.

United Nations Secretary General BanKi-moon is scheduled to arrive in the country today on a three day official visit. The UN chief's visit follows an invitation extended tho him by President Jakaya Kikwete.

Kenya's internal security minister George Saitoti has ordered a terrorist alert, tightening up security at airports and borders. The east African countries of Kenya and neighbouring Tanzania were hit before by terrorist attacks from El-Qaeda linked cells.

Female farmer Mwanahuseni Hasani of Tanzania has lost her income when the younger of her two cows was stolen recently. The farmer had taken out a microloan through the Farm Friends organisation and is devastated by the theft of the heifer.

Malaria is still one of the most important killers in tropical regions, and it has proved to be very difficult to combat. However, a glimmer of hope has appeared thanks to a promising new vaccine.