Topic: Jakaya Kikwete

Battle over the Serengeti pits Maasai against Dubai

Maasai women in Tanzania are trying to sustain weeks of protest against a government plan  to appropriate a large swath of traditional grazing pasture to a Dubai big-game hunting firm. 

Africa Monitor Do African nations have an ulterior motive in joining UN Congo brigade?

A UN 'intervention brigade' will enter the country this summer to fight Congolese rebels. But the countries sending troops have a political agenda as well. 

Maasai face eviction from ancestral lands to make way for Dubai hunting firm

Tanzania plans to reduce Maasai areas by 40 percent, citing 'overgrazing.' A mass protest fell apart this week, but Maasai women took up the cause and organized their own sit-in.

After half-century absence, Black Rhinos fly home to Serengeti

Five critically endangered Eastern Black Rhinos were flown on cargo planes to Serengeti National Reserve in their native Tanzania, nearly half a century after their forebears were evacuated to save them from poachers.

In East Africa, high hopes for a broadband revolution

Letters to the Editor

Readers write about whether the US economy will do better if its left alone, and why Africa needs property rights laws as well as enterprise.

More than aid money, Africa needs enterprise

To reduce poverty and create jobs, Africa must become economically competitive.

After two months of discord, finally a handshake

In January, one of Africa's most stable democracies was violently ripping itself apart. How was it saved? In Part 4 of a four-part special report, the key players tell what happened.

Key players in Kenya's peace deal

World

In Africa, Bush touts aid efforts, basks in popularity

Mr. Bush has been generally well-received so far on his five-country trip to Africa.