Tanzania Press Summaries Tuesday 17 July 2013 Local News Dar plans electricity exports Tanzania will start exporting electricity by the end of next year after increased production of the energy through various means, including natural gas and have a surplus of 500MW. The Minister for Energy and Minerals, Prof. Sospeter Muhongo said in Dar es Salaam yesterday that by 2015 Tanzania will be producing a surplus 1,500MW. Prof. Muhongo made remarks after witnessing the signing of an agreement construction of 600MW gas-fired Kinyerezi III power plant estimated to cost over 400bn/- (about US$300 million). The agreement was signed between TANESCO and China Power Investment Corporation Limited (CPI), which was also witnessed by the Chinese Ambassador to Tanzania Mr. Lu Younguing. (The Daily News, 17 July 2013) Shein Hails UNICEF support President Ali Mohamed Shein has expressed his appreciation for the contribution UNICEF has been giving to Zanzibar. “The UNICEF Zanzibar ties are historical, We thank you for the support we have been receiving” said Dr. Shein in a meeting with a UNICEF representative in the country Dr. Jama Gulaid, who visited the State House to introduce Ms. Francesca Moranditi to work in Zanzibar. “We are on right track towards achieving millennium development goals in various sectors including health. We thank UNICEF,” Dr. Shein was quoted as telling his guests. Gulaid also praised Zanzibar for its efforts in achieving development goals. He promised continued cooperation with Zanzibar. UNICEF is on the ground in 155 countries and territories to help children survive and thrive, from early childhood through adolescence. UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls and the protection of children from violence, exploitation and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundation and governments. (The Daily News, 17 July 2013) . UN: Troops in Darfur allowed to return fire The African Union cum United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) which includes over 870 Tanzania troops has mandate to use force to protect civilians or return fire if attacked. The UNAMID spokesman, Chris Cycmanik said over the phone from Darfur in Sudan yesterday that the hybrid peace keeping force operates under Chapter Seven of the UN Charter which allowed the use of force and in fact this incident they did return fire, said Mr. Cycmanik. He noted that reports that the TPDF soldiers who died in a rebel attack in the troubled Sudanese region were unable to protect themselves are not true. Cycmanik was clarifying a statement made by the Tanzania People’s Defense Forces spokesman, Lieutenant Col. Kapambala Mgawe last Monday, in which he said the country is seeking a review of UN mandate in Darfur to enable peace keeping soldiers retaliate with the power if attacked. Lt. Col. Mgawe said yesterday that the soldier was transferred alongside the bodies to seven soldiers who were killed on the same ambush. The bodies are undergoing final postmortem in Khartoum. “We expect the bodies to arrive in the country perhaps over the weekend. They will be preserved in Lugalo Hospital awaiting last respects due to be held at the Diamond Jubilee grounds near TPDF headquarters’ he said. (The Daily News, Wednesday 17 July 2013). Obama wants effort against HIV/AIDS in US stepped up Washington. After fresh criticism of his record on combating HIV/Aids, President Barack Obama on Monday ordered a stepped up effort to deal with the HIV/Aids epidemic in the United States. An executive order from the White House, which follows renewed criticism of Obama’s Aids strategy during his visit to Africa in late June and early July, called for a better coordination of the national effort. Obama order said that recent studies had shown that aggressive testing and early treatment can have a significant impact in preventing transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS. Obama announced a National Aids Strategy in 2010, but activists have expressed disappointment at the administration’s work on HIV/Aids. The said there w not optimistic that the new drive would bring significant improvement. Critics have said that Obama has not shown the same level of commitment to fighting Aids as his predecessor, former President George W. Bush. The latter poured $15 billion into the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief, known as PEPFAR, to combat Aids worldwide. It’s no coincidence this is happening after all the bad publicity, about Aids during Obama’s trip to Africa said Weinstern. Obama has argues that his administration has expanded the scope of PEPFAR without increasing spending. Earlier this month in Tanzania, he said the administration had “gotten better” and more efficient” at implementing PEPFAR, saying the programme has served for times as many people than when it began in 2003 (The Guardian, 17 July 2013 – REUTERS) International News. World celebrates ailing Mandela’s 95 birthday The United Nations in 2010 declared the Nobel peace laureate’s birthday Mandela Day- - to encourage people around the world to do just over an hour of good deeds. Global celebrations and charity events will mark Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday on Thursday, but the critically ill anti-apartheid hero himself may still be confined to his Pretoria hospital bed on life-support. Volunteers will spend 67 minutes of hundreds of community up liftment projects a minute for every year of his activism. Global celebrities have supported the campaign in memory of Mandela’s 67 years of political activism. On Thursday, children in schools around South Africa will start their classes singing “Happy Birthday” to the former statesman. Celebrities have committed to paining schools, handing out clothes to impoverished kids and countless similar projects. “Never before in history was one human being so universally acknowledged in his lifetime s the embodiment of magnanimity and reconciliation as Nelson Mandela,” archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu, himself a Nobel peace laureate, said. (The Citizen, 17 July 2013).
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