United Republic of Tanzania Jamhuri Ya Muungano Wa Tanzania CAPITAL: Dodoma FLAG: The flag consists of a black diagonal stripe running from the lower left corner to the upper right corner, flanked by yellow stripes. The diagonal stripes separate two...

Tanzania POPULATION 37,187,939 CHRISTIAN 40 percent MUSLIM 39 percent AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGIONS 20 percent OTHER (HINDU, SIKH) 1 percent Country Overview Introduction Tanzania lies on the East African coast, just south of the equator. It shares...

Tanzania Tanzania is situated on the eastern coast of Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean to the east, Kenya and Uganda to the north, Mozambique to the south, and Malawi, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi to the west. Its...

Tanzania IPA: /ˌtænzəˈniːə/,[1] officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda on the north, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

Tourism and telecoms mark changes The old, socialist Tanzania is disappearing by the day. Buoyed by a substantial debt cancellation and an upsurge in mining. Tanzania is eagerly embracing free-market policies and modernising its infrastructure. Tourism is expected to be the prime...

Highlights and Key Issues * Full-year GDP growth is forecast to slow to around 6% this year from a provisional 6.9% in 2005. This primarily reflects the impact of drought on food and electricity supply and prices. In 2007, GDP growth should accelerate...

Fishermen have caught a rare and endangered fish, the coelacanth, off the coast of the Indian Ocean archipelago of Zanzibar, a researcher said on Monday.The find makes Zanzibar the third place in Tanzania where fishermen have caught the coelacanth, a heavy-bodied, many-finned fish with a...

A conference of Anglican leaders opened Wednesday as the 77 million-member church struggles with a potentially disastrous fight over the Bible and sexuality."I anticipate this will be a very difficult meeting," said Canon Jim Rosenthal, a spokesman for the conference of the world's third-largest church...