DAR ES SALAAM, 1 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Power rationing is now inevitable in Tanzania following a prolonged dry spell that has led to a severe drop in water levels at dams that feed the country's hydroelectric power plants, President Jakaya Kikwete has said. Full report

ZANZIBAR, STONE TOWN, 1 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Members of the House of Representatives of the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar have endorsed a new education policy intended to make major reforms, including allowing students who fall pregnant to resume their studies after giving birth. Full report

STONE TOWN, ZANZIBAR, 1 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Campaigns to fight HIV/AIDS often focus on the "ABC" strategy - or Abstinence, Be faithful and use Condoms. However, on the ultra-conservative, predominantly Muslim island of Zanzibar, the condom remains taboo and is rarely incorporated into public awareness messages.Full report

DAR ES SALAM, 31 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - Relief food has been sent to 35 drought-affected districts in central, northern and northeastern Tanzania, government officials said on Tuesday. Full report

DAR ES SALAAM, 25 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - In a move designed to boost food supply in the country, the Tanzanian government has authorised a three-month tax exemption for the importation of maize, the nation's staple, with immediate effect.Full report

NAIROBI, 18 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - 3 Jan - The price of fish in Tanzania's commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, is two or three times higher than it had been before last week’s tsunami struck the Indian Ocean nation.Full report

NAIROBI, 16 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - Tanzanians had a hectic political year in 2005, which saw President Benjamin Mkapa go into retirement after two consecutive five-year terms, handing over to Jakaya Kikwete, a career politician who worked under him as foreign affairs minister for a decade. Full report

DAR ES SALAAM, 11 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - The Tanzanian government has pardoned and rehired 224 medical personnel it had sacked in November 2005 after they went on strike for better pay and working conditions, according to Health Minister David Mwakyusa. Full report

STONE TOWN, ZANZIBAR, 11 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - Authorities in Tanzania's semiautonomous island of Zanzibar have prohibited indefinitely the unnecessary use of water, in a move to curb an acute scarcity.Full report

DAR ES SALAAM, 10 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - Roman Catholic bishops in Tanzania have condemned as "unacceptable" a new science syllabus for primary schools that incorporates the teaching of proper condom use.Full report

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