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Negotiations for the development of Tanzanias $42 billion liquefied natural gas export plant have been delayed by proposed…

Negotiations for the development of Tanzania's $42 billion liquefied natural gas export plant have been delayed by proposed…

Kenya’s weather outlook ‘dire’ as cyclone nears: president

DODOMA, May 3 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from flash floods caused by continuing torrential rains in Tanzania has risen to 161, Mobhare Matinyi, chief government spokesperson, said on Friday.

Residents of a slum say the destruction of their homes caught them by surprise and they have nowhere to stay.

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Torrential rains that caused widespread flooding and landslides across Kenya in recent weeks, killing at least 210 people, are forecast to worsen over the rest of this month, President William Ruto said on Friday. The floods have wreaked havoc, destroying homes, roads, bridges and other infrastructure across Kenya, East Africa's largest economy. The death toll exceeds that from floods triggered by the El Nino weather phenomenon late last year.

Residents of a slum say the destruction of their homes caught them by surprise and they have nowhere to stay.

The past two weeks have been disastrous in East Africa as heavy rains caused floods leading to the loss of hundreds of lives.

Several Tanzanian government initiatives to expand tourism have faced criticism from human rights advocates, including in the north of the country where thousands of Maasai have been evicted from...

On Tuesday, the World Bank said it had suspended funding of a tourism project in Ruaha National Park