http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/images/gnn_logo_rss.gif http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/ 249 31 News of a better world editor@greatnewsnetwork.org great news network en editor@greatnewsnetwork.org Copyright 2013 2013-04-29T16:24:08+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/fighting_cancer_with_cell_phones/?source=rss Only innovation can reduce illness and poverty in Africa, according to a program that is funding creative approaches to healthcare in developing countries. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Health Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Science, Technology, Breakthroughs in technology, Health, Regions, Africa, Tanzania 2012-11-25T04:46:46+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/ten_african_nations_pledge_to_transform_their_economies_to_take_nature_into/?source=rss Last month ten African nations, led by Botswana, pledged to incorporate 'natural capital' into their economies. Natural capital, which seeks to measure the economic worth of the services provided by ecosystems and biodiversity—for example pollination, clean water, and carbon—is a nascent, but growing, method to curtail environmental damage and ensure more sustainable development. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Forests, Land, Water, Wildlife, Regions, Africa, Botswana, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania 2012-06-14T16:10:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/breaking_news_serengeti_road_cancelled/?source=rss In what is a victory for environmentalists, scientists, tourism, and the largest land migration on Earth, the Tanzanian government has cancelled a road that would have cut through the northern portion of the Serengeti National Park. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, Africa, Tanzania 2011-06-23T16:23:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/world_bank_proposes_road_to_save_serengeti_migration/?source=rss The World Bank has offered Tanzania an alternative to stop a major road project across the Serengeti national park that conservationists say threatens one of Africa's biggest wildlife spectacles. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Forests, Land, Wildlife, Regions, Africa, Tanzania 2011-03-04T07:22:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/female_candidates_in_upcoming_tanzanian_polls_to_receive_un_election_traini/?source=rss The United Nations is seeking to empower women candidates ahead of Tanzania’s general elections in October, including by improving their skills in public speaking, media engagement, campaign planning, presentations, community mobilization, advocacy and lobbying. Top Headlines, World Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Regions, Africa, Tanzania, United Nations, United Nations related 2010-09-05T16:54:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/unique_acacia_tree_could_nourish_soils_and_life_in_africa/?source=rss Scientists have said at the 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry that a type of acacia tree with an unusual growth habit -- unlike virtually all other trees -- holds particular promise for farmers in Africa as a free source of nitrogen for their soils that could last generations. Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Regions, Africa, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia 2009-09-04T12:56:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/student_buys_african_orphanage/?source=rss Amy Lambert, 24, set about gathering funds after witnessing the horrors at the decrepit Kichijo Orphanage in Tanzania. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Feel Good, Inspirational Stories, Regions, Africa, Tanzania, Europe, United Kingdom, England 2009-04-28T12:58:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/youths_trip_to_tanzania_turns_into_calling/?source=rss It all started with a Tulsa woman's promise seven years ago to take one of her grandsons on a safari to Tanzania. World, Human Rights, Feel Good, Inspirational Stories, Regions, Africa, Tanzania, North America, United States, New York, Oklahoma 2009-03-30T09:22:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/malaria_vaccine_trials_show_promise/?source=rss British researchers, reporting success with malaria vaccine trials, are calling for the next phase of development -- a broader vaccination base. World, Human Rights, Health, Medical Discoveries, Regions, Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Europe, United Kingdom, England, Top Stories, Health Top Stories, UK Top Stories, World Top Stories 2008-12-14T10:35:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/video_new_shrew_discovered/?source=rss The largest species of giant elephant shrew has been discovered in Tanzania, and it may actually have an ancient connection to elephants. Environment, Wildlife, New Species Discoveries, Regions, Africa, Tanzania, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories 2008-03-28T22:00:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/shrews_who_new_mammal_enters_the_book_of_life/?source=rss PARIS (AFP) - In a rare discovery of a new species of mammal, zoologists on Thursday said they had identified a shrew-like creature called a grey-faced sengi living in a small community in remote Tanzania. 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Top Headlines, Top Stories, Health Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Health, Feel Good, Inspirational Stories, Regions, Africa, Gambia, Tanzania, North America, United States, Washington 2007-10-03T10:42:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/africa_wages_war_on_scourge_of_plastic_bags/?source=rss They've become as much a symbol of Africa's landscape as the stereotypical lions and plains ... Discarded plastic bags -- in the billions -- flutter from thorn-bushes across the continent, and clog up cities from Cape Town to Casablanca. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Health Top Stories, Environment, General Environment, Land, Health, General Health, Regions, Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, United Nations, United Nations related 2007-08-22T11:34:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/tanzania_country_commits_952_million_to_national_water_programme/?source=rss Tanzania has unveiled an ambitious programme to develop water resources and improve rural water supply and sanitation. Environment, Water, Regions, Africa, Tanzania, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories 2007-04-23T12:08:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/world_bank_to_help_east_african_power_crisis/?source=rss The World Bank is preparing funding for Tanzania and Uganda to help the east African countries cope with a power crisis triggered by a three-year drought, bank officials said on Thursday. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment, Climate and Energy, Regions, Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda 2006-07-14T10:53:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/exotic_animals_found_in_tanzanian_mountains/?source=rss In the first field survey of the Rubeho Mountains in Tanzania, scientists have documented more than 160 animal species. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, Africa, Tanzania 2006-06-26T23:53:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/tanzanian_government_in_joint_programme_to_eliminate_child_labour/?source=rss The government in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), is implementing a special programme on the elimination of the worst forms of child labour, according to the Minister for Labour, Employment and Youth Development, Professor Jumanne Maghembe. Top Headlines, Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Business, Regions, Africa, Tanzania 2006-06-19T14:52:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/new_monkey_species_remarkable/?source=rss A new species of monkey identified in Tanzania's highlands last year is an even more remarkable find than thought -- it is a new genus of animal, scientists said on Thursday. Top Headlines, Popular Articles, Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Feel Good, Regions, Africa, Tanzania 2006-05-12T10:40:00+00:00