At first, the children's eyes light up with anticipation.
He's one of a new generation of African leaders, championing a free market, stronger ties to the West and the ultimate unification of Africa. Kikwete was elected president of Tanzania with 80 percent of the vote in 2005, and maintains strong support at home and abroad. However he faces some tough challenges combating poverty and growing Tanzania's economy. But ultimately he says his mission is focused and simple: "Essentially it is service to the people of Tanzania; this is my interest."
A terror suspect held at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will be tried on terrorism charges in a U.S. civilian court, the Justice Department announced Thursday.
The world has seen banks and businesses fail spectacularly since the recession began, but other vulnerable organizations in the developing world face devastation.
The airline tickets Marianne Ellis buys for a family vacation to Tanzania are refundable with a change fee, but her online travel agent fails to tell her that the fee is about a quarter of the cost of the ticket. Now that she has to cancel, will she lose thousands of dollars?
A nurse in Jordan who was diagnosed for breast cancer last year is dying because she didn't seek treatment. The family of a woman in Tanzania didn't know she was ill until her tumor started eating through her skin.
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on Thursday convicted the "mastermind" of the Rwandan genocide and sentenced him to life in prison for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.
A Dutch-operated container ship outran pirates off the coast of Tanzania this weekend, an official with the International Maritime Bureau said Sunday.
Thabit Manka is up on the back step of his house in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, for good reason: If he posed on level ground with his eldest son, their height difference would be accentuated to the point of absurdity. Even like this, in the last photo they would ever take together, the top of Thabit's kufi only meets the giant boy's shoulders. It's April 2004, and the son, 17-year-old Hashim Thabit Manka, as his name was written then, is seven feet of limbs drowning in baggy jeans and a retro Philadelphia 76ers shirt, staring straight into the camera with only the faintest hint of a smile. The father's billowy kanzu and the gray edges of his facial hair give him a regal air at the age of 56; he is grinning, with his gaze fixed slightly off to the left.
This month we examine the ethics of travel and charity. Business travelers cross continents and see cities more than most; their stays may be brief, but the business traveler still gets a sense of the core culture of the countries they visit.
At first, the children's eyes light up with anticipation.
He's one of a new generation of African leaders, championing a free market, stronger ties to the West and the ultimate unification of Africa. Kikwete was elected president of Tanzania with 80 percent of the vote in 2005, and maintains strong support at home and abroad. However he faces some tough challenges combating poverty and growing Tanzania's economy. But ultimately he says his mission is focused and simple: "Essentially it is service to the people of Tanzania; this is my interest."
A terror suspect held at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will be tried on terrorism charges in a U.S. civilian court, the Justice Department announced Thursday.
The world has seen banks and businesses fail spectacularly since the recession began, but other vulnerable organizations in the developing world face devastation.
The airline tickets Marianne Ellis buys for a family vacation to Tanzania are refundable with a change fee, but her online travel agent fails to tell her that the fee is about a quarter of the cost of the ticket. Now that she has to cancel, will she lose thousands of dollars?
A nurse in Jordan who was diagnosed for breast cancer last year is dying because she didn't seek treatment. The family of a woman in Tanzania didn't know she was ill until her tumor started eating through her skin.
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on Thursday convicted the "mastermind" of the Rwandan genocide and sentenced him to life in prison for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.
A Dutch-operated container ship outran pirates off the coast of Tanzania this weekend, an official with the International Maritime Bureau said Sunday.
Thabit Manka is up on the back step of his house in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, for good reason: If he posed on level ground with his eldest son, their height difference would be accentuated to the point of absurdity. Even like this, in the last photo they would ever take together, the top of Thabit's kufi only meets the giant boy's shoulders. It's April 2004, and the son, 17-year-old Hashim Thabit Manka, as his name was written then, is seven feet of limbs drowning in baggy jeans and a retro Philadelphia 76ers shirt, staring straight into the camera with only the faintest hint of a smile. The father's billowy kanzu and the gray edges of his facial hair give him a regal air at the age of 56; he is grinning, with his gaze fixed slightly off to the left.
This month we examine the ethics of travel and charity. Business travelers cross continents and see cities more than most; their stays may be brief, but the business traveler still gets a sense of the core culture of the countries they visit.
The migration of more than a million wildebeest between Kenya and Tanzania is one of the wonders of the natural world. Tourists from around the globe have flocked to Kenya to witness the herds streaming across the savanna and over the Mara River.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Six Maasai warriors have journeyed thousands of miles from their remote village in Tanzania to compete in the London Marathon. Their mission is to raise awareness and money for their village of Elaui, where two out of three babies die of water borne diseases.
An al Qaeda suspect alleged to have been involved in the 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania that killed 11 people faces war crimes charges, the Pentagon announced Monday.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
A fight between Ugandan and Libyan presidential guards sparked chaos during a ceremony attended by the heads of state from 11 African nations on Wednesday.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
On his trip, the President highlights his success in fighting AIDS -- but avoids hot spots where his legacy is more vexed
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
President George W. Bush focused on a low-tech way to save the lives of African children Monday as he and first lady Laura Bush toured a Tanzanian clinic.
President Bush gave Tanzania's president, who played basketball as a youth, a pair of Shaquille O'Neal's shoes Sunday, along with millions of dollars to help combat disease and poverty in the east African country.
Billboards and dancers wearing President Bush's likeness on Saturday welcomed the U.S. leader to Tanzania, the second stop on his and first lady Laura Bush's five-nation African tour.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
This year, why not put an endangered turtle under the tree?
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is a 26-year old graphic designer from Edinburgh, Scotland.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
The works and achievements of the influential spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims have long been baffling to categorize.
Bonifasi Nahimana has traveled around the world for safety -- and for the first time in more than three decades, he says he's not afraid to go to sleep at night.
A U.S. Navy destroyer off the coast of northern Somalia Friday fired on a suspected al Qaeda operative believed to have been involved in the 1998 attacks on U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, sources confirmed to CNN.
New technology may be on the verge of providing us with the ability to store and file details of our lives far beyond our natural capacity to remember, creating the possibility of personal "Black Box"-style recorders capable of chronicling entire lives.
It's a big trip in terms of time, planning, and money -- so before heading into the lion's den, conduct a bit of research.
No one should miss out on certain experiences in this life -- and yet actually planning these trips can be intimidating, even paralyzing. We're here to help. It's time to spin the globe and think big. Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro is the first in a series of Budget Travel dream trip destinations. Check back each Tuesday for a new trip idea.
On the remote plains of Tanzania, about two hours from the city of Dodoma, a company called Iron Monger Group churns out farm tools handcrafted from spare truck springs. It was founded for a mere $...
Bill Clinton met Thursday with Zanzibar's president, whose government has worked closely with the former U.S. president's AIDS foundation.
The toll of dead and missing six months after the December 26 Indian Ocean quake and tsunami stands at 226,328, according to government figures given to the International Federation of Red Cross.
CNN.com asked its readers to share their views on the death of Pope John Paul II, who died Saturday. Here is a sampling from thousands of responses, some of which have been edited:
Almost three-quarters of Americans surveyed in a poll released Thursday have prayed for victims of the southern Asia tsunamis, but when it comes to cash donations, only 45 percent have pulled out their wallets.
We received thousands of e-mails in the days after December's tsunamis from people seeking news of friends and relatives in areas affected by the disaster.
U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller presented photographs of seven people they say are associated with al Qaeda.
Check out a day care center or ask parents raising boys and girls: Many will say little boys and little girls learn and do things differently.
Four disabled climbers have reached the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro after nine days of tough mountaineering.
An international team of four mountaineers has begun its ascent of northeast Tanzania's Mt. Kilimanjaro, the world's highest freestanding mountain at 19,335 feet.
Scientist Eugene Sun remembers exactly how his boss at Abbott Laboratories responded some years ago to Sun's report on his breakthrough AIDS drug, Kaletra: "I'm tired of hearing about science, I wa...
Hear the word "safari," and you might have visions of trekking through the bush in the heart of Africa, thousands of miles away from any sign of civilization, exhausted and grimy from several days'...
NEXT YEAR MARKS THE CENtennial of $6.7 billion South African Breweries, the nation's dominant beermaker and biggest consumer company with divisions in soft drinks (including a Coke franchise), fash...
Better rethink that vacation trip to Tanzania's game parks, Thailand's temples, or Peru's Inca ruins. The State Department includes all three countries in a near-record listing of 72 destinations t...
DIVERSIFICATION is the cornerstone of investment strategy for Brian Boas, 42, who in 11 years has turned $20,000 into $230,000. ''I always buy in different industries,'' he says, ''and I try not to...
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