The smooth sail across the pacific River Rufiji was a deserved relaxation. We had been on the road for much of the day, sight-seeing in Selous Game Reserve, on the southern wild side of Tanzania.

IKWIRIRI -- The Rufiji District, a poor, rural area of coastal Tanzania, has at least three claims to fame. It is home to the Rufiji River, in whose labyrinthine delta a German warship sheltered ...

Although plans to build the Rufiji bridge had been on the drawing board since the 1970s, ... The other north-south road goes through the Tunduma/Nakonde border posts on the Tanzania/Zambia border. ...

The Rufiji lion was just three and a half years old - a young adult. "This lion was probably taught to hunt humans by its mother when it was young. Perhaps it gave up hunting humans until it got ...

Muhoro (Agenzia Fides) - The Rufiji region in western Tanzania is facing enormous difficulties and the district is facing one of the worst humanitarian crises. Thousands of people need immediate ...

Across the region, almost 127,000 people in Rufiji, Kisarawe and Kibiti districts have been displaced by recent floods, according to government figures.

The Rufiji-Mafia-Kilwa Seascape has a human population of approx. 140,000 and this social context governs the programme's strategy. The 'seascape' concept mirrors the terrestrial 'landscape' approach ...

The situation has been exacerbated by the construction and operation of the Nyerere hydroelectric dam. On the one hand, the dam represents an important source of renewable energy for Tanzania, on the ...