On June 10, the U.S. Embassy launched the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE), a White House-led Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative to support women entrepreneurs around the world. Twenty Tanzanian women will participate in the 13 weeks of online training facilitated by U.S. Government exchange program alumni and project partner, SELFINA. Most of the ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 13 June, 2019 | Topics:
Events, Press Releases
On May 30, 2019, the United States Government launched the Lishe Endelevu (“Sustainable Nutrition”) activity at Kizitwe in Sumbawanga Municipality, Rukwa region. This new program will reduce stunting in children, increase the proportion of children with a diet of regular and healthy meals, and improve nutrition for women of childbearing age. Lishe Endelevu, funded by ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 31 May, 2019 | Topics:
Press Releases
Mbeya, Tanzania – On May 29, 2019, the United States Government disbursed grants worth a total of $750,000 to nine institutions that support job creation, entrepreneurship, leadership, and healthy living among youth. The grants are supported by the Feed the Future Tanzania Advancing Youth activity, funded by the United States Government through the United States ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 30 May, 2019 | Topics:
Press Releases
The Government of Tanzania’s has placed a prohibition on plastic bags effective June 1, 2019. All plastic carrier bags, regardless of their thickness, will be prohibited from being imported, exported, manufactured, sold, stored, supplied, and used in Mainland Tanzania. The only exceptions to the plastic bag ban will be for plastic or plastic packaging for ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 28 May, 2019 | Topics:
Alert
On May 20, the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam organized a pre-departure orientation for Tanzania’s 26 2019 Young African Leadership Initiative Mandela Washington Fellowship participants. During her welcoming remarks the U.S. Chargé d’affaires, Dr. Inmi Patterson, encouraged the fellows to be proactive and creative participants in the program, noting that the United States Government ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 23 May, 2019 | Topics:
Education
Venue: Morena Hotel – Dodoma Region May 3, 2019 I would like to join my colleagues here today and offer my respects to the family and friends of the late Dr. Reginald Mengi. As we said yesterday on social media, Dr. Mengi’s role in advancing Tanzanian growth and development was immeasurable, as was his impact ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 3 May, 2019 | Topics:
Speeches
Location: Lindi and Mtwara regions Event: Cyclone Kenneth is developing off the northern coast of Madagascar. The storm is expected to make landfall in the Lindi and Mtwara regions from Thursday , April 25, 2019 through Monday, April 29, 2019. Forecasters expect extremely high winds, dangerous storm tides, heavy rainfall, and flooding in the regions of ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 25 April, 2019 | Topics:
Alert, Security & Emergency Messages
Dr. Inmi Patterson presided over a swearing-in ceremony for fifty-nine United States Peace Corps Volunteers committed to two years of service in the Health and Agriculture sectors. The Volunteers will be stationed in 35 districts across Tanzania.
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 17 April, 2019 | Topics:
Press Releases
On April 12, 2019, 25 students participated in an inaugural ceremony of the U.S. Embassy’s English ‘Access’ Microscholarship Program at Sangu Secondary School in Mbeya. Over the next two years, the students (12 male and 13 female) will complete bi-weekly after-school English classes conducted by Tanzania English Language Teachers’ Association (TELTA – Mbeya). The U.S. ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 15 April, 2019 | Topics:
Press Releases
Morogoro. Key decision-makers and stakeholders from selected regions and districts in Tanzania are convening in Morogoro, March 25–29, for a U.S. Government-funded training on how to plan for and support smallholder farmers to cope with climate change and implement climate-smart agriculture. A similar training will be conducted in Unguja, Zanzibar, April 1–5. The training program, ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 27 March, 2019 | Topics:
Press Releases
Washington, DC: Anna Henga, Executive Director of the Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC), has dedicated her entire professional career to advancing human rights in Tanzania with a particular focus on women and children. Her efforts were recognized on March 7 as a recipient of the 2019 International Women of Courage Award, during an award ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 8 March, 2019 | Topics:
Press Releases
Dar es Salaam: On February 22, 2019, the United States Government partnered with the Tanzanian Government and 12 civil society organizations to strengthen the delivery of health services in the regions of Iringa, Njombe, Morogoro, Lindi and Mtwara. The United States Government’s donation of 2,160 bicycles will increase community health volunteers’ ability to provide services ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 25 February, 2019 | Topics:
Press Releases
PEMBA, TANZANIA. On February 6, 2019, 25 students participated in an inaugural ceremony of the U.S. Embassy’s English ‘Access’ Microscholarship Program at the American Corner in Pemba. Over the next two years, the students (12 male and 13 female) will complete bi-weekly after-school English classes conducted by ZAUSSA, the Zanzibar Association of U.S. State Alumni. ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 7 February, 2019 | Topics:
Press Releases
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. On February 5, 2019, 25 students participated in a graduation ceremony of the U.S. Embassy’s English ‘Access’ Microscholarship Program at the American Corner at the National Library in Dar es Salaam. The students (12 male and 13 female) successfully completed their two-year biweekly after-school English classes at JOMAK School. The U.S. ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 6 February, 2019 | Topics:
Press Releases
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — The U.S. government, in partnership with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), announces the availability of AflasafeTZ, an effective technology to reduce aflatoxin contamination in human food and animal feed. The product was developed by IITA and Tanzania’s Ministry of Agriculture, with support from the United States Agency for ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 31 January, 2019 | Topics:
Press Releases
By PEPFAR Country Coordinator Brian D. Rettmann | December 1, 2018 Fifteen years ago when the United States President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief, or PEPFAR for short, began, HIV was a death sentence in Tanzania as it was in many parts of the world. Today, we are closer than ever to controlling the HIV ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 3 December, 2018 | Topics:
Op-Eds, Press Releases
November 26, 2018: Thank you to Ms. Tike Mwambipile (TAWLA), Ms. Judith Odunga (Former WILDAF coordinator), Ms. Naemy Sillayo (Legal and Human Rights Centre), and Ms. Edda Sanga (TAMWA) for joining us today at the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam to discuss how we can end violence against women and girls! Follow along ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 27 November, 2018 | Topics:
Events
https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2018/11/287242.htm Press Statement Heather Nauert Department Spokesperson Washington, DC November 9, 2018 The United States government is deeply concerned over escalating attacks and legislative actions by the Government of Tanzania that violate civil liberties and human rights, creating an atmosphere of violence, intimidation, and discrimination. We are troubled by the continued arrests and harassment of marginalized ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 13 November, 2018 | Topics:
Press Releases
Dar es Salaam: On November 5, 2018, U.S. Charge d’Affaires Inmi Patterson and Minister of State for Union Affairs and Environment January Makamba launched a five-year, $20 million USD activity to improve large-scale landscape management across western Tanzania. The Landscape Conservation in Western Tanzania activity, funded by the United States government through the U.S. Agency ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 5 November, 2018 | Topics:
Press Releases
Event: Reports of Tanzanian Government Officials Calling for the Arrest of LGBTI People and Monitoring Activity via Social Media Location: Dar es Salaam Actions to Take: Employ sound security practices including monitoring local and international news. Review internet footprint and social media profiles. Remove or protect images and language that may run afoul of ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 3 November, 2018 | Topics:
Alert
Iringa, Tanzania – October 31, 2018, Terhi Majanen, Director of the United State Agency for International Development’s Economic Growth Office at the Embassy of the United States of America in Dar es Salaam, disbursed six grants worth $527,000 to small businesses and private organizations from Iringa, Mbeya and Zanzibar. The U.S. Embassy’s Advancing Youth program ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 1 November, 2018 | Topics:
Press Releases
October 30, 2018, the Government of Tanzania and the U.S. Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), commissioned a community-supported water supply scheme in Msowero village in Kilosa District Council, Morogoro Region. This scheme is part of a broader program to improve water systems in the Morogoro and Iringa regions. It will ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 31 October, 2018 | Topics:
Press Releases
October 18, 2018 — Alexandria, Va. — The Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) has become aware of reports that some overseas voters are unable to access their state’s online voter registration and election systems. This is primarily due to states blocking web traffic from foreign countries in an effort to increase the cybersecurity of their ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 23 October, 2018 | Topics:
Messages for U.S. Citizens
Dar es Salaam – The U.S. Government through a United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Boresha Afya program provided two Toyota Land cruiser vehicles to the President’s Office of Regional Administration and Local Government (PORALG). The two vehicles will be used by Regional Health Management Teams in Lindi and Mtwara to help support monitoring ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 9 October, 2018 | Topics:
Press Releases
Venue: American Corner at the National Library, Dar es Salaam Date: September 21, 2018 Karibuni, kila mmoja, kwenye hafla ya kutoa tuzo chini ya Mfuko wa Balozi wa Kusaidia Mapambano Dhidi ya VVU/UKIMWI nchini Tanzania. Hafla ya leo ni ya kipekee, kwa kuwa tunaadhimisha miaka kumi ya Mfuko wa Balozi wa Kusaidia Mapambano Dhidi ya ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 21 September, 2018 | Topics:
Speeches
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. At a ceremony at the American Corner in the National Library in Dar es Salaam on September 21, 2018, United States Chargé d’Affaires Dr. Inmi Patterson awarded grants from the U.S. Ambassador’s Fund for HIV/AIDS Relief (AFHR) to 19 community groups and nonprofit organizations from across Tanzania that help people affected ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 21 September, 2018 | Topics:
Press Releases
Korogwe, TANZANIA. On September 19, 2018, the United States Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Dr. Inmi Patterson presided over a swearing-in ceremony for fifty-nine United States Peace Corps Volunteers committed to two years of service in the Education sector. The Volunteers will be stationed in 35 districts across Tanzania. Dr. Patterson administered the official oath of service ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 19 September, 2018 | Topics:
Press Releases
Moshi, TANZANIA. On September 18, 2018, 40 students participated in a graduation ceremony of the U.S. Embassy’s English Access Microscholarship Program at the Kilimanjaro Information and Technology College (KIT – Moshi) for Form Three and Four students. The students (22 male and 18 female) successfully completed their two-year biweekly after-school English classes at KIT College. ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 18 September, 2018 | Topics:
Press Releases
Location: Julius Nyerere International Airport, Kilimanjaro International Airport, and border crossings Situation: An outbreak of the Ebola Virus has been reported in the remote northeastern provinces of North Kivu and Ituri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Tanzania does NOT share a border with the area of DRC affected by the outbreak. However, as ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 24 August, 2018 | Topics:
Alert
Iringa, Tanzania – U.S. Chargé d’Affaires, Dr. Inmi Patterson, and the Honorable Anthony Mavunde, Deputy Minister for Labor, Youth, Employment and the Disabled, today launched the national Advancing Youth Advisory Council, a youth-led advisory body established by Feed the Future Tanzania Advancing Youth, an activity funded by the United States through the U.S. Agency for ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 20 August, 2018 | Topics:
Press Releases
The United States is concerned by the conduct of by-elections that took place in Tanzania on August 12, 2018. Credible accounts of election violence and irregularities include refusal by National Election Commission authorities to register opposition candidates, intimidation by police of opposition party members, unwarranted arrests, and suppression of freedoms of assembly and speech in ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 15 August, 2018 | Topics:
Press Releases
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. On Tuesday, August 7, the U.S. Embassy and the National Museum of Tanzania hosted a 20th anniversary commemoration program to honor victims of the August 7, 1998 attacks against Embassies Dar es Salaam and Nairobi. At the conclusion of the program, family members of the deceased and survivors joined United States ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 7 August, 2018 | Topics:
Press Releases
Event: In light of information pointing to the likelihood of imminent attacks on government and commercial centers in the district headquarters of Palma, Cabo Delgado Province in Mozambique, the Embassy there advised American citizens in the district headquarters of Palma to consider departing the area. The risks are close to the Tanzanian border in the ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 29 June, 2018 | Topics:
Alert
Dar es Salaam May 30 2018 (30 Mei 2018) Before PEPFAR began, an HIV diagnosis was a death sentence in Tanzania and across southern and eastern Africa. In the 1990s and early 2000s, few people got tested for HIV; and only about 1,500 people in Tanzania were able to access treatment. Kabla ya kuanzishwa kwa PEPFAR, ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 31 May, 2018 | Topics:
Speeches
Locations: Julius Nyerere International Airport, Kilimanjaro International Airport, and border crossings Situation: Following a reported outbreak of the Ebola Virus in a remote northwestern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Tanzania’s Ministry of Health recently issued a statement to remind Tanzanians that local authorities conduct routine screenings of all travelers arriving ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 30 May, 2018 | Topics:
Alert, Security & Emergency Messages
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. On Wednesday, May 30, Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of the United States of America Inmi K. Patterson and Prime Minister Honorable Kassim Majaliwa, formally launched a campaign recognizing the 15-year anniversary of the United States and Tanzania’s partnership on the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR. During a ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 30 May, 2018 | Topics:
News, Press Releases
The Regional English Language Office (RELO) of the U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam, Tanzania announces an open competition for grant proposals for the administration of the English Access Microscholarship Program (‘Access’), which provides English-language instruction to 13 to 20 year-old economically-disadvantaged students. The Access cooperative sub-agreement is expected to fund two years of after-school classes ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 14 May, 2018 | Topics:
Education, News
Habari za Asubuhi. Niwashukuru sana Naibu Waziri wa Afya, Dr. Faustine Ndugulile na Mkurugenzi wa Hospitali, Dr. Sophiani Ngonyani kwa kunikaribisha mahali hapa. Nimefurahi sana kuona hiki kituo na huduma zinazotolewa mahali hapa na kukutana na watu wanaofaidika na upimaji wa virusi vya Ukimwi, ushauri nasaha na matibabu. Niko hapa asubuhi ya leo kuzungumza na ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 7 May, 2018 | Topics:
Speeches
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. On Friday, May 4, Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of the United States of America Inmi Patterson announced during a visit to Mnazi Mmoja Hospital with Tanzanian Deputy Minister of Health Dr. Faustine Ndugulile, that the United States Government, through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), has committed an ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 4 May, 2018 | Topics:
News, Press Releases
Visitors seeking Consular Services may not bring the items below into the Embassy. **IMPORTANT NOTE — As of 15 May 2018, the Embassy will no longer store any items for visitors seeking Consular Services. Visitors should leave prohibited items at home or make alternate arrangements for the items’ secure storage** The following ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 3 May, 2018 | Topics:
U.S. Citizen Services
Press Statement John J. Sullivan Deputy Secretary of State Washington, DC April 26, 2018 On behalf of President Trump and the people of the United States, I congratulate the people of Tanzania as you celebrate the 54th anniversary of the United Republic of Tanzania. Over the past five decades, Tanzania and the United States have ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 26 April, 2018 | Topics:
News, President of the United States, Press Releases
| Tags: Donald J. Trump
Fifty-five Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) committed to performing two years of service in a swearing-in ceremony at the Morogoro Women Training Center today. The volunteers, who will work in the health and agriculture sectors, will be stationed in 20 districts across Tanzania. Country Director for Peace Corps Tanzania, Dr. Nelson Cronyn administered the official oath ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 19 April, 2018 | Topics:
Press Releases
The U.S. Embassy encourages Tanzanian importers of premium food and beverages products to attend the 2018 American Food Fair and the 2018 Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show organized by the National Restaurant Association. The AFF/RHMS is the largest food and beverage conference in the Western Hemisphere, bringing together buyers, suppliers and industry experts in a high-energy environment. ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 18 April, 2018 | Topics:
News, Press Releases
The U.S. Embassy is pleased to announce President Trump’s decision to continue Tanzania’s African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) duty free import benefits as a result of steps Tanzania has taken toward eliminating prohibitive tariff rates on imports of used clothing and footwear and Tanzania’s commitment not to implement a ban of these products. The ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 4 April, 2018 | Topics:
President of the United States, Press Releases
| Tags: Donald J. Trump
Dar es Salaam: On April 4, 2018, Chargé d’Affaires Dr. Inmi Patterson presented officials of the Tanzania Wildlife Management Authority (TAWA) three Toyota Land Cruisers as part of the U.S. Government’s Wildlife Anti-Trafficking and Counter-Illicit Trade Training and Capacity Building Program. The hand-over to TAWA of three Toyota Land Cruisers increases the rangers’ ability to ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 4 April, 2018 | Topics:
Former U.S. Government Leaders, Press Releases
| Tags: Barack Obama
Mission Director Andy Karas of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Tanzania met with local government officials and conducted site visits to U.S. government-supported programs in the Mbeya and Songwe Regions from March 12 to 16, reviewing activities that support Tanzanian efforts to develop informed and empowered communities, benefitting from sustainable agriculture ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 28 March, 2018 | Topics:
News
The U.S. Commercial Service Tanzania, in cooperation with the organizers of the Offshore Technology Conference, invites you to register as an International delegate for OTC 2018. Celebrating 50 years since 1969, the Offshore Technology Conference is the world’s foremost event for the development of offshore resources in the fields of drilling, exploration, production and environmental ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 22 March, 2018 | Topics:
Commercial Opportunities, Events
From February 28 to March 2, the Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam Dr. Inmi Patterson travelled to Moshi, Monduli and Arusha, Tanzania to visit, and raise awareness of, U.S. efforts to empower Tanzanians students, improve health services, and protect natural resources and wildlife. Chargé d’Affaires Patterson brought 24 soccer balls, ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 12 March, 2018 | Topics:
Press Releases
In celebration of International Women’s Day, on March 7, the U.S. Embassy and University of Dar es Salaam’s Gender Center held a panel discussion titled “Leave No Woman Behind” for 300 women at the prestigious Nkrumah Hall on the University of Dar es Salaam campus. The U.S. Chargé d’Affaires, Dr. Inmi Patterson, and University of ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 8 March, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Press Releases
Arusha, March 2, 2018: The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat in collaboration with the Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), held the Regional Learning Event and Investors Forum/Donors Roundtable on Environment and Natural Resources Management under the theme: Building Resilience in East Africa: Bridging the Gaps in ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 2 March, 2018 | Topics:
Press Releases
The United States is deeply saddened by reports of kidnapping and violence resulting in the death of Daniel John and injuries to Reginald Mallya. We send our deepest condolences to their family and friends. The rise in politically-related confrontations and violence is concerning, and we call on all parties to safeguard the peace and security ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 15 February, 2018 | Topics:
News, Press Releases
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. Mission Director Andy Karas of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Tanzania met with local government officials and conducted site visits to U.S. government-supported programs in the Kigoma Region from January 29 through February 2, reviewing activities that support the Tanzanian government’s efforts in renewable energy, conservation, integrated ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 15 February, 2018 | Topics:
Press Releases
Black History Month, also known as African American History Month, is an annual celebration of achievements by black Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in U.S. history. In observance of African American History Month, we’re highlighting African-American individuals who dedicated their lives to public service and broke barriers to ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 8 February, 2018 | Topics:
Art & Culture
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. The U.S. Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), commenced a civil society and media strengthening project Boresha Habari (“Better News”) during a launch event on Wednesday, January 17 in Dar es Salaam. Implemented in coordination with non-profit organizations Internews and FHI 360, the Boresha Habari project will ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 18 January, 2018 | Topics:
Press Releases
WELCOME TO THE 2018 SHOW! The U.S. Embassy Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania is recruiting a delegation to participate in the Gulfood 2018 Show and Conference. This event is the largest American-focused food and beverage trade show. The show’s goal is to assist companies in growing their market share and increasing two-way trade within the U.S. ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 13 December, 2017 | Topics:
Commercial Opportunities, Press Releases
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. From December 4 to 6, the Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam Dr. Inmi Patterson traveled to Kigoma, Tanzania together with an international delegation led by the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Mark Storella, and representatives of the Government of ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 12 December, 2017 | Topics:
Press Releases
Heather Nauert Department Spokesperson Washington, DC December 8, 2017 The United States strongly condemns last night’s attack against MONUSCO, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which killed at least 14 Tanzanian peacekeepers and wounded more than 50 others, in addition to at least five members of the ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 9 December, 2017 | Topics:
Press Releases
Security Message for U.S. Citizens: Regarding Caution After The Jerusalem Announcement December 7, 2017 The recent announcement that the United States recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and plans to relocate the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem may spark protests, some of which have the potential to become violent. The U.S. Embassy in ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 8 December, 2017 | Topics:
Alert, Security & Emergency Messages
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. Olympic Gold Medalist and FIFA Women’s World Cup champion Alex Morgan and Orlando City SC midfielder Servando Carrasco of Major League Soccer are traveling to Tanzania on December 4-8 as U.S. Department of State Sports Envoys. The Sports Envoys are helping to bolster the United States’ cultural and social ties with ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 5 December, 2017 | Topics:
Press Releases
Join us for the World of Concrete 2018 Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada. The U.S. Department of Commerce is recruiting a delegation to attend the World of Concrete 2018, scheduled for January 23-26, at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV. World of Concrete (WOC) is the commercial construction industry’s most important ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 4 December, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Press Releases
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. From November 26 to 28, the Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam Dr. Inmi Patterson traveled to Mwanza, Tanzania to visit, and raise awareness of, U.S. efforts to empower local Tanzanians to develop healthy communities, promote local and regional economies, and support education. “The U.S. Government is ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 29 November, 2017 | Topics:
News, Press Releases
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Andy Karas, Country Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Tanzania traveled to sites throughout Morogoro October 17-20 to observe USAID’s programmatic impact in the region and to engage with partners and beneficiaries. The visits to USAID programs in the region reflected the wide reach of U.S. ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 26 October, 2017 | Topics:
Press Releases
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. From October 17 to 19, the Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam Dr. Inmi Patterson traveled to Mbeya, Tanzania to visit, and raise awareness of, U.S. efforts to empower local Tanzanians to develop healthy and educated communities, promote local and regional economies, and to support natural resource ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 24 October, 2017 | Topics:
Press Releases
Join us for the Power-Gen International (PGI) 2017 Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada. The U.S. Department of Commerce across Sub Saharan Africa is recruiting a high level official delegation to the Power Gen International, scheduled for December 5- 7, 2017, at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV. The delegation will join ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 12 October, 2017 | Topics:
Press Releases
Hello Everyone! I am delighted to see so many friends with us today! And thank you Deputy Minister Manyanya for joining us; it is an honor to have you here. I also want to thank Dr. Alli Mcharazo, the Director of the National Library, for not only hosting us today but hosting the new American ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 29 September, 2017 | Topics:
Speeches
Dar es Salaam (September 29) – Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam Dr. Inmi Patterson and Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology Eng. Stella Manyanya officiated the launch of a new American Corner in partnership with the National Library in Dar es Salaam. Joined by the Director ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 29 September, 2017 | Topics:
Featured Event, Press Releases
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. On September 21, 2017, at the United States Peace Corps Office in Dar es Salaam, United States Chargé d’Affaires, Dr. Inmi Patterson swore-in 57 Peace Corps Volunteers to their two years of service in Tanzania. The American volunteers, who will work in the education field, will be stationed in Iringa, Mufindi, ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 21 September, 2017 | Topics:
Press Releases
Wednesday, September 21, 2017 It is a pleasure to take part in this year’s swearing in ceremony. The Peace Corps has special significance in Tanzania, as the President who established the Peace Corps in 1961, President John F. Kennedy, was the same President who welcomed Tanganyika’s first President to the White House two years later. ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 21 September, 2017 | Topics:
Speeches
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. On September 14, Public Affairs Officer Brinille Ellis welcomed over 100 students, parents and teachers to the JOMAK School in Bahari Beach for a graduation ceremony of the English Access Microscholarship Program. The 25 Form Three, Four and Five students began twice-weekly after-school English classes at JOMAK School in September 2015. ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 15 September, 2017 | Topics:
Press Releases
The application for the 2018 Mandela Washington Fellowship is now open and will close October 11, 2017. Apply to one of three Fellowship tracks: Business and Entrepreneurship, Civic Leadership or Public Management. Do you meet the application requirements? Find out here:
goo.gl/LbNZh7 Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 14 September, 2017 | Topics:
Press Releases
The United States is deeply saddened by the shooting of Tundu Lissu, Member of Parliament and President of the Tanganyika Law Society. We condemn this senseless act of violence and join Tanzanians in expressing our sincere hopes for his full and speedy recovery. Marekani imesikitishwa sana kuhusu kupigwa risasi kwa Tundu Lissu, Mbunge na Rais ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 8 September, 2017 | Topics:
Press Releases
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. United States Chargé d’Affaires Inmi Patterson awarded grants from the U.S. Ambassador’s Fund for HIV/AIDS Relief (AFHR) to 18 community groups and nonprofit organizations that work to help people affected by HIV at a ceremony at the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam on September 6, 2017. The grant recipients applied ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 7 September, 2017 | Topics:
PEPFAR, Press Releases
Septemba 6, 2017 Tangu ulipoanzishwa mwaka 2008, mpango huu umetoa ruzuku ndogo ndogo zenye thamani ya zaidi ya Dola za Kimarekani milioni moja kwa mashirika madogo ya huduma kwa jamii ndani ya Tanzania. Dola milioni moja ni kiasi cha kushangaza, lakini cha kushangaza zaidi ni watu na mashirika ambayo yamepewa ruzuku hizo. Ni mtu wa ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 6 September, 2017 | Topics:
Speeches
September 5, 2017 Honorable Prime Minister Majaliwa; honorable ministers; esteemed guests. It is a pleasure to take part in the launch of these information management systems, both of which will contribute to efficient and transparent public service delivery and provide a clear mechanism for accountability. Transparency and accountability at all levels of government, can reduce ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 5 September, 2017 | Topics:
Speeches
Dodoma (September 5) – Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania, Kassim Majaliwa officiated the launch of the Government of Tanzania’s redesigned Planning, Budgeting, and Reporting (PlanRep) System and the new Facility Financial Accounting and Reporting System (FFARS) today at a ceremony in Dodoma. He was joined by U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Dr. Inmi ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 5 September, 2017 | Topics:
Press Releases
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. The U.S. Government through the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) renewed a cooperative arrangement with the Tanzania Peoples Defense Forces (TPDF) on Tuesday, 29 August, 2017 at a signing ceremony to reaffirm their joint efforts to fight HIV/AIDS. WRAIR is a component of the U.S. Army Medical Research and ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 30 August, 2017 | Topics:
PEPFAR, Press Releases
On August 3, 2017, the United States Senate confirmed Ambassador Mark Andrew Green as Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). As USAID Administrator, Ambassador Green will oversee the U.S. Government’s lead development agency, which operates in over 100 countries to end extreme poverty and enable resilient, democratic societies to realize their ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 22 August, 2017 | Topics:
Press Releases
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. From August 7 to 8, the Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam Inmi Patterson traveled to Arusha, to meet with the representatives of the Tanzanian people and to learn more about the vibrant cooperation between Americans and Tanzanians. “The U.S. Government is proud to work with all ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 15 August, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Press Releases
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. From July 20 to 21, the Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam Inmi Patterson traveled to Iringa, Tanzania to visit, and raise awareness of, U.S. efforts to empower local Tanzanians to develop healthy and educated communities, promote local and regional economies, strengthen stable and democratic institutions, and ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 24 July, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Press Releases
Last week from July 9-16, 2017, as part of the 20th year of the Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF), the U.S. Embassy brought over Judd Ehrlich, an Emmy-winning American documentarian, to conduct a workshop for up-and-coming Tanzanian documentary filmmakers and screen his movie Keepers of the Game to more than 400 people in Pemba and ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 20 July, 2017 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Events, Press Releases, Video
We welcome our new Chargé d’Affaires Inmi Patterson. Find out more about her on our website:
https://goo.gl/YwgEx1 Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 5 July, 2017 | Topics:
Press Releases
The U.S. Embassy will be closed Monday, June 26 and Tuesday, June 27 in observance of the Eid al-Fitr holiday.
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 26 June, 2017 | Topics:
News
The U.S. Embassy Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania is recruiting a delegation to participate in the Big Iron Farm Show in Fargo, North Dakota, September 12-14, 2017. Big Iron is the largest farm equipment show in the Upper Midwest in the United States. It is focused on large-scale (250+ hectare) farming, attracting over 700,000 attendees and ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 15 June, 2017 | Topics:
Commercial Opportunities, Events
The U.S. Embassy in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania is currently recruiting a delegation to attend Solar Power International, September 10-13, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Solar Power International is expected to attract over 650 exhibitors and over 18,000 attendees from more than 100 countries. Focused on providing the latest updates and information on the solar industry, SPI ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 24 May, 2017 | Topics:
Commercial Opportunities, Events
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. The United States Government, through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), has approved plans to provide US$526 million over the coming year to combat HIV/AIDS in Tanzania. This support will bring the total number of Tanzanians on HIV treatment up to 1.2 million and will advance the fight against ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 18 May, 2017 | Topics:
Press Releases
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. On May 17, the U.S. Embassy formalized its partnership with the Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a week-long cultural exchange program that will bring American film director Judd Ehrlich and American film expert Debra Zimmerman to Tanzania from July 9-16, 2017. U.S. Chargé d’Affaires ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 17 May, 2017 | Topics:
Press Releases
Several Tanzanian non-governmental organizations (NGOs), government institutions of accountability, and other stakeholders met today to review progress made and lessons learned during the life of the Pamoja Twajenga Project funded by the U.S. Government through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Since 2013, Pamoja Twajenga implementers have worked hand-in-hand with civil society organizations and ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 10 May, 2017 | Topics:
Press Releases
Highlights Cooperation Between the American and Tanzanian People Mwanza, TANZANIA. On May 3, Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy to Tanzania and the East Africa Community (EAC) Virginia Blaser visited Mwanza for a full-day of activities with a variety of partners, highlighting the strong cooperation that exists between the American and Tanzanian people across a ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 4 May, 2017 | Topics:
Press Releases
Thanks to Strong U.S.-Tanzania Security Cooperation Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. Drug trafficker Ali Khatib Haji Hassan (“Shkuba”) and two of his associates, Iddy Salehe Mfullu and Tiko Emanual Adam, were extradited to the United States on May 1, 2017, to face U.S. federal drug charges in Houston, Texas. The three defendants arrived in the United ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 3 May, 2017 | Topics:
Press Releases
The U.S. Embassy informs U.S. citizens of an increased Tanzanian security presence in the Pwani coastal region, about 100km south of Dar es Salaam, following an attack on police by unknown assailants on April 13. Additional checkpoints are in place, particularly on highways and in towns, and on April 14, 2017 police announced that the ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 27 April, 2017 | Topics:
Security & Emergency Messages
Fifty-One Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) committed to two years of service in a swearing-in ceremony at the Peace Corps office in Dar es Salaam today. The volunteers, who will work in the health and agriculture sectors, will be stationed in 20 districts across Tanzania, including Iringa, Mufindi, Kondoa, Mbinga, Masasi, Ludewa, Lushoto, Songea, Kishapu, Makete, ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 19 April, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Press Releases
On March 3, 12 Tanzanian innovators received a combined 568,575,000 TSh and entry into a valuable mentorship program to turn their ideas into reality. The first round of the ongoing Data for Local Impact Innovation Challenge (DLIIC), which is funded by the U.S. Government’s President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), selected projects around the ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 13 March, 2017 | Topics:
Events
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. From February 27 to March 3, U.S. trainers with expertise in rule of law conducted anti-corruption training for 15 Tanzanian investigators and prosecutors from the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) and 12 prosecutors from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Entitled, “A Team Approach – The Investigation and Prosecution of Corruption Cases,” ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 7 March, 2017 | Topics:
Press Releases
We are aware that the Government of Tanzania has recently announced changes in the guidelines regarding HIV/AIDS interventions for the most vulnerable and highest HIV prevalence populations. The Government of Tanzania has not provided to the United States any official notification of these changes, which could impact U.S. Government funded programs and impede progress made ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 21 February, 2017 | Topics:
News
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. The U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam is proud to host renowned American folk and blue grass musician Natalia Zukerman and her ensemble for a robust musical program from February 7-12. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State as part of the American Music Abroad initiative, the ensemble’s visit to Tanzania ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 7 February, 2017 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Press Releases
Deputy Mission Director David Thompson and other staff from USAID joined Tanzanian Minister of Lands, Housing, and Human Settlements William Lukuvi and the Regional Secretariat for Iringa Region at a ceremony distributing certificates of customary rights of occupancy to villagers in Kinywang’anga.
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 1 February, 2017 | Topics:
Featured Event, News, Press Releases
On 18 January 2017, the U.S. Government-funded Henry Jackson Foundation Medical Research International (HJFMRI) launched the HIV Pediatric text messaging platform to improve identification, linkage, and retention of HIV–infected children in care and treatment. Supported through the U.S. Department of Defense, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (DOD-WRAIR), the free messaging platform will promote improved ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 25 January, 2017 | Topics:
Press Releases
Join other girls from around the world for a unique educational opportunity and rich cross-cultural experience at the 2017 WiSci Girls STEAM Camp held in Malawi from July 30 – August 15, 2017. STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Design, and Mathematics.
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 20 January, 2017 | Topics:
Press Releases
| Tags: STEAM
Yes, we have a brand new website! Have a look around! The new-look website has seven sections representing broad topics that may be of interest to you. The sections are broken down further into sub-categories to assist you in finding specific information.
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 19 January, 2017 | Topics:
News
| Tags: New website
“As more countries take ownership of their HIV/AIDS programs, the United States is setting two new bold goals. Over the next two years, we’ll increase the number of people that our funding reaches — so that nearly 13 million people with HIV/AIDS get lifesaving treatment — and we’ll invest $300 million to help achieve a ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 29 December, 2016 | Topics:
Former U.S. Government Leaders, Speeches
| Tags: Barack Obama
U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam today honored Vicky Ntetema, Executive Director of Under the Same Sun Tanzania, as a recipient of the 2016 International Women of Courage award. Ms. Ntetema originally received the award from Secretary of State John Kerry on March 29 at a ceremony in Washington.
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 29 December, 2016 | Topics:
Former U.S. Government Leaders, Press Releases
| Tags: John Kerry
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. From December 5-8, the U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Office of Law Enforcement, conducted a hands-on Wildlife Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) Course at the Police Academy in Dar es Salaam to provide enhanced skills to target and disrupt ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 15 December, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. In anticipation of World AIDS Day on December 1, Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy to Tanzania Virginia Blaser visited the Tanzania Youth Alliance (TAYOA) on November 29 to launch the organization’s National Health AIDS Helpline (117) and mobile outreach bus. TAYOA CEO Peter Masika and Board Chairman Ambassador Charles Sanga ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 30 November, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
U.S. Embassy Public Affair Officer, Marissa Maurer, and Director General of the Tanzania Library Services Board, Dr. Alli Mcharazo, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on November 23 to open a new American Corner in downtown Dar es Salaam. Watch this space for more details on this exciting new partnership!
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 26 November, 2016 | Topics:
American Spaces, Education, Events
Arusha, TANZANIA. On November 15-16, Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy to Tanzania and the EAC Virginia Blaser visited Arusha for a variety of engagements with a broad range of people and organizations in the area. The visit highlighted the strong and enduring partnership between the Tanzanian and American people, and touched on joint programs ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 22 November, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
Arusha, TANZANIA. Today, the U.S. Government and the East African Community (EAC) launched a Regional Development Objectives Grant Agreement at the EAC headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. On behalf of the U.S. Government, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will contribute approximately $194 million over a five year period to shared development goals, deepening ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 16 November, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
By Chargé d’Affaires Virginia M. Blaser | November 2, 2016 Over the past few months, I’ve seen a tremendous amount of interest in Tanzania about the U.S. elections and our unique electoral process. As Election Day approaches on November 8, we celebrate not only the tradition of free and fair elections that have determined our ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 6 November, 2016 | Topics:
News
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. The United States highly values its long-standing and successful partnership with Tanzania in the health sector, particularly the progress Tanzania has achieved in the global HIV/AIDS response with support from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). We remain committed to working with Tanzania to combat the totality of the ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 27 October, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
The U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam announces the opening of the 2018 Diversity Visa Program (DV-2018). This program annually awards up to 55,000 U.S. immigrant visas to people from countries with historically low rates of immigration to the United States. Interested and qualified Tanzanians are invited to apply for this immigration program before November ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 13 October, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced today a new program in Tanzania that will increase access to and quality of education for adolescent girls. This announcement follows an October 11 event at the U.S. Embassy celebrating International Day of the Girl, where 50 Tanzanian girls joined First Lady of the United States Michelle ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 12 October, 2016 | Topics:
Former U.S. Government Leaders, Press Releases
| Tags: Barack Obama
In celebration of International Day of the Girl on October 11, and in partnership with Plan International, U.S. Government representatives in Dar es Salaam joined First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama, Tanzanian music star Vanessa Mdee, and 50 Tanzanian adolescent girls in a digital global conversation about the importance of girls’ education. First ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 11 October, 2016 | Topics:
Former U.S. Government Leaders, Press Releases
| Tags: Barack Obama
By U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania Mark B. Childress | September 23, 2016 I wanted to highlight a very important process taking place in Geneva, Switzerland this week as part of a regular Human Rights Review of Tanzania within the UN Human Rights Council. As noted on the UN website “The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 23 September, 2016 | Topics:
Op-Eds
Marking the latest step forward in global anti-poaching efforts, the United States Government is supporting a Team of Champions training program for members of Tanzania’s National and Transnational Serious Crimes Investigative Unit—often referred to simply as the “Task Force.” The Team of Champions program, held in the United States for three weeks from September 4–23, ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 22 September, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA – At the U.S. Peace Corps Office today, U.S. Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. Virginia Blaser swore in 51 Peace Corps Volunteers for two years of service. These American volunteers will work in the field of education. In the past year, 110 Peace Corps Volunteers in the Education Program taught in 108 secondary ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 21 September, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
On September 19, 2016, at a ceremony at the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam, United States Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. Virginia Blaser awarded community grants to 22 organizations working to improve the lives of Tanzanians. The grants awarded today will directly benefit more than 30,000 people in 16 regions across the country and will improve ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 19 September, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
On September 16, 2016 representatives from Duke, Northwestern, and Vanderbilt universities, in partnership with EducationUSA, facilitated an education fair for students at the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam. Over 150 students participated, along with their guidance counselors. The information session covered admission policies, the application process, campus life, and financial aid packages offered at ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 19 September, 2016 | Topics:
Education, Events
On September 15, U.S. Embassy staff and former YALI Mandela-Washington fellows participated in a U.N. Day of Democracy program organized by the Tanzanian Youth Alliance for more than 120 Tanzanian youth.
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 16 September, 2016 | Topics:
Education, Events
Tanzanian media report that opposition political leaders have postponed nationwide protests previously scheduled for September 1, 2016. The Embassy urges all U.S. citizens in Tanzania to stay current with media coverage of local events. U.S. citizens are encouraged to avoid demonstrations or protests and exercise caution when in the vicinity of any large gatherings, protests, or demonstrations. For further information: See the
State Department’s travel website ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 31 August, 2016 | Topics:
Security & Emergency Messages
Rungwa Game Reserve, TANZANIA. On Wednesday, Ambassador Mark Childress observed a training demonstration of field techniques learned by Tanzanian game scouts to increase their capacity to combat wildlife poaching and trafficking in Rungwa Game Reserve. The game scouts have been participating in a training conducted by U.S. military experts from U.S. Army Africa Combined Joint ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 25 August, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
The U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam alerts U.S. citizens that opposition political leaders have called for a nationwide day of protest currently scheduled for September 1, 2016, but may continue for more than one day. While U.S. citizens have not been specifically targeted in past demonstrations, we urge you to exercise caution and stay ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 23 August, 2016 | Topics:
Security & Emergency Messages
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. Eighteen Tanzanian Secondary School students from Zanzibar and the mainland have been selected to live and study in the United States for one academic year from August 2016 to June 2017. The students left Tanzania on August 8, 2016 to begin their experience in the U.S. Through the U.S. Department of ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 16 August, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
In support of Secretary of State Kerry’s hosting of the global Our Ocean conference September 15-16 in Washington, D.C. (http://ourocean2016.org/#event), the U.S. Department of State’s Regional Environment Office for East Africa is holding a regional ocean-related photo and essay contest.
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 16 August, 2016 | Topics:
Education, Former U.S. Government Leaders, Our Ocean
| Tags: John Kerry
Today (1st August 2016), Ms. Sharon Cromer, Mission Director, representing the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and Dr. Servacius Likwelile, representing the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, signed a five-year strategic assistance agreement. Through the agreement, the United States, in full coordination with the Tanzanian Government, aims to support Tanzania’s socioeconomic ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 1 August, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
On Monday June 20th, the U.S. Embassy’s Wildlife Anti-Trafficking Coordinator Shana Tischler facilitated a session on Wildlife Conservation with students from Kondo Secondary School. The presentation kicked off a week long program focused on environmental and wildlife conservation. The students engaged in a discussion on what has caused Tanzania to lose nearly 60% of its ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 28 July, 2016 | Topics:
Education, Events
Eastern Accord 2016 (EA16) is an annual, combined, joint military exercise that brings together partner nations to practice and demonstrate proficiency in conducting peacekeeping operations. Participants from Djibouti, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, the Eastern Africa Standby Force, African Union and United Nations, in addition to the U.S. military members and ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 22 July, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
Following the announcement by the National Muslim Council of Tanzania (BAKWATA), the U.S. Embassy will observe the Eid El-Fitr holiday and will be closed on Wednesday, July, 6, 2016. The Embassy will remain closed on Thursday, July 7, 2016, in observance of both Eid El-Fitr and Saba Saba. The Embassy will re-open as normal on ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 5 July, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
By U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania Mark B. Childress | July 4, 2016 As the United States celebrates the 240th anniversary of our Independence, I am reminded that America, like Tanzania, strives for peace, stability and economic growth for all its citizens. On the 4th of July, we celebrate our Constitution, a cherished document that guarantees ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 4 July, 2016 | Topics:
Op-Eds
On Monday, June 22 the U.S. Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), officially launched the PROTECT Project (“Promoting Tanzania’s Environment, Conservation, and Tourism.”) The launch, which took place at the Treetops Lodge in the Randilen Wildlife Management Area (WMA) adjacent to Tarangire National Park, was presided over by U.S. Ambassador Mark ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 23 June, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. Nineteen Tanzanian secondary school students who recently completed a year-long academic exchange in the United States visited the U.S. Embassy this week and met with Deputy Chief of Mission Virginia M. Blaser. The students attended U.S. secondary schools through the Department of State’s Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program. The ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 15 June, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
The Ambassador of the United States to Tanzania Mark Childress was pleased to meet yesterday with the President of the United Republic of Tanzania Dr. John Pombe Magufuli to discuss the full range of bilateral issues and the strong partnership between the two countries. They discussed plans to sign a strategic assistance agreement between the ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 7 June, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
U.S. Army Cadets this month are participating in the Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency (CULP) program in Tanzania. The Army Cadets are demonstrating various activities to Tanzanian youth. The CULP program provides the Cadets with real-world missions where they can practice leadership. They immerse in learning languages, cultures and socio-economic situations so they can learn ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 2 June, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
June 1, 2016 – Speaking today at an end-of-project event in Dar es Salaam for the Supply Chain Management System (SCMS) and USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Health Office Director Janean Davis emphasized the need for the Government of Tanzania to prioritize health commodities and the national public health supply ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 1 June, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. The University of Kentucky and the Tanzanian Paralympic Committee launched at the National Stadium a four-day workshop and festival for Tanzanian and Kenyan athletes with disabilities. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, the festival features a team of American, British, and Canadian coaches, who are conducting athletic trainings in track ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 26 May, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
To advance the U.S. National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking and its associated implementation plan, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), in coordination with U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam, will support training and other technical assistance in Tanzania to increase investigative and law enforcement capacity. INL is ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 23 May, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
Call for applications – Deadline June 6, 2016, 17:00hrs United States Embassy in Dar es Salaam is accepting applications from Tanzanian journalists for the 2016 General Election Embed Program for Journalists. The program will be implemented by the Washington based International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and will take place in the United States from October ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 23 May, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
U.S Ambassador to Tanzania Mark Childress with the participants of the African Land Forces Summit (ALFS), a weeklong seminar bringing together land force chiefs from across Africa for candid dialog to discuss and develop cooperative solutions to regional and transregional challenges and threats. ALFS 2016 was held in Arusha, Tanzania from May 16-19, 2016 and ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 19 May, 2016 | Topics:
Education
On May 11, 2016, U.S. Ambassador Mark Childress joined the official inauguration of the first Pizza Hut Restaurant in Dar es Salaam. Pizza Hut is an American franchise operating more than 16,000 restaurants in 100 countries across the globe. In his remarks, Ambassador Childress highlighted the contribution that American companies can make to the Tanzanian ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 12 May, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
On May 6, 2016, U.S. Ambassador Mark Childress gave remarks at the closing ceremony for the “Wildlife Crime Scene Investigation Course.” Trainers from the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service conducted a five day course for twenty-two investigators who work with Tanzania’s National Transnational Serious Crimes Investigation Unit. The diverse class included investigators from Tanzania Police Force, the Wildlife Division of the Ministry of Natural ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 12 May, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
Tanzania and Malawi will both receive funding as the first two priority countries under the
Let Girls Learn initiative, launched in 2015 by U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. At a workshop held from May 10-12 at the White Sands Hotel in Dar es Salaam this week, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) convened ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 12 May, 2016 | Topics:
Former U.S. Government Leaders, Press Releases
| Tags: Barack Obama
To commemorate World Malaria Day the Government of Tanzania in collaboration with Malaria Safe, a coalition of international and local private companies, held a 5 km “Malaria Safe Walk” on Saturday, April 23, to raise awareness about malaria treatment and prevention. Photo (left): USAID Director Daniel Moore offers remarks at the conclusion of a 5-kilometer ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 25 April, 2016 | Topics:
Education, Events
The U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), led by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented in coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released last Wednesday its tenth annual report documenting progress across its programs, including in Tanzania. The report is available at the following URL:
http://goo.gl/g4IrDn . Since 2004, Tanzania ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 22 April, 2016 | Topics:
Former U.S. Government Leaders, Press Releases
| Tags: Barack Obama
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam’s Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., Virginia M. Blaser swore in 43 Peace Corps Volunteers today into to their two years of service to Tanzania. The Volunteers will serve two years in Tanzania and will be stationed in 19 districts, including: Iringa, Mufindi, Kondoa, Mbinga, Masasi, Ludewa, Lushoto, Songea, ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 20 April, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
Joan Mayer of USAID hands out packets of improved seeds at an agricultural demonstration plot in Iringa where the U.S. Government’s global hunger and food security initiative, Feed the Future, is working to improve food security and nutrition.
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 18 April, 2016 | Topics:
Education, Events
USAID staff Janean Davis (far left) and Florida Henjewele (far right) with women in Iringa who are part of a USAID-supported land tenure project. The women have been issued certificates of land use rights that protect them from exploitation.
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 18 April, 2016 | Topics:
Education, Events
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, East Africa, Regional and International Cooperation, Dr. Augustine Mahiga, and the U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania Mark Childress, along with their senior teams, met on April 13, 2016 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dar es Salaam. During the cordial and productive meeting they discussed the full range of bilateral issues and ongoing partnership, including ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 14 April, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
On behalf of the American people, I would like to offer my heartfelt congratulations to Ms. Vicky Ntetema, the Executive Director of Under the Same Sun Tanzania, upon her receipt yesterday in Washington of the Department of State’s 2016 International Women of Courage Award. We at U.S. Mission Tanzania were incredibly proud to see Ms. ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 30 March, 2016 | Topics:
Former U.S. Government Leaders, Press Releases
| Tags: John Kerry
The Board of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) met on March 28, 2016, and voted to suspend development of a second compact with the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania. I fully support the Board’s decision to suspend development of a second compact. The United States and Tanzania have long-standing and deep relationships across ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 29 March, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
The High Commissioners and Ambassadors to Tanzania of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, the European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States, today issued the following statement regarding the election re-run which took place in Zanzibar on March 20th, 2016: “We regret the Zanzibar Electoral ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 21 March, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
The State Department alerts U.S. citizens residing in or traveling to Tanzania of the announced re-run of Zanzibar elections for Sunday, March 20, 2016. Violence has accompanied elections in Zanzibar in the past and the current political situation is tense. Over the past weeks, there have been reports of arrests, small explosions, and isolated acts ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 18 March, 2016 | Topics:
Security & Emergency Messages
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the prime investor in a collaboration with Tanzania’s Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, the Elderly, and Children that funded the creation of the mHealth public private partnership. Along with investments of over 1 million USD from private companies, this partnership developed a text messaging ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 15 March, 2016 | Topics:
Education, Events
Action Targets the Hassan Drug Trafficking Organization, a Key Cocaine and Heroin Smuggling Organization WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) identified Tanzanian national Ali Khatib Haji Hassan (a.k.a. “Shkuba”) and the Hassan Drug Trafficking Organization as significant foreign narcotics traffickers pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 9 March, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
The Department of State is updating the Worldwide Caution with information on the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against U.S. citizens and interests throughout the world. Current information suggests that ISIL, al-Qa’ida, Boko Haram, al-Shabaab, and other terrorist groups continue to plan terrorist attacks in multiple regions. Recent terrorist attacks, whether by those ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 3 March, 2016 | Topics:
Security & Emergency Messages
On March 2, representatives of the Government of Tanzania, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Vodafone Foundation, and other partners gathered in Sengerema to celebrate a pioneering new toll-free emergency line and ambulance taxi service that could help save at least 2,700 lives of pregnant mothers and babies in rural Tanzania each year. In ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 2 March, 2016 | Topics:
Education, Events
On March 2, 2016 at the Port of Dar es Salaam, U.S. Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., Virginia Blaser, Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism Hon. Professor Jumanne Maghembe, and Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Hamad Masauni inaugurated “Canine Detection Program Tanzania.” The event marked the culmination of an intensive training program for four Tanzanian police officers ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 2 March, 2016 | Topics:
Education, Events, Press Releases
February 22, 2016 – U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director, Dr. Tom Frieden, shown here at a Bowser Filling Station with two Tanzanian water truck drivers, examines new pathways to improve chlorination in Dar es Salaam’s water supply by targeting bowsers (trucked water tanks). CDC has supported the Government of Tanzania’s efforts to ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 24 February, 2016 | Topics:
Education, Events
On January 28, 2016, Tanzanian organizations working in the water sector joined members of the development community at the Seascape Hotel in Dar es Salaam to mark the successful completion of the USAID-funded Tanzania Integrated Water Sanitation and Hygiene (iWASH) program, which supplied water to more than 200,000 Tanzanians and helped another 40,000 gain access ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 3 February, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
Press Statement John Kirby Department Spokesman Washington, DC January 29, 2016 ________________________________ The United States regrets the decision of the Zanzibar Electoral Commission to announce a date for a new election on Zanzibar without achieving an inclusive, negotiated agreement on the way forward. We call on the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania and ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 29 January, 2016 | Topics:
Speeches
The High Commissioners and Ambassadors to Tanzania of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, the European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States, today issued the following statement regarding the recent announcement of an election re-run in Zanzibar: “We reiterate our concern with the Zanzibar Electoral Commission’s ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 29 January, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
Two 2014 Mandela Washington Fellows, Rose Funja and Abella Bateyunga, just completed a four-week training program funded by a grant won through the annual Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund competition (AEIF). The project took place at COSTECH (Commission for Science and Technology) and involved 45 girls from 11 secondary schools who were trained on basic computer ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 14 January, 2016 | Topics:
Education, Events
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. The Board of the U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) met on December 16 and yesterday issued a statement available
here . In the statement, the MCC Board said it chose to not vote on compact eligibility for Tanzania, pending resolution of ongoing governance concerns. To request more information, please email Japhet ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 18 December, 2015 | Topics:
Press Releases
On Wednesday, December 16, the Board of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) did not select Tanzania for a second compact. The Board deferred the vote on a second compact pending the resolution of governance concerns. The Board may revisit Tanzania’s eligibility over the course of 2016. I remain hopeful that the Government of Tanzania will ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 18 December, 2015 | Topics:
Press Releases
On Tuesday, December 15, 2015, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Government of Tanzania, and RTI International convened at the Hyatt Regency Hotel to celebrate significant reductions in malaria morbidity and mortality in mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar, which have resulted in the protection of up to 8.5 million people annually. This progress ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 16 December, 2015 | Topics:
Press Releases
As we commemorate World AIDS Day 2015, on behalf of the Development Partners Group for AIDS, I am pleased to join the people of Tanzania to reflect on the progress made toward our shared vision for achieving Tanzania’s AIDS-free generation. Development partners have continued to support the HIV response in Tanzania, providing both technical and ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 1 December, 2015 | Topics:
Speeches
By U.S. Ambassador Mark Childress | December 1, 2015 A year ago on the occasion of World AIDS Day, I wrote about working towards an AIDS-free generation in Tanzania. Since then, we have together made important strides in that direction, targeting resources and activities at the places where they are most needed throughout the country. ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 1 December, 2015 | Topics:
Former U.S. Government Leaders, Op-Eds
| Tags: Barack Obama
The European Union Head of Delegation, the Heads of Mission of Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the Heads of Mission of Canada, Norway, Switzerland and the United States of America issue the following statement in the United Republic of Tanzania The Heads of Mission of ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 9 November, 2015 | Topics:
Speeches
Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC November 5, 2015 On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I congratulate the people of the United Republic of Tanzania on their presidential and parliamentary elections, reaffirming Tanzania’s strong democratic record. As President John Pombe Magufuli and his administration assume their ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 5 November, 2015 | Topics:
Former U.S. Government Leaders, Speeches
| Tags: Barack Obama, John Kerry
Are you a member of the private sector, academia, or civil society interested in partnering with USAID to help adolescent girls in Tanzania stay in school and succeed? Then the
#LetGirlsLearn Challenge Fund may be for you! A new USAID – US Agency for International Development announcement invites organizations and companies to work with us to ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 2 November, 2015 | Topics:
Education, Events
The United States Embassy is closely following the electoral process throughout Tanzania. We continue to monitor the tabulation of votes, including the ongoing work of the Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) to tally results of the Zanzibar presidential election, and urge that the process be concluded in a timely and transparent manner. We call on all ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 28 October, 2015 | Topics:
Press Releases
The United States Government is gravely alarmed by the recent statement of the Chairman of the Zanzibar Electoral Commission in which he announced his intent to nullify the results of the Zanzibari presidential election. This action halted an orderly and peaceful election, as evaluated by observer missions from the U.S. Embassy, European Union, Commonwealth, and ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 28 October, 2015 | Topics:
Press Releases
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA, The United States Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania is pleased to announce the opening of the on-line application for the 2016 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders (YALI). The application will close on November 11, 2015. The Mandela Washington Fellowship is an outstanding opportunity for 1,000 young African leaders ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 19 October, 2015 | Topics:
Former U.S. Government Leaders, Press Releases
| Tags: Barack Obama
The U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam announces the opening of the 2017 Diversity Visa program (DV-2017). The Diversity Visa (DV) Program annually awards up to 55,000 U.S. immigrant visas to people from countries with historically low rates of immigration to the United States. We invite interested and qualified Tanzanians to apply for this immigration ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 5 October, 2015 | Topics:
Press Releases
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA – September 26, 2015. The U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has released a statement indicating that Tanzania will pass the FY 2016 Control of Corruption Indicator. The statement is available below and on the MCC website here:
https://www.mcc.gov/news-and-events/release/pressstmt-092615-tanzania-passes-fy16-corruption-indicator The $472.8 million compact, when approved by the Board, will promote increased access ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 26 September, 2015 | Topics:
Press Releases
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA – At its quarterly meeting on September 17, 2015, the Board of Directors of the U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) discussed a proposed new $472.8 million compact with Tanzania designed to increase access to reliable electricity, strengthen utilities and utility management, help Tanzania implement its reform plan for the energy ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 18 September, 2015 | Topics:
Press Releases
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania Mark Childress swore in this morning at U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam 59 new Peace Corps Volunteers, launching their two-year tours of service in Tanzania. The swearing-in ceremony was attended by Dr. Edicome Cornel Shirima, the Assistant Director of the School Quality Assurance Division at the Ministry ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 16 September, 2015 | Topics:
Press Releases
The U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam advises U.S. citizens in Tanzania of a planned political rally to be held on Saturday, August 29 at Jangwani Grounds in central Dar es Salaam. Large crowds are expected and disruptions of traffic flow are likely. The U.S. Embassy recommends U.S. citizens avoid political rallies, polling centers, demonstrations, ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 28 August, 2015 | Topics:
Security & Emergency Messages
On August 24, 2015 at a ceremony at the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam, United States Ambassador Mark B. Childress awarded community grants to 14 organizations working to improve the lives of Tanzanians. The grants awarded today will directly benefit more than 5,000 people in 12 regions across the country and will improve services ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 24 August, 2015 | Topics:
Press Releases
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. The Tanzanian Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA) and other energy sector stakeholders gathered from August 17-20, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Dar es Salaam to participate in an interactive workshop on cost-reflective tariffs. The training was organized by the U.S. based, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) with ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 21 August, 2015 | Topics:
Former U.S. Government Leaders, Press Releases
| Tags: Barack Obama
The 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron (MSAS) conducted a Vehicle & Equipment Maintenance Assistance Team Phase II with the Tanzania Peoples Defense Force (TPDF) 501st Maintenance Battalion 31JUL2015-15AUG2015. The training focused on providing the TPDF with fundamentals to repair their High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) fleet with drivers training being a Point of Instruction ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 19 August, 2015 | Topics:
Education, Events
A group of 19 high school students will arrive in the United States this week to participate in the Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program. The students will study in the U.S. for one academic year from August 2015 through June 2016. The YES Program was created in 2003 by the U.S. Department of State’s ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 13 August, 2015 | Topics:
Education, Events
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) recently announced the award of a contract for $61 million to Abt Associates, Inc. for the Public Sector System Strengthening (PS3) project. Through this award, USAID aims to support the Government of Tanzania to strengthen the public system to promote the delivery, quality, and use ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 7 August, 2015 | Topics:
Press Releases
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) recently announced support of the Government of Tanzania’s Results Based Financing (RBF) Initiative in the health sector through a $49 million grant. Through a single donor trust fund administered by the World Bank, Tanzania will receive $49 million over the next five years. Tanzania’s ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 3 August, 2015 | Topics:
Press Releases
Leocadia Zak, Director of the United States Trade and Development Agency (center), and Sayan Chakraborti, Senior Program Manager of MRIGlobal (left), sign the Lake Victoria Islands Minigrid Feasibility Study grant with Rex Energy Director, Francis Kibhisa (right) at the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam on June 29, 2015. This grant will fund a feasibility ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 30 July, 2015 | Topics:
Press Releases
Safaricom Indoor Arena Nairobi, Kenya 12:00 P.M. EAT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Hey! AUDIENCE: Hey! PRESIDENT OBAMA: Habari Zenu! (Applause.) Wakenya mpo? (Applause.) It is great to be back in Kenya. Thank you so much for this extraordinary welcome. I know it took a few years, but as President I try to keep my promises, and I ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 26 July, 2015 | Topics:
Former U.S. Government Leaders, Speeches
| Tags: Barack Obama
U.S. Ambassador Mark B. Childress with the 2015 Mandela Washington Fellows at his residence in Dar es Salaam on June 17, 2015. On the Ambassador’s right is Tanzania’s Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Liberata Mulamula. The 21 Fellows are part of a 500-team of dynamic young African leaders ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 19 June, 2015 | Topics:
Press Releases
On June 2, 2015, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Christopher Smith, speaking with the Tanzanian Minister for Energy and Minerals, George Simbachawane (right). The meeting was part of a broader visit that included ten American companies exploring trade and investment in Tanzania’s energy sector. (Photo:U.S. Embassy, Dar es Salaam)
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 3 June, 2015 | Topics:
Press Releases
Today, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Department of Commerce and 10 American companies successfully concluded the first half of a trade and investment mission to explore business opportunities in Tanzania’s energy sector. The mission, the first in MCC’s 11-year history, promotes U.S. exports and expands U.S. companies’ presence in Africa by introducing American firms to ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 1 June, 2015 | Topics:
Press Releases
On May 5, 2015 at the Port of Dar es Salaam, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), along with the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Home Affairs, and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism announced the launch of a new “Canine Detection Program” in Tanzania. Through this program, Tanzanian police officers with specially-trained ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 5 May, 2015 | Topics:
Press Releases
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. On April 22, U.S. Ambassador Mark Childress swore in thirty-six Peace Corps Volunteers to their two years of service in Tanzania. The volunteers will work in community health education and sustainable agriculture in sixteen districts throughout Tanzania. The swearing-in ceremony took place at the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam and ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 22 April, 2015 | Topics:
Press Releases
On Monday, March 30, the Authorized Association Consortium (AAC) of Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) kicked off a 2-day Constitution and Strategic Plan Workshop at the Kurasini Training and Conference Centre in Dar es Salaam. At the opening of the workshop, Acting Wildlife Director Herman Kerario expressed gratitude to the United States Agency for International Development ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 31 March, 2015 | Topics:
Education, Events
Selous Game Reserve, TANZANIA. On March 27 U.S. Chargé d’Affaires, Virginia Blaser, attended the graduation ceremony of 50 Park Rangers, who successfully completed a month long anti-trafficking training. The training was conducted by U.S. Marines and Sailors from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa. Faustin Masalu, Assistant Director for Anti-Poaching in the Ministry of ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 31 March, 2015 | Topics:
Press Releases
Selous Game Reserve, TANZANIA. Ambassador Mark Childress observed on Monday a training of 50 Park Rangers by a team of U.S. Marines and Sailors. This month long training is aimed at helping the Rangers combat illicit trafficking across the reserve. The Marines and Sailors are from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa and are ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 17 March, 2015 | Topics:
Press Releases
On March 4, 2015, the U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania, Mark Childress, gave an interview to TBC presenter Agnes Tuniga. It was broadcast on the weekly program “International Sphere” that same night. The interview focused on wildlife issues, the importance of wildlife conservation in Tanzania and the need to improve anti-poaching efforts. The event was in ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 4 March, 2015 | Topics:
Education, Events
In commemoration of World Wildlife Day on March 3, 2015, U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam today launched a video that highlights the importance of wildlife conservation in Tanzania and the need to improve anti-poaching efforts and wildlife conservation. The video is available on YouTube at the following URL:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwSVt4tkb0Q , and on the U.S. Embassy’s Facebook ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 3 March, 2015 | Topics:
Education, Events
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA. President of the United Republic of Tanzania Jakaya Kikwete and U.S. Ambassador Mark B. Childress celebrated yesterday the delivery of 2.5 million secondary school textbooks to the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MOEVT). The textbooks were requested by President Kikwete during President Barack Obama’s June 2013 visit to Tanzania, and ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 25 February, 2015 | Topics:
Former U.S. Government Leaders, Press Releases
| Tags: Barack Obama
Ingawa naendelea kujifunza lugha ya Kiswahili, ningependa kusema kwamba… Ili kujifunza, lazima msome. Na vitabu kama hivi ni ufunguo wa maendeleo ya siku zijazo – elimu ya sayansi na teknolojia ni msingi wa ustawi wa kiuchumi. Uwekezaji wetu kwa watoto Watanzania ni muhimu zaidi kuliko wowote, kwa sababu wao wanabeba mustakabali wa Tanzania. (Translation: Although ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 24 February, 2015 | Topics:
Former U.S. Government Leaders, Speeches
| Tags: Barack Obama
On February 17, 2015 a team of three visiting American art administrators from US State Department sponsored Centre Stage Cultural Exchange Program facilitated a workshop on marketing and branding for Tanzanian performing artists, producers and art administrators at the Alliance Francaise in Dar es Salaam. The one day workshop was organized by US Mission Dar ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 23 February, 2015 | Topics:
Press Releases
The United States Special Envoy for the African Great Lakes and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Russell Feingold, in collaboration with the Lake Tanganyika Authority (LTA), launched a unique initiative this week to bring together experts from the North American Great Lakes with counterparts from the African Great Lakes to address sustainable management ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 4 February, 2015 | Topics:
Press Releases
SELOUS GAME RESERVE, TANZANIA. To combat the very serious threat of poaching in the Selous Game Reserve, the governments of the United States and Germany transferred on Wednesday a significant amount of field equipment for use by Tanzanian game wardens patrolling the reserve. The equipment included small and large tents, torches, maps, binoculars, cameras, uniforms, ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 23 January, 2015 | Topics:
Press Releases
The Department of State is updating the Worldwide Caution to provide information on the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against U.S. citizens and interests throughout the world. Recent terrorist attacks, whether by those affiliated with terrorist entities, copycats, or individual perpetrators, serve as a reminder that U.S. citizens need to maintain a high ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 15 January, 2015 | Topics:
Security & Emergency Messages
“These text messages makes Tanzanian women come early for checkups and makes our work easier,” says midwife Getrude Justin Mushi. Getrude is one of the 1,500 Tanzanian health care workers who registers pregnant women and their supporters to the Healthy Pregnancy, Healthy Baby Text Messaging Service service. In November 2013, over 500,000 Tanzanian men and ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 28 November, 2014 | Topics:
PEPFAR, Success Stories
PEPFAR-supported Lab Mentorship Initiative Yields Remarkable Improvements in Quality of Service at Temeke Hospital Laboratory in Tanzania Having successfully led Temeke Hospital Laboratory from a zero to 3-Star rating, Lab Manager Grace Maliva isn’t resting until the lab achieves full accreditation, hopefully by the end of 2015. After that, she has her eyes set on ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 28 November, 2014 | Topics:
PEPFAR, Success Stories
Stone Town, Zanzibar — A documentary on voluntary male circumcision (VMMC) in Tanzania premiered at the 2014 Zanzibar International Film Festival on Sunday. The short film showcased how Tanzania is successfully scaling up VMMC services, with the potential to avert more than 3 million future HIV infections in the country. The film was funded by ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 25 June, 2014 | Topics:
Press Releases
It is my privilege, as the donor countries’ representative, to join you as we commemorate World AIDS Day here in Dar es Salaam. We stand here together today to mourn the world’s losses as a result of HIV and to celebrate its many brave heroes, who have fought in ways big and small against this ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 1 December, 2013 | Topics:
Op-Eds
Ten years ago in 2003 the world was in the midst of an AIDS pandemic and Africa was the epicenter. Nearly 30 million people had the AIDS virus, including 3 million children and over 8,000 people were dying every day. In Africa, AIDS was wiping out an entire generation. The American People saw the need ...
Read More»
By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 19 July, 2013 | Topics:
Former U.S. Government Leaders, PEPFAR
| Tags: Barack Obama, John Kerry
