About Tanzania
 official name: United Republic of Tanzania
capital: Dar es Salaam
head of state: President Jakaya Kikwete (2005); Prime Minister - Edward Lowassa (2005)
state: multi party democracy
population: 39,384,223 (July 2007 est.)
independence: from Britain 1961
languages: Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguju (name for Swahili in Zanzibar), English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education), Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar)
religion: mainland - Christian 45%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 20%; Zanzibar - more than 99% Muslim
currency: Tanzanian shilling (TZS)
media: Media Express Weekly http://www.theexpress.com
IPP Media News http://www.ippmedia.com
Legal Wise
status of homosexuality: illegal
age of consent: 16
laws covering homosexual activity: Section 154 to 157 of the Penal Code criminalize homosexual acts between men, with a penalty of up to 14 years' imprisonment.
background information and government attitudes:
A UK citizen was expelled for being gay in 1998. An LGBT movement is growing in Tanzania but it is slow and underground for fear of persecution and improsonment.
Communication
main lines in use: 148,400 (2004)
cellular telephones: 1.942 million (2005)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 12, FM 11, shortwave 2 (1998).
Radios: 8.8 million (1997).
Television broadcast stations: 3 (1999).
Televisions: 103,000 (1997).
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 8,609 (2006)
Internet users: 333,000 (2005)
links and contacts
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Articles:
 HIGH RATE OF HIV AND AIDS ON TANZANIAN GAYS � AGENCY
by Mask Admin 12/10/2009
TANZANIA � 12 October 2009: The Island of Zanzibar has been said to carry a high rate of HIV/AIDS infections among gays and lesbians in Tanzania.
ACTIVISTS PETITION UN OVER VIOLATION OF GAYS' RIGHTS
by Mask Admin 16/7/2009
TANZANIA - 16 July 2009: Human rights campaigners have filed a report with the United Nations, complaining against Tanzania's violation of the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT) persons.
CELLULAR PHONES KEY IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV AND AIDS
by Lesego Tlhwale 29/6/2009
TANZANIA � 29 June 2009: Tanzanian Ministry of Health and The National Institute for Medical Research have granted Dr. Joyce Nyoni, a sociology lecturer at the University of Dar es Salaam, a research and ethical clearance to embark on a project intended to inform men who have sex with men
zanzibar to block singer's birthday bash
by Mask Admin 26/8/2006
TANZANIA � August 26, 2006: Outraged Zanzibari Muslims on Friday sought to ban a 60th birthday party for the late Zanzibar-born rock star Freddie Mercury, complaining the flamboyant singer's lifestyle offended Islam.
we need to regulate it laws in east africa, says buturo
by Mask Admin 1/5/2006
UGANDA - May 1, 2006: The State Minister for Information, Dr James Nsaba Buturo, has urged the East African governments to harmonise the Information Communication Technology industry.
 gay priest in dar es salaam court by Mask Admin 25/5/2005
a group of four men accused of killing a gay man in zanzibar charged with murder by Mask Admin 13/5/2005
vox pop from dar by Mask Admin 6/12/2004
homosexuals risk 25 year in prison by Mask Admin 22/8/2004
life under the new laws by Mask Admin 3/6/2004
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