By Special Correspondent, Dar es Salaam – The government of Tanzania has finally established through laboratory tests that the medical plant used by Rev Ambilikile Mwasapila of Samunge village in Loliondo, Ngorongoro district to treat a number of critical ailments has no human effects when taken. The statement was issued by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare said the ‘mugariga’ plant, scientifically known as Carissa spinarum, is safer for human use and earlier tests did in fact show that the tree was capable of fighting some human infection viruses. According to the government statement, the study involved various... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, March 29th 2011 |
By Special Correspondent, Dar es Salaam – As the Tanzanian government risks not being assessed by the external mission of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) due to an outstanding member fees to the regional body, the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Security has vowed to re-invigorate the process. The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM-Tanzania) Executive Secretary, Ms Rehema Twalib, told the parliamentary committee over the week end that the country needed to pay a total of $700,000 (equivalent to Sh1.07bn) in member fees which was not paid over the last six years. It is understood that while... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, March 28th 2011 |
By Special Correspondent, Dar es Salaam – Rev. Ambikile Mwasapile who is conducting mysterious herbal cure in Loliondo area, Arusha region has advised people from all over the world who are flocking to his village to halt their travels until he finishes with the already congested scene. Ambilikile Mwasapile the healer Reverend Mwasapile, 76, issued the statement on Sunday amid reports that more than 50 people have died around the areas while on the way to get a cup of herbal cure which is believed to treat all critical ailments including HIV/AIDS and diabetes. Eyewitness from the highway to the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, March 28th 2011 |
German experiments with cytomegalovirus in South and Central Africa, Part 9 of 20, Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3 here, Part 4 here, Part 5 here, Part 6 , Part 7, Part 8 here By Johan van Dongen – When the scientists Kaminer and Murray in 1950 published an article titled: Sarcoma idiopathicum mutiplex haemorhagicum or Kaposi caused by the cytomegalovirus CMV, with a special reference to its incidence in the South African Negro, my attention was aroused. Seeking the origin of AIDS it was just the article linking experiments on innocent people from the Nazis and experiments in... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, March 23rd 2011 |
By Own Correspondent – Gambian president Yahya Jammeh on Friday recharged his electrical broom sweeping two ministers out of his shaky cabinet. Mr Abdou Kolley, minister of Trade, Regional, Integration, and Employment and Mr Yusupha Kah, minister of Works, Construction and Infrastructure have been relieved of their duties with effect from Friday, March 18. A typical fashion of president Jammeh’s regime, no reason was advanced to the public for the dismissal of the two ministers who have been recycled several times before shown the exit door on Friday. The state-owned TV said president Jammeh relied on a constitutional provision which... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, March 21st 2011 |
