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  • President Obama’s Travel to Africa (Photo: Courtesy of the White House)

    President Obama’s Travel to Africa

    President Obama and the First Lady look forward to traveling to Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania from June 26 - July 3....

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  • Ambassador Highlights U.S. Health Programs (Photo: U.S. Embassy, Dar es Salaam)

    Ambassador Highlights U.S. Health Programs

    Ambassador Alfonso E. Lenhardt who visited Mbeya recently inaugurated a new specialized Tuberculosis (TB) laboratory at the Mbeya Referral Hospital (MRH) sponsored by the American people in Mbeya. This is the second laboratory in the country of this kind...

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  • Press Freedom Strengthens Democracy (Photo: U.S. Embassy, Dar es Salaam)

    Press Freedom Strengthens Democracy

    [By Liner] Ambassador Alfonso E. Lenhardt: One of the benchmarks of a democratic society is the existence of a vibrant, free, and independent media. In every democratic nation, citizens must be able to debate current issues freely, vigorously, and peacefully. That is the true fabric of a democracy, and it ...

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  • U.S. Mission Supports AWEP Chapter Launch (Photo: U.S. Embassy, Dar es Salaam)

    U.S. Mission Supports AWEP Chapter Launch

    Tanzanian women entrepreneur participants of the United States International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) today launched the African Women Entrepreneurs Program (AWEP) - Tanzania Chapter at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Dar es Salaam...

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  • U.S. Participates in GRV Mining Summit (Photo: U.S. Embassy, Dar es Salaam)

    U.S. Participates in GRV Mining Summit

    U.S. Embassy Political and Economic Officer Patrick F. Collins offers a presentation on behalf of United States Geological Survey (USGS) at the Great Rift Valley Mining Summit held in Dar es Salaam on April 17, 2013...

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  • MCC CEO Daniel Yohannes meets President Kikwete(Photo: U.S. Embassy, Dar es Salaam)
    MCC CEO Daniel Yohannes meets President Kikwete

    United States Ambassador to Tanzania Alfonso E. Lenhardt and the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s (MCC) Chief Executive Officer Daniel Yohannes will travel to Zanzibar, Dodoma, and Tanga from April 9-13 to underscore the American... 

  • US Speaker Promotes Women's Empowerment (Photo: U.S. Embassy, Dar es Salaam)
    US Speaker Promotes Women's Empowerment

    Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever, Executive Director of the National Council of Negro Women based in Washington, D.C., visited Tanzania from March 31 through April 6. Her trip was sponsored by the American people through... 

  • Ambassador Honors Tanzanian Women of Courage (Photo: U.S. Embassy, Dar es Salaam)
    Amb. Honors Tanzanian Women of Courage

    U.S. Ambassador Alfonso E. Lenhardt awarded the 2013 Tanzanian Women of Courage award to the Honorable Fatma Abdulhabib Fereji, Minister of State at the First Vice President's Office, Zanzibar Government of National Unity, and Ms. Ndinini Kimesera Sikar, Director of... 

  • U.S. Mission Promotes Tanzanian Women (Photo: U.S. Embassy, Dar es Salaam)
    U.S. Mission Promotes Tanzanian Women

    On March 26 and 28, U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam conducted two women's entrepreneurship programs at the International Labor Organization (ILO) in Dar es Salaam for over 60 guests.... 

  • United to Promote Tanzanian Culture (Photo: U.S. Embassy, Dar es Salaam)
    United to Promote Tanzanian Culture

    On March 27, Development Partners Group for Culture and Development (DPG C&D) members representing UNESCO, the European Union, France/Alliance Française, Germany/ Goethe-Institut, the United Kingdom/British Council, and the United States of America met at the U.S... 

  • US Partners with Tanzanians through USAID Programs(Photo: U.S. Embassy, Dar es Salaam)
    US Partners with Tanzanians through USAID Programs

    On March 18, Ambassador Alfonso E. Lenhardt and Director of the United States Agency for International Development Mission in Tanzania Sharon L. Cromer hosted a media roundtable at the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam to discuss development assistance programs... 

  • U.S. Sponsors $10 Million to Combat Child Labor (Photo: U.S. Embassy, Dar es Salaam)
    Film Highlights Women's Rights

    On March 12, the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam welcomed 45 members from the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) organization to view the National Geographic documentary film "Desert Flower," in observation of Women's History Month. American Fulbright Scholar Lauren... 

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