The Rosa Luxemburg Foundation (RLF-Tanzania) together with the Tanzania Organic Agriculture Movement (TOAM) Invites you to a Post-AGRF 2023 Reflection meeting. Click here to Join on Wednesday September 13 2023 from 11:00AM to 12:30PM EAT. ...
Category: Grassroots Struggles
E-BOOK: Wamachinga na Haki-Jiji Nchini Tanzania
From one of our supported projects on community struggles against imperialism, we are happy to bring you this book written and published with our financial support. This Swahili book - Wamachinga na Haki-Jiji Nchini Tanzania, focuses on Small Traders and the Right to the City in Tanzania. Please note that the contents of this publication are views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rosa ...
Kenya now: A female activist’s perspective
Even though Kenya, a vibrant country in East Africa, has been grappling with the challenge of a high cost of living in recent years, the situation has even become severe in the past several months and getting worse by the day. As of June 2023, according to Kenya National Bureau of Standards, Kenya’s inflation rate was at 9.4% down from 10.1% in May. The honest, sad truth is that these figures mean little to nothing t ...
THE LAST SEED FILM: Screening in Tanzania
The Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Tanzania is excited to announce the screening of The Last Seed, an award-winning film produced by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung. The first such screening in Tanzania and subsequent discussion about the film is schedule to take place during the forthcoming 2nd Pan African Seed Conference, from 14th – 16th August 2023 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Conference is expected to bring togeth ...
Announcing the 2nd PAN AFRICAN SEED CONFERENCE 2023, Dar es Salaam
RLS is proud to support and be part of the 2nd Pan African Seed Governance Conference to take part on 14-16 August 2023 in Dar es Salaam. Save the Date - 14 - 16 August 2023, Dar es Salaam ...
Climate Justice: an African Woman farmer’s perspective
By Joan Leon - Programme Manager, RLS East Africa Office In recent decades, climate change has increasingly had a significant impact on the livelihoods and well-being of the global human population. It is further expected that, in tropical countries, increased heat stress, drought, loss of fertility on land and soil erosion will further lower food production come 2050. The level of damage from such impacts are adv ...
Chaos and Concessions in Kenya
As the cost of living skyrockets, protesters are demanding the government in Nairobi take action By Mussa Billegeya* Last week, protests shook the Kenyan capital Nairobi and other cities. At least one person was killed and circa 200 were arrested. The protests marked the beginning of the now twice-weekly recurring protests rocking the nation and the culmination of political infighting following the August 2022 el ...
The Role of Multinationals in Lifting the GMO Ban in Kenya
By Mercy Ambani* The Horn of Africa is experiencing its worst drought in four decades. Kenya’s National Drought Management Authority estimates that 4.35 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance. Climate change has seen the country graduate from facing drought every seven years to the weather becoming unpredictable thus affecting food production in the country. In October 2022, a decade later, Kenya ...
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