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sweden police bust massive sex trafficking ring

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Six men are set to be charged on Wednesday in the Gothenburg District Court on suspicions of operating a comprehensive human trafficking operation which brought young women from Romania to Sweden to sell sex.

According to prosecutors, the trafficking ring is one of the largest of its kind ever uncovered in Sweden.

”There are many people involved who pulled in large amounts from this criminal activity,” said prosecutor Thomas Eliasson in a statement.

Last year in Gothenburg, 255 men were reported and fined for buying sex, a number which led local police to crackdown on the crime.

“This is quite a lot and it is really thanks to the local police in the city who have actively fought against this. An operation with a focus on the crime. You can’t do several small samples from time to time, because then you can’t report 255 men in one year,” Ulla Brehm of the Västra Götaland police told the TT news agency.

Further investigation led police to the discovery of the Romania-linked trafficking ring.

According to Brehm, investigators travelled to Romania in the hunt for the nucleus of the operations.

On the trip, a number of suspects were questioned and search warrants carried out, resulting in six men being arrested and remanded in custody.

Prosecutors plan to present formal charges against the men during a press conference on Wednesday.

Almost all of the women connected to the reported sex cases in Gothenburg are 18-years-old or older and are connected to the Romania-based ring.

The women then performed sex acts for money in playgrounds, cemeteries and parking garages around the city, according to TT.

Exactly how many women were selling sex on the streets in Sweden remains unclear, however.

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Senegal's Abdoulaye Wade accepts election run-off

 

Analysts say President Abdoulaye Wade will struggle in the second round on 18 March.

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Senegal's leader Abdoulaye Wade has admitted that he will now go to a run-off after failing to win more than 50% in the first round of voting.

"The numbers are clear, we are headed to a second round," his spokesman Amadou Sall said.
Unofficial figures show Mr Wade, 85, is likely to face former Prime Minister Macky Sall in the run-off.
European Union observers have criticised the lack of official results from Sunday's contentious elections.
'Inconceivable' delay
Senegal's election commission has yet to release any provisional results, which are being announced by local media as they trickle in from polling stations.
Earlier unofficial results - with more than half of the vote counted - gave Mr Wade 32%, with his closest rival Macky Sall on 25%. There were 12 other candidates.
Analysts say Mr Wade is likely to struggle in the second round, when the field narrows to two candidates.
Mr Wade's bid for a third term has sparked weeks of violent protests, leading to about six deaths.

Polling day itself was largely peaceful - but the BBC's Umaru Fofana in Dakar says people are now becoming impatient and suspicious that there are no official results.

Election officials previously said provisional results would be available on Tuesday - but then put that back to Friday, saying they were acting within the law.
EU observers have questioned this delay.
"In the internet-era, it is inconceivable that the Senegalese will need to wait until Friday to know the official results,'' the head of the delegation of European parliamentarians, Cristian Dan Preda said.
A second round - due on 18 March - is inevitable, according to foreign observers.
"Any other outcome seems statistically impossible after what we know and hear," EU observer mission chief Thijs Berman said.
Until late on Monday, Mr Wade had been confident that he would be able to get enough votes to win an outright victory.
"To all of my supporters, my allies, my sympathisers, I ask that you remain mobilised," Mr Wade read from a prepared statement as he met reporters for the first time since the elections.
"At this very hour... everything is still possible - victory or a run-off," he said.
Our correspondent says the president also said that he would be opening talks with opposition candidates ahead of the second round.
The president was booed as he cast his vote on Sunday in the capital, Dakar - and he lost in his own constituency in the middle-class Dakar neighbourhood of Point E, Senegal's national APS news agency reports.
Mr Sall, who is running for the first time, told the BBC that it would be "easy" to win in the second round, as he said all opposition candidates had agreed to unite behind whoever emerged as Mr Wade's challenger.
Senegal's constitutional court ruled in January that Mr Wade could stand again on the grounds that his first term had not counted since it began before the two-term limit was introduced in 2001.
Senegal, a former French colony, is seen as a stable democracy with an unbroken series of elections since independence in 1960.
It remains the only West African country where the army has never seized power.

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UJUMBE WA WANAFUNZI CHUO KIKUU KWA MHISHIMIWA PINDA

KURA ZA MAONI MGOMBEA UBUNGE ARUMERU MASHARIKI KUFANYIKA TENA

 

Kamati Kuu ya CCM imeamua upigaji kura za maoni kumpata mgombea wake katika uchaguzi mdogo jimbo la Arumeru Mashariki urudiwe.

Katibu wa Halmashauri Kuu ya Taifa ya CCM, Itikadi na Uenezi Nape Nnauye amesema leo jijini Dar es Salaam, kwamba kikao hicho chini ya Mwenyekiti wa CCM, Rais Jakaya Kikwete kimeamua upigaji kura huo urudiwe kwa kuwa katika matokeo ya upigaji kura uliopita, hakuna mgombea aliyepata kura zinazovuka asilimia 50 ya kura zote.

Nape alisema, watachuana kwenye marudio hayo ni wagombea wawili, Wiliam Sarakikya na Sioi Solomon ambao waliwashinda wenzao wote katika kura za maoni za awali.

Kulingana na kumbukumbu ambazo mtandao huu unazo ni kwamba katika kura za maoni zilizopita, Sioi aliongoza kwa kura 361 wakati Sarakikya aliyeshika nafasi ya pili akipata kura 259 huku watatu Elishilia Kaaya akipata kura 176.

Nape alisema uchaguzi huo wa kura za maoni utarudiwa Machi 1, 2012 yaani Alhamisi wiki hii, na wapigakura ni wale wale wa Mkutano Mkuu wa jimbo walioshiriki uchaguzi wa kura za maoni uliopita.

Alisema, uchaguzi huo utasimamiwa na Makamu Mwenyekiti wa CCM (Bara) Mzee Pius Msekwa , Naibu Katibu Mkuu wa CCM (Bara) Kapteni Mstaafu, John Chiligati na Mwenyekiti wa CCM mkoa wa Kagera, Costancia Buhiye.

Nape alisema siku itakayofuata yaani Machi 2, 2012, (Ijumaa), Kamati ya siasa ya wilaya itapitisha majina ya wagombea hao na baadaye siku hiyo hiyo jioni kamati ya siasa ya mkoa itapitia mapendekezo ya wilaya kabla Kamati Kuu kupitisha rasmi jina la mgombea Machi 3, 2012.

Akijibu maswali ya waaandishi wa habari, Nape alisema, hatua hiyo ya Kamati kuu ni ya utaratibu wa kawaida na haikuchukuliwa kwa dharura yoyote lakini ni katika kutekeleza moja ya kanuni za uchaguzi ndani ya CCM na umewahi kutumika.

Kwa mujibu wa Tume ya Taifa ya Uchaguzi, uchaguzi mdogo jimbo la Arumeru Mashariki utafanyika Aprili Mosi mwaka huu, baada ya vyama vitakavyoshiriki kwenye uchaguzi huo kuchuana katika kampeni ambazo kipyenga chake kitapulizwa rasmi Machi 9, mwaka huu.

Uchaguzi huo unafanyika kufuatia jimbo hilo kubaki wazi baada ya aliyekuwa mbunge wa jimbo hilo, Jeremiah Sumari kufariki dunia hivi karibuni.

Nahodha: Sijui DCI Manumba Alikoitoa Ripoti Ya Mwakyembe

 

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Waziri wa Mambo ya Ndani,Shamsi Vuai Nahodha

ASEMA UCHUNGUZI BADO UNAENDELEA NA MATOKEO ATATANGAZA YEYE, ATAKA MANUMBA AULIZWE MWENYEWE CHANZO CHA TAARIFA YAKE

Ramadhan Semtawa

WAZIRI wa Mambo ya Ndani, Shamsi Vuai Nahodha amesema uchunguzi kuhusiana afya ya Naibu Waziri wa Ujenzi, Dk Harrison Mwakyembe bado unaendelea na ni yeye atakayetangaza matokeo ya kama alipewa sumu au la baada ya kukamilika huku akiikana ripoti iliyotolewa na Mkurugenzi wa Upelelezi wa Makosa ya Jinai (DCI) Kamishna, Robert Manumba.

Hii ni mara ya kwanza kwa Nahodha kutoa tamko hilo tangu kuibuka kwa mjadala kuhusu afya ya Dk Mwakyembe hasa baada ya DCI Manumba kuutangazia umma kwamba ripoti kutoka Wizara ya Afya na Ustawi wa Jamii inaonyesha kuwa Naibu Waziri huyo hakulishwa sumu, kauli ambayo ilipingwa na Waziri mwenye dhamana ya Afya, Dk Haji Mponda na Dk Mwakyembe mwenyewe.

Akizungumza katika mahojiano maalumu ofisini kwake Dar es Salaam jana, Nahodha alisema uchunguzi kuhusu afya ya Dk Mwakyembe ni wa kisayansi na hauwezi kufanyika ndani ya wiki mbili au mwezi.

“Ninachosema ni kwamba uchunguzi nilioutangaza bado unaendelea,” alisema na kuongeza: Sasa mimi nimetangaza matokeo ya uchunguzi? Mimi ndiyo Waziri nasema uchunguzi bado unaendelea na mimi ndiyo nitatangaza hitimisho la jambo hilo.”

Alisema suala la Dk Mwakyembe ni zito na siyo la mtu kukurupuka kwani linagusa hisia za watu na kutahadharisha baadhi ya watu wanaojaribu kulifanya jepesi wanachezea kitu hatari.

“Ndiyo maana nasema ni jambo linalohitaji weledi wa hali ya juu katika kulichunguza. Ni jambo zito la kisayansi, naomba nipewe muda ili uchunguzi nilioagiza ufanyike kwa kina. Nasisitiza ni jambo linalohitaji weledi wa kisayansi.”

Waziri Nahodha alisema uchunguzi huo unafanyika kwa kuhusisha jopo la wataalamu wa sayansi hivyo kuwataka Watanzania kutambua kwamba uchunguzi huo unaendelea na ni vigumu kutamka utakamilika lini.

Kuhusu ripoti ya DCI

Alipoulizwa ni kwa nini asimchukulie DCI Manumba hatua kwa kutoa tamko wakati uchunguzi alioagiza haujakamilika alisema: “Ndiyo maana nasema, uchunguzi wa suala hili unaendelea. Sasa hatima yote hayo unayozungumza nasema nipeni muda.”

Alipoulizwa ni wapi DCI Manumba alipata ripoti ya Dk Mwakyembe wakati mgonjwa mwenyewe na Waziri wa Afya wameikana, alijibu: “Sasa, hilo ni vyema ukamtafuta yeye mwenyewe DCI aseme. Mtafute aseme yeye na Waziri wa Afya, hao watu wawili wanaweza kuzungumzia ripoti hiyo, lakini mimi nasema uchunguzi wa jambo hili la Dk Mwakyembe ni wa kisayansi na bado unaendelea.”

Alisema alichokisema DCI Manumba kinaweza kuwa na msingi ambao anaujua mwenyewe hivyo, ni vyema akaulizwa yeye kuhusu undani wa ripoti yake huku akisisitiza: "Mimi ninavyoliangalia jambo hili la Dk Mwakyembe linahitaji umakini wa hali ya juu katika kulishughulikia. Hilo la DCI mtafute mwenyewe akueleze.”

Nahodha pia hakutaka kuzungumzia suala hilo kwa undani hata pale alipoulizwa ikiwa haoni kwamba kukanwa kwa kiwango hicho kikubwa kwa ripoti ya DCI Manumba kunawafanya wananchi waanze kutilia shaka utendaji kazi wa jeshi la polisi.

Hata hivyo, alipoulizwa jana kuhusu kukanwa kwa ripoti yake na mawaziri, akiwemo wa Mambo ya Ndani ambayo ndiyo wizara mama inayosimamia Jeshi la Polisi, DCI Manumba alisema kimsingi hawezi kujibizana na waziri yeyote kwani kufanya hivyo itakuwa ni utovu wa nidhamu katika utumishi wa umma.

Alisema alichokifanya ni kuandaa jalada ambalo tayari liko kwa Mkurugenzi wa Mashtaka (DPP) ambaye kwa mamlaka na utaalamu wake wa kisheria, ataamua cha kufanya baada ya kulipitia.

“Siwezi kujibizana na waziri wangu au waziri yeyote. Kama amesema uniulize mimi, ninachoweza kusema ni kwamba tayari nimeandaa jalada liko kwa DPP. Sasa nikianza kuzungumza hili au lile itakua haina maana watu watasema nimeanza kujitetea,” alisema.

DCI, Dk Mwakyembe na Dk Mponda

Akizungumza na waandishi wiki mbili zilizopita, DCI Manumba alisema: “Ukweli kuhusu kauli hiyo inayodai kuwekewa sumu, tumeupata baada ya kuwasiliana na Wizara ya Afya na Ustawi wa Jamii, ambayo nayo imewasiliana na hospitali aliyokuwa amelazwa Dk Mwakyembe nchini India. Taarifa zinaonyesha kuwa hakuna sumu.”

“Hatua zaidi zinachukuliwa dhidi ya jambo hilo, kwa sasa litashughulikiwa kwa kufuata misingi ya kisheria,” alisema Manumba.

Hata hivyo, siku moja baada ya kauli hiyo ya DCI Manumba, Dk Mwakyembe alitoa taarifa kwa vyombo vya habari akisema: "Napata tabu kuamini kama DCI Manumba na wenzake waliisoma taarifa halisi ya matibabu yangu au walisoma taarifa ‘nyingine’ na kama waliisoma taarifa hiyo wenyewe au ‘walisomewa!’

“Nasema hivyo kwa kuwa alichokisema DCI Manumba kwa waandishi wa habari, hakifanani kabisa na picha iliyoko kwenye taarifa halisi ya Hospitali ya Apollo inayotamka wazi kuwa kuna kitu kwenye bone marrow (uboho) kinachochochea hali niliyonayo, kitu ambacho mabingwa wanahangaikia kukijua, kukidhibiti au kukiondoa huku vyombo vyetu vya dola vikipelekeshwa na mafisadi kusema bila msingi wa kisayansi wala aibu: “Hakulishwa sumu”, “hakulishwa sumu.”

Dk Mwakyembe pia alitoa sababu kuu tatu za kupinga ripoti ya DCI Manumba: “Kwanza kwa kuingilia mchakato wa matibabu yangu na uchunguzi wa kina kuhusu kiini chake, unaoendelea katika Hospitali ya Apollo, India ambako bado sijahitimisha matibabu yangu, pili kwa ufinyu wa uelewa unaojitokeza bayana kwenye tamko la Jeshi la Polisi unaosisitiza kuwa ‘sikunyweshwa sumu’ wakati sumu si lazima unyweshwe ili ikudhuru, inaweza kudhuru hata kwa kugusishwa tu.

 

 

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Victoria and Daniel thank well-wishers

 

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Since the birth of Princess Estelle on Thursday, congratulations have been flooding in to the happy parents.

On Saturday, Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel thanked their many well-wishers, in a statement published on the Swedish royal family's website.

"A warm thank you for all the friendly greetings and congratulations we've received on Princess Estelle's birth. We truly appreciate your support and that so many share our joy," the new parents wrote.

In a formal ceremony on Friday, Sweden's youngest royalty was blessed and received her name, but several traditions still remain to be observed.

Roger Lundgren, royal expert and editor in chief of Kungliga Magasinet, a magazine about royalty, believes that Victoria and Daniel's daughter will be baptized in Stockholm's Slottskyrkan church in June.

He also suspects that the godparent tradition that has emerged between Swedish and foreign royal families will lead to Princess Estelle having more godparents than the four that Crown Princess Victoria and her siblings have.

In the short time since her birth at 4.26am on Thursday, Princess Estelle has quickly become a very public person.

During her first day of life, more than 2,300 news stories were published about her in Swedish press, according to market analyser Retriever.

But Swedes weren't the only ones interested in Estelle. International interest spawned some 3,300 articles worldwide.

Outside of Sweden, the biggest interest in the newborn princess was found in Germany, where nearly 800 articles were published.

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Mandela apelekwa hospitali

 

Taarifa rasmi imesema kwamba Bwana Mandela, mwenye umri wa miaka 93, amekuwa na tatizo la tumbo kwa muda mrefu, ambalo linahitaji kushughulikiwa na matabibu.

Kuna ripoti kuwa amepasuliwa.
Msemaji wa rais alieleza kuwa Bwana Mandela ni mzima na amechangamka.
Hii ni mara ya pili kupelekwa hospitali katika mwaka mmoja.
Rais huyo wa zamani aliacha kutokeza hadharani miaka minane iliyopita.
Msemaji wa Rais Jacob Zuma wa Afrika Kusini, Mac Maharaj, alitoa maelezo kuhusu Madiba, jina la jadi la Mandela:
"Tunachotaraji ni ushirikiano wa wananchi na vyombo vya habari, kwamba tuendeshe jambo hili sawasawa.
Tutajaribu kukupeni taarifa.
Sasa ninachoweza kusema ni kwamba, kwa sababu ya faragha yake na familia yake, hatutasema yuko hospitali gani na kadhalika.
Rais Zuma ametuarifu kuwa Rais Mandela alipelekwa hospitali asubuhi.
Kwa muda mrefu Madiba amekuwa akisumbuliwa na tumbo, na madaktari waliamua linahitaji kushughulikiwa na wataalamu.
Tunamuombea afya, na kumhakikishia pendo na nia njema ya wananchi wote wa Afrika Kusini na watu katika sehemu mbali-mbali za dunia."

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TAIFA LIMEKOSA VIONGOZI-WARIOBA

na Irene Mark

WAZIRI Mkuu mstaafu, Jaji Joseph Warioba, amesema taifa linakabiliwa na upungufu wa wataalamu na viongozi wenye maadili.

Kwa sababu hiyo amelitaka Kanisa Katoliki lisiogope wala kuyumbishwa na vitisho, lakini akasihi liepuke hisia mbaya kutoka kwa watu zinazoweza kuwaingiza kwenye migogoro isiyo na tija.

Jaji Warioba alisema hayo wakati wa mahafali ya kwanza ya Sekondari ya Mtakatifu Joseph Dar es Salaam jana na kuwataka wahitimu hao kuwa mfano wa kuigwa kwenye jamii.

Akizungumza kwa kutumia mfano wa Musa kutoka kwenye Biblia Takatifu, alizitaja sifa za viongozi bora kuwa ni uaminifu, ucha Mungu, mwenye uwezo kiutendaji, mpinga rushwa na ufisadi.

“Mussa aliambiwa ateue watu wenye uwezo, wacha Mungu, waaminifu na wanaochukia rushwa, wewe kuwa kiungo kati yao na Mungu… Musa akafanya hivyo na ndio mfumo tulionao hadi sasa kwenye ngazi ya kijiji, kitongoji, kata, tarafa, wilaya, mkoa hadi taifa,” alisema.

Hata hivyo, alisema viongozi wengi ambao walitegemewa kuongoza kama wale walioteuliwa na Musa wameacha wajibu huo na wanatenda kinyume kabisa, na kila ngazi sasa hakuna uwajibikaji wa pamoja, badala yake kuna kile alichokiita ‘sumu ya uongozi’.

Aliongeza kuwa taifa linaelemewa na ukosefu wa uongozi bora, hivyo akawataka wahitimu hao kuishi kulingana na yale waliyofundishwa wakiwa shuleni.

“Haya mliyofundishwa hapa muyazingatie kwa sababu mnaingia katika jamii ambayo ina upungufu wa maadili,” alisema.

Alilitaka Kanisa Katoliki nchini na madhehebu mbalimbali ya dini kutoogopa vitisho wanapokemea maovu.

“Endeleeni kukemea maovu na kutupa mwongozo… msije mkaogopa vitisho visivyo na msingi, msiogope kabisa mkatishwa mkarudi nyuma.

“Muepuke hisia zozote mbaya kwenu zinazolenga kuwaingiza kwenye migogoro isiyo na tija, kazi hiyo mmeifanya vizuri naomba muendelee,” alisema jaji huyo aliyekuwa mgeni rasmi kwenye mahafali hayo, ambapo wanafunzi 163 walihitimu kidato cha sita.

Aidha, alilipongeza kanisa hilo kwa kazi linazofanya upande wa elimu na kusema shule zilizopo chini ya kanisa hilo zinaingia kwenye kundi la shule bora kila mwaka, kwa sababu linawalea watoto kwa nidhamu na maadili bora.

Kwa upande wake Askofu Msaidizi wa Jimbo Kuu la Dar es Salaam, Eusebius Nzigirwa, aliwataka wahitimu hao wawe na hofu ya Mungu katika maisha na uongozi wao kwenye jamii.

Askofu huyo alisema wahitimu hao ni viongozi bora wa baadaye katika jamii, hivyo kuwataka watumie elimu yao kupinga rushwa na ufisadi.

“Viongozi wanaweza kuiangusha au kuiongoza vema nchi, ninyi mkawe viongozi bora, mshirikisheni Mungu katika uongozi wenu na maisha yenu ya kila siku,” alisema na kuliomba taifa kuendeleza amani na utulivu uliopo.

Naye Mkuu wa shule hiyo, Sista Theodora Faustine aliishukuru serikali kwa kuirejesha shule kwenye umiliki wa kanisa huku akieleza changamoto inayowakabili kuwa ni bweni la wanafunzi.

Katika hilo alibainisha kwamba kiwanja cha ujenzi wa bweni hilo kipo nyuma ya Kanisa la Mtakatifu Peter Oysterbay, ambapo gharama za ujenzi hadi kukamilika kwake ni sh bilioni 3.9 huku akieleza kwamba hivi sasa wanafunzi 337 waliopo shuleni hapo wanaishi kwenye hosteli.

 

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SWEDEN CELEBRATE NEW PRINCESS

                     'It's a girl': Prince Daniel

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Sweden has a new princess. Crown Princess Victoria has given birth to a daughter, announced the happy father from Stockholm's Karolinska Hospital early on Thursday morning.

• Live Blog: Sweden celebrates new princess (24 Feb 12)

"This morning at 04.26am a very cute princess was born, 51 centimetres tall and weighing in at 3,280 grammes," said the Prince.

"My feelings are all over the place right now."

Mother and baby are doing fine according to the new father.

"It was all very nervous. There are always risks giving birth. But it went well," said Prince Daniel, taking the opportunity to thank the Karolinska hospital for the care they have received.

He also asked the gathered press to respect the privacy of the family.

"As I am sure you can all understand, we have a great need just to be our own little family right now. You understand that surely, that we want to treasure what has just happened," he said.

Specialist doctor Lennart Nordström was in charge of the medical procedure.

"They came in just before 1am, so it all went fairly quickly," he told the press, adding that it all went very well.

"There is a radiant, happy new mother with a baby in her arms. The couple are glowing with happiness. There is something special about becoming parents," said Nordström to TT.

He didn't want to take any credit for delivering the next heir to the throne of Sweden.

"It is the Crown Princess who has given birth to a child. We have supported her in doing that, but she did all the work," said Nordström.

It is still unclear how long mother and baby will remain at the hospital.

"This will, like in all other cases, depend on how mother and baby are and from that judgement it will be decided how long the Crown Princess and her daughter will stay," he said.

Nordström told the gathered press he has been on standby for a long time after being asked early in the Princess' pregnancy if he would help deliver her baby.

"I haven't left Stockholm since New Year," said Nordström, adding that it has been an honour.

Celebrations and ceremony will now begin in Stockholm and across the country.

At noon on Thursday a special 42-gun salute will be fired from the cannons on the Skeppsholmen island, in central Stockholm, to celebrate the birth of the new princess, Richard Beck-Friis, head of the Commandant Staff at the Royal Palace, told TT.

On Friday, salutes wil be fired from other locations in the country, namely Göteborg, Karlskrona, Härnösand and Boden where salute batteries are kept.

"And yet another salute will be fired in Stockholm then as well, this time from Kastellholmen," said Beck-Friis to TT.

The carpets of the maternity ward have already been changed from their usual colour to a striking red to mark the occasion.

"I change the carpets here every week and when I heard the news I decided go for it," said Daniel Holm, responsible for the hospital carpets, to TT.

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WAVUVI HARAMU WA KICHINA WALIOKAMATWA NA MAGUFURI KWENDA JELA MIAKA 20

 Washitakiwa, Nahodha Hsu Chin Tai (kushoto) na Zhao Hin Guing waliokuwa wanakabiliwa na mashitaka ya kufanya shughuli za uvuvi katika Ukanda wa Kiuchumi wa Tanzania bila kuwa na kibali, wakiwa ndani ya Mahakama Kuu Kitengo cha Biashara Kanda ya Dar es Salaam baada ya kuhukumiwa kifungo cha miaka 20 au kulipa faini ya Sh bilioni 21.Picha na Mohamed Mambo

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MAHAKAMA Kuu Kanda ya Dar es Salaam imewahukumu kifungo cha miaka 20 jela au kulipa faini ya Sh bilioni 21 raia wawili wa China waliokuwa wakikabiliwa na kesi ya uvuvi haramu katika Ukanda wa Kiuchumi wa Tanzania (EEZ) na kuwaachia huru wengine watatu.

Aidha, samaki waliokutwa kwenye meli hiyo hawatahusika na amri yoyote ya Mahakama hiyo kwa sababu Serikali ilishawagawa bure katika taasisi mbali mbali.

Pamoja na adhabu hiyo, Mahakama pia iliamuru meli ya Tawaliq I ambayo ilitumika kwa uvuvi huo haramu itaifishwe na Serikali ya Tanzania, kwa sababu ilikuwa ikifanya shughuli hiyo ya uvuvi kwa majina mbalimbali.

UPENDO KILAHIRO KUFANYA MAKUBWA KWENYE TAAMASHA LA PASAKA

* Sasa anatamba na albamu mpya ya Ficho Langu

Na Mwandishi Wetu

TAMASHA la Pasaka linalotarajiwa kufanyika kwenye Uwanja wa Taifa, Dar es Salaam Aprili 8 na 9, mwaka huu kwenye Uwanja wa Jamhuri mjini Dodoma, limepangwa kusheheni waimbaji kochokocho wa nyimbo za injili.
Miongoni mwa wasanii hao ni mwimbaji galacha wa nyimbo za injili, Upendo Kilahiro ambaye anasema amepania kukonga nyoyo za mashabiki atakapopanda jukwaani katika tamasha hilo lililoliandaliwa kwa lengo la kuchangisha fedha kwa ajili ya kuwasomesha watoto yatima na kuwasaidia mitaji wanawake wajane.
Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Kampuni ya Msama Promotions, Alex Msama anasema tamasha hilo la Sikukuu ya Pasaka litasindikizwa na wasanii kochokocho wa muziki wa injili.
"Kilahiro tutakuwa naye kwenye tamasha, na naamini kwamba mwaka huu tamasha hili litakuwa bora zaidi kutokana na kushirikisha waimbaji wengi wakali," anasema Msama.
Katika mahojiano maalumu Dar es Salaam, Kilahiro anasema amepania kufanya mambo makubwa katika tamasha la mwaka huu, na atapanda jukwaani kuimba 'live' na bendi yake ya Upendo Kilahiro.
"Natoa mwito kwa mashabiki wangu wasiwe na wasiwasi, watarajie kupata vitu vizuri na tofauti zaidi... watapata vitu vinono kwa vile tamasha hili linazidi kuwa bora zaidi.
"Sikukuu ya Pasaka ni upatanisho kutokana na kifo cha Yesu Kristo aliyefia msalabani na kufufuka siku ya tatu... tutaienzi sikukuu hiyo kwa nderemo," alisema Upendo.
Kilahiro anasema amepania kufanya mambo makubwa kuliko yale aliyofanya katika matamasha yaliyopita ya Sikukuu kama hiyo ambayo ni upatanisho kutokana na kifo cha Yesu Kristo aliyefia msalabani na kufufuka siku ya tatu.
Mwanamuziki huyo anayeabudu katika Kanisa la BCIC lililoko Mbezi Beach, Dar es Salaam (Kwa Askofu Gamanywa), anasema amejiandaa vyema kukonga nyoyo za mashabiki wake na mbali na kufanya mazoezi, pia atafunga na kusali ili Mungu amfanyie miujiza.
Anawaomba mashabiki wamiminike kwa wingi uwanjani Aprili 8 na 9 kuona mambo mazuri aliyowaandalia na kuongeza kuwa kwa vile anamtukuza Mungu aliyemtoa kwenye shida na majaribu mengi ya Shetani, anaamini atawapa kile wanachotaka kutoka kwakwe.
Anasema anatarajia kuimba nyimbo mbalimbali zikiwemo zilizotamba za Zindonga (alioimba kwa Kizulu), Unajibu Maombi na Ni Salama Rohoni. Kilahiro hivi sasa anatamba na albamu yake mpya ya Ficho Langu aliyoirekodi nchini Canada.
Msama ambaye pia ni Mwenyekiti wa Kamati ya maandalizi ya tamasha hilo, anasema wamewaandalia mashabiki wa muziki wa injili mambo mazuri yatakayowaburudisha na kuridhika.
Msama anajinaki (jinasibu) kuwa tamasha hilo litafana kwa vile kutakuwa na waimbaji wengi wa muziki wa injili watakaowapa mashabiki vionjo mbalimbali. Anasema pia watakuwepo wageni waalikwa.
Wasanii wengine wa nyimbo za Injili watakaopamba tamasha hilo wanatarajiwa kutangazwa wakati wowote wakiwamo waimbaji wa nyimbo za Injili kutoka nchi kadhaa za Afrika ikiwa ni pamoja na Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Congo, Afrika Kusini na Zambia.
"Kuna orodha ya waimbaji wa nyimbo za injili wapatao wanane ambao tunafanya nao mazungumzo na wengine bado tunaendelea, lakini tutatangaza mmoja baada ya mwingine tunapokamilisha mazungumzo," anasema Msama.
Mkurugenzi huyo anasema Kilahiro amekuwa wa kwanza kuthibitisha kushiriki katika tamasha la Pasaka litakalofanyika Dar es Salaam, na pia kurindima kwenye Uwanja wa Jamhuri mjini Dodoma Aprili 9.

Sweden braces for family immigration boom

The number of people seeking permanent residency in Sweden as relatives of immigrants already in the country will increase with 45 percent to 59,500 in 2012, a number comparable to 41,000 last year according to the latest predictions from Swedish Migration Board (Migrationsverket).

The main reason behind the expected increase is a recent verdict in the Migration Court of Appeal (Migrationsöverdomstolen) which is set to make it easier to seek a residence permit for people from countries where it is difficult to produce valid identification documents.

The larger part of the rise in applications is expected to come from Somalia.

Two years ago, two precendential verdicts from the court had demanded tighter controls on ID papers for those seeking residency permits on the grounds of having relatives in Sweden.

This hit Somali applicants the hardest as there are no official authorities in Somalia to issue the kind of identification papers which could be recognized by Swedish authorities.

But in January this year, the court loosened regulations. The verdict means that if someone can confirm consanguinity through DNA-testing, there is no need to affirm the applicants' identity in any other way.

The Migration Board is therefore expecting a surge in applications from Somalia.

“Legally the verdict will increase the chances of close family members to be reunited,” said Jonas Lindgren of the agency to TT.

According to the Migration Board, there was already a large backlog of applicants who had been turned down when the court had asked for national ID papers. The rise is expected to come from Somali applicants.

“We have started to look at that group but the verdict will probably affect applicants from Afghanistan as well,” said Lindgren.

However, Lindgren is confident that the agency can cope with the rise in applications, with some help from the government.

“There is already long waiting times and there are many open cases that we are working on completing. We have therefore turned to the government and said that we are counting on needing an extra 100 million kronor ($15 million),” said Lindgren. 

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Tanzania police arrested over 'witchcraft killing' riot

Four Tanzanian police officers have been detained after two people were killed during a protest over alleged witchcraft killings.

A regional commander told the BBC that police had opened fire in the south-eastern town of Songea to stop an angry crowd from smashing public property.
The protesters said not enough had been done to find those behind the recent killing of six women.
Police deny the murders were done to obtain body parts for witchcraft use.
In recent years, there have been a spate of killings of people with albinism in Tanzania.
Their body parts are prized in parts of Africa, with witch-doctors claiming they have special powers to bring success in business and love.
The women killed in the Songea area were not believed to be albinos.
Stampede Ruvuma regional police commander Michael Kamhanda told the BBC that police officers "were forced to use live bullets" after they "had exhausted all means to disperse rowdy crowds".
Thousands of people took to the streets of Songea on Wednesday - after four women were killed and their bodies allegedly mutilated last week.
They attacked the police station and several government offices - and were heading towards a presidential residence when officers opened fire, Mr Kamhanda said.
Two other people were killed during a stampede, the AFP news agency reports.
A total of six women have been killed in the area since November - but Ruvuma police say there is no evidence, despite a widespread belief among local residents, that the killers cut off parts of the bodies for use in witchcraft.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MILTON &BROTHER BRYTON THEY WERE ALL BORN 18-22 OF FEBRUARY

 

          BRYTON ISAAC NASAR 9YEAR BORN 18FEB 2003