When Allan Paton penned his novel, “Cry the Beloved Country,” it was hailed for clearly mirroring the racial divide against a downtrodden populace.

It is six o’clock in the evening in the village of Mabukweni, in northeastern Tanzania’s Mkinga district, where Mbaruku*, 21, is looking forward to celebrating a friend’s wedding at an all night party; he is sure he will meet a girl there to have sex with.

Malindi fish market in Zanzibar’s Stonetown is a bustle of economic activity, but the prospect of a quick buck attracts too many children who should be in school, say activists.

New maps pin-pointing the exact location of “wellness centres” in sub-Saharan Africa are improving truck drivers’ access to treatment and care for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

Elias Sempindo, 72, thought he would spend his twilight years doting on his grandchildren; instead, the retired medical officer is back treating patients at a clinic in Morogoro, 190km west of Tanzania’s commercial capital, Dar es Salaam.

At least 28,000 people are dependent on emergency food and other relief supplies in the central Tanzanian regions of Dodoma and Morogoro following floods, which also damaged transport infrastructure, according to officials.