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Article: Country profile: Tanzania.
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- New Internationalist
- Article date:
- March 1, 1997
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DESPITE a wealth of wildlife and a swathe of gorgeous tropical coastline, tourists do not rush to visit Tanzania the way they do its northern cousin Kenya. With its lack of smart hotels, appalling roads and frequent power cuts, Tanzania is seen as just another poor African country.
Poor it certainly is. Malnutrition has doubled there during the last 25 years and under 30 per cent of people in rural areas have access to safe water. Yet Tanzania was once a beacon for the people the world over who wanted a fairer deal for the South. And Tanzanians remain proud of their country, of their history and of the real gains made since independence in 1961.
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