“The Last Seed”, a compelling documentary that offers crucial perspectives on agroecology, food and seed sovereignty was screened during an insightful Friday political class session organized by ACT Wazalendo in Dar es Salaam. The documentary film produced by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) uncovers the increasing hegemony of multinational firms in Africa's a ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...