Ubaguzi Dar es Salaam - Mhindi Atukana Weusi - Eti Manyani (Monkeys)

 Kutoka FACEBOOK:

Today, I received extremely disturbing screen shots of posts by an Indian lady who is calling Tanzanians of African origin "monkeys". She had the audacity to attack people that stood up to her indicating that what she did was wrong but she stuck to her guns and continued to call them monkeys and other Non Tanzanians with different ethnic background "monkey lovers". This has extremely upset me to no end. How can this be happening in our country and it is done by a person who is well known in Dar with various businesses which some of us frequent often? I am hoping that someone has hacked her account and can therefore excuse the contents of the said posts. However, if the account is not hacked then we need to share these posts as the original posts have since been deleted in Crime Alert Tanzania FB Page to ensure that the appropriate authorities take this matter seriously and do something against such inappropriate racist language. Please note that I do not welcome any comments slandering Indians as majority of my friends are of Indian origin both in and outside of Tanzania and they are great people with deep respect for other human beings regardless of their ethnic background.

Ngedere Dume Amtunza Kitoto cha Paka

Wadau, huyo ngedere aliyeshika kitoto cha paka ni Dume tena ana mandevu. Inakuwaje anakuwa na hisia za mwanamke za kumtunza mtoto? Cheki alivyompakata na kumbeba paka...kama vile mwanae. Huyo paka inaelekea ni yatima na ni bahati tu
aliingia kwenye hiyo hifadhai na kukutana na ngedere mwenye huruma. Wengine si wangemwua au kumla? Wanasema ndegere dume anafanya kazi nzuri ya kuinda usalama was huyo paka. Huyo ngedere yuko katika hifadhi ya manyani huko Bali, Indonesia.

Mnaweza kuona picha zaidi hapa:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2010/aug/25/bali-animals#/?picture=366113732&index=5

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Aina Mpya ya UKIMWI

Leo kuna habari kuwa kuna aina mpya ya UKIMWI (HIV/AIDS). Unaitwa RBF 168. Wanasema kuwa imetoka kwa sokwe. Mama fulani kutoka Cameroon ambaye kahamia Ufaransa amekutwa nayo.

Wanasayansi wanasema binadamu wameambukizwa hivyo virusi na sokwe. Mbona hao wanasayansi wanapenda sana kusema waafrika wanatembea na nyani na sokwe! Unakumbuka miaka ya 80, walidai kuwa eti waafrika walikuwa na mchezo wa kutembea na green monkey, na wao ndo chanzo cha UKIMWI. Hivi kweli waafrika wanapenda kufanya ngono na nyani na sokwe! Khaa!

Kwa sasa huyo mama mwenye miaka 62, hajaanza kuonyesha dalili yoyote ya kuumwa.

Wakati huo huo, kuna habari kuwa waCanada wamegundua chanjo ya UKMWI.

Mnaweza kusoma habari ya chanjo HAPA.

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Kutoka CNN.Com

Researchers Identify new strain of HIV Derived from Gorillas

PARIS, France (CNN) -- French researchers have identified a new human immunodeficiency virus, the first derived from gorillas, a report said Monday.

A new virus is difficult to detect by tests because it is not closely related to the other three HIV variants.

The three previous HIV variants came from chimpanzees. The new findings indicate that gorillas, in addition to chimpanzees, are likely sources of HIV, the researchers concluded in a report published in the weekly Nature Medicine journal.

The new virus, called RBF 168, was detected in a 62-year-old woman who moved to Paris from the western Africa nation of Cameroon, the report says. She tested positive for HIV in 2004, and researchers led by Jean-Christophe Plantier identified the virus as being closely related to a recently discovered simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV).

The new gorilla virus "has many of the biological properties necessary for human infection," the report says.

"The human case described here does not seem to be an isolated incident, as before coming to Paris the subject had lived in the semiurban area of Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon, and reported no contact with apes or bush meat," the researchers said.
That would indicate that the woman contracted the virus from another human.

The virus is difficult to detect by conventional tests because it is not closely related to the other three HIV variants.

"This demonstrates that HIV evolution is an ongoing process," co-researcher David Robertson of the University of Manchester said in a release. "The virus can jump from species to species, from primate to primate, and that includes us; pathogens have been with us for millions of years and routinely switch host species."

HIV can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, which attacks the body's immune system, giving rise to lethal infections. Patients diagnosed with HIV can take medications to delay or stop HIV from developing into AIDS. There are 33 million confirmed cases of AIDS worldwide.

The unnamed woman has no signs of AIDS and remains untreated, Nature Medicine said.
The most likely explanation for the emergence of the new virus is gorilla-to-human transmission, though researchers say they cannot rule out the possibility that the chimpanzee SIV gave rise to the new strain "either indirectly by transmission to gorillas and then to humans or directly by transmission to humans and also to gorillas."

Researchers said they don't know how widespread the virus is among humans.

"The human prevalence of this new lineage remains to be determined," the report says, adding that "it could be circulating unnoticed in Cameroon or elsewhere."
Western Central Africa bears close watching, the researchers suggest.

"In conclusion, our findings indicate that gorillas, in addition to chimpanzees, are likely sources of HIV-1," the report states. "The discovery of this novel HIV-1 lineage highlights the continuing need to watch closely for the emergence of new HIV variants, particularly in western central Africa, the origin of all existing HIV-1 groups."

Co-researcher Robertson noted that the new virus may not be restricted to Africa.

"It also highlights how human mobility can rapidly transfer a virus from one geographical location to another as has been dramatically evident with the recent emergence of swine flu," he said.

Kwa habari zaidi someni:

http://www.examiner.com/x-14096-Tucson-World-Travel-Examiner~y2009m8d2-New-HIV-virus-discovered-in-woman-from-Cameroon

Tarzan wa Bongo

Mnakumbuka ile hadithi ya Tarzan ya kijana wa kizungu aliyelelewa na wanyama kwenye pori Afrika? Naona huyo kijana Baraka ni Tarzan wa kweli. Vyombo vya habari vya nje vikipata hii habari mtasikia hata Hollywood wanatengeneza sinema juu yake.

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Kutoka ippmedia.com

Mtoto amlilia nyani aliyemlea

2008-11-22
Na Godfrey Monyo


Kijana Baraka Bahati Rose (11) aliyelelewa na nyani porini kwa miaka zaidi ya mitano anamlilia `mama yake` huyo mlezi na akasema kuwa heri asingeuawa.

Alisema nyani huyo aliyemlea ndiye anayempenda zaidi na hakukuwa na haja ya kuuawa.

Bahati alikuwa akizungumza na Nipashe jana jijini Dar es Salaam ilipomtembea kwa lengo la kujua namna anavyoishi.

Alisema hakumbuki wala hajui alifikaje huko msituni ila anajua kuwa kulikuwa na mnyama mkubwa aliyekuwa akimtunza na kumlinda katika majanga yote yaliyokuwa yakitokea msituni kule.

Bahati alisema anakumbuka wakati askari wa wanyamapori walipokuwa wakijaribu kumchukua katika mikono ya nyani huyo alipigwa risasi mguuni jambo ambalo lilimsababishia maumivu makubwa.

Mtoto huyo alisema angependa siku moja kuwa daktari ama polisi na angependa kusoma kama wanavyosoma watoto wengine.

``Nataka kuwa polisi au daktari kama walivyo watu wengine,`` alisema mtoto huyo huku akishika shika vitu na mara nyingine akitaka kukaa chini kana kwamba anataka kuanza kuruka ruka kama nyani.

Mtoto huyo hata hivyo haonekani kama akili zake zimeshakuwa sawa kutokana na uwezo wake mdogo wa kujua mambo ukilinganisha na watoto wengine wenye umri wake.

Aidha, mtoto huyo anazungumza kwa shida kama wanavyofanya watoto wanapoanza kujifunza kuzungumza.

Pia, lafudhi na mpangilio wa maneno ya Kiswahili anayozungumza yana mapungufu mengi.

Naye mama mlezi wa mtoto huyo, Rose Mbwambo, ambaye ndiye aliyekubali kumtunza na kuja naye Dar es Salaam akitokea Shinyanga, alisema imani yake ndiyo iliyomsukuma kumsaidia mtoto huyo.

Alisema kuwa wapo watu wengi wanaoguswa na tatizo la mtoto huyo, lakini wanaogopa kumsaidia.

``Mimi nilipoelezwa namna mtoto huyu anavyopata shida na jinsi alivyookotwa niliamua kumchukua na kuja naye ili apate msaada kwa wasamaria wema wengine,`` alisema mama huyo.

Kuhusu mtoto huyo, alisema kama akichukia hukunja uso na kuwa na sura kama ya nyani kabisa, sio mwoga na anajiamini kupita kiasi.

Aidha, alisema kuwa mtoto huyo ni mbunifu wa mambo mbalimbali na kila akiona kitu lazima ahakikishe anakichunguza hadi akijue.

Nipashe ilipowasiliana na Katibu Tawala Wilaya ya Bukombe mkoani Shinyanga, Michael Nhende, alithibitisha mtoto huyo kuokotwa msituni na alikuwa akiishi na nyani huyo.

Alisema katika eneo la mbuga ya Usanga alipookotwa mtoto huyo hakuna mtu ambaye hajui habari ya Bahati na wala sio habari ya kutunga.

Mtoto huyo aliokolewa kutoka katika mbuga hiyo mwaka 2005 na kupelekwa katika Hospitali ya Ushirombo.

SOURCE: Nipashe