Norway Yasikitika Na Ufisadi Tz

mwanatanu · 2008-04-22T11:51:35+00:00

Stoltenberg confronts problems in Africa Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was greeted by a cannon salute and waving Norwegian flags when he arrived in Tanzania on Monday, but plenty of problems lay lurking below the festive surface. Tanzania is one of the lands that have receive most aid from Norway over the years, and the warm welcome to Stoltenberg and his wife, Ingrid Schulerud, was therefore not unexpected, writes newswire NTB. Environment and Development minister Erik Solheim was also among the Norwegian visitors and it was announced that Norway has set aside NOK 500m (USD 100m) to be used over a five-year period in a partnership agreement with Tanzania for forests and the climate. Deforestation in Tanzania is among the largest in Africa measured in terms of area, only surpassed by Sudan and Zambia. Emissions from deforestation are thought to be around 100 million tons per year, about double the total emissions from Norway, according to the Norwegian Foreign Ministry. The run-up to the Tanzania visit has been far from problem-free, however, with a lot of media focus on corruption in foreign aid and very questionable Norwegian investments in mines in Africa. A Norwegian accounting firm recently claimed that around NOK 150m (USD 30m) in foreign aid earmarked for tree-planting projects in Tanzania had probably ended up in the pockets of corrupt officials and politicians. The matter is still under investigation, but the development minister has admitted that Norway has been naïve at times. In addition, Kirkens Nødhjelp (KN) (Norwegian Church Aid) has claimed the Norwegian Oil Fund has invested over NOK 2bn (USD 400m) in three gold-mining companies that are stripping Tanzania's local people of their land and natural resources. Before he travelled to Tanzania, Stoltenberg held a speech on Sunday, at the SADC Summit in Mauritius, in which he criticized the situation in Zimbabwe following recent elections there. NTB/Aftenposten English Web Desk Catherine Stein

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