hell on earth a forest in Canada has become as a wild fire rips though the country.

BREATHTAKING dash-cam footage shows the hell on earth a forest in Canada has become as a wild fire rips though the country.The astonishing film shows people fleeing the town of Fort McMurray as the trees turn into a wall of flame.More than 80,000 residents in the Alberta town have been forced to leave their homes to escape the devastation.In one of the clips YouTuber Jason Edmonson can be heard at the wheel of his car saying: “Well here we are leaving the roundabout.”A woman in the car then interjects with “getting out of town just in time” before Jason continues adding: “I can feel the heat here. This is insane. Holly f***! Boy you can feel the heat. Holy s***, this is f****** crazy.”
As he drives through trees at least 20 feet high can be seen blazing against the sky blackened with smoke Hundreds of vehicles seem to be in a slow moving line of traffic as they flee the town.
As eerie music plays in the background smoke shoots into the sky making it almost impossible to tell what time of day it is.The vast majority of people living in Fort McMurray, Alberta, were told to leave their homes on Tuesday.

The wildfire quickly ripped through the mining town, endangering the lives of thousands.
More than 100 firefighters were called to the northern town to try and battle the blaze.
Entire neighbourhoods have been left in ruins by the fire which has covered almost 330 square miles.
Most of those who fled the town headed south but those who went north have had to be airlifted to safety.Co-director of the University of California's Center for Fire Research and Outreach has said that in reality only nature can stop the fire.He said: "You could add five times the number of firefighters but you can't get all the embers. There's no way to put out every ember flying over firefighters' heads."The town now has had several areas totally devastated leaving some of those who were forced flee with very little to come back too.

Ghost workers uncovered in Kagera Region in the ongoing verification exercise has increased to 99

THE number of ghost workers uncovered in Kagera Region in the ongoing verification exercise has increased to 99, causing an estimated loss of 545.6m/- government revenue, the Kagera Regional Commissioner (RC), Mr Salim Mustapha Kijuu, has disclosed.Mr Kijuu told a press conference he convened at his office this afternoon that about, 60m/- had so far been recovered while 465m/- was yet to be recovered. According to Mr Kijuu, Karagwe District Council had 26 ghost workers causing loss amounting 261m/- of which 30.9m/-had been recovered.Misenyi District Council had ten ghost workers who were spending 146m/- payment while Muleba District Council had 17 ghost workers causing loss of 19.8m/-.He added that Bukoba District Council had 22 ghost workers who have been paid 27m/- as Biharamulo District Council had identified nine ghost workers, causing loss amounting 13.8m/- 66,760/-.Bukoba Municipality had seven ghost workers, Ngara district council three all of them have been costing the government coffers more than 50m/- loss. Mr Kijuu said a probe committee had been formed to conduct a spot verification exercise in all seven districts and those found responsible would be prosecuted in court.

President John Magufuli tasked Regional Commissioners to ensure that all ghost workers were weeded out, giving them three weeks to complete the exercise.He has ordered a probe into “ghost workers” on the public sector payroll after a new audit revealed the government paid 141.4 billion Tanzanian shillings ($76.6 million) to fake workers over the past year.He also tasked the RCs into evoking the spirit of hard work as opposed to idleness among the youth in their regions, through ordering arrests on idle youngsters resorting to playing games during the day time when the elderly is toiling in the farms.

Rukwa Region,PCCB holds three over 155m/- property theft

THE country’s anti-graft watchdog, the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB), Rukwa Region, has arrested three senior officials of Kalambo District Council for allegedly embezzling 155m/-, property of the government.The officials include District Executive Director Benson Kilangi, Acting District Council Treasurer, Josephat Msenene, and District Council Internal Auditor, Charles Ngakonda. The arrest of the officials was made possible after Rukwa Regional Commissioner Zelothe Steven handed them over to PCCB officials at a press conference held in his office.According to Steven, more than 155m/- was allocated to Kalambo District Council during the 2014/2015 financial year being other charges (OC) out of which 8,499,000/- were meant for teachers leave arrears.It all started during Sunday’s May Day celebrations held at regional level at Matai town, headquarters of Kalambo District where the Regional Commissioner was represented by District Commissioner Wilman Ndile.

It was at that gathering that aggrieved teachers holding placards accused Kilangi of embezzling over 8.4m/- being their leave arrears. “I cannot tolerate such misconduct... I hereby hand over the DED (Kilangi) and two senior officials to PCCB for thorough investigation,” the Regional Commissioner declared.

He ordered Kilangi to ensure that the said amount of leave arrears is immediately paid to teachers while investigations on the matter continues.

Meanwhile, the Regional Commissioner told journalists here that the former Kalambo District Council Treasurer Juma Kisowile has been suspended from duty pending investigations over the embezzling 8.4m/-.

He said former Kalambo DED Filbert Ngaponda has been transferred to another district.

court rejects appeal lodged by Katavi rapist

A RESIDENT of Katavi, Shukuru Tunugu, will remain behind bars for 30 years for raping an 80-yearold woman at Katumba Refugee on promise of giving her 300/-. This follows a decision by the Court of Appeal to dismiss the appeal lodged by Tunugu against findings of the High Court given by Judge Gabriel Rwakibarira, who retired, on July 4, 2011.“With the basis of the evidence that remained on record, it goes without saying that the prosecution proved the case against the appellant beyond reasonable doubt. The appeal cannot succeed. It is dismissed in its entirety,” Justices Nathalia Kimaro, Stella Mugasha and Richard Mziray declared.
In faulting the judgement of the High Court, Tunugu, the appellant, had advanced several grounds, alleging that the two courts below erred to find that he was properly identified and that they had relied on the contradicting prosecution witnesses.
Justices ruled that the appellant was properly identified by the prosecution witnesses, as it was testified that prior to the rape incident, Tunugu, who was known to them had visited the victim’s hut and talked to them before moving her away.

“With this evidence and the fact that at the material time there was moonlight, the question of mistaken identity ca not arise,” they concluded. Regarding the contradictions, the justices said that it was true the existence of contradictions and inconsistencies in the evidence of a witness is a basis for a finding of lack of credibility.

However, they said, the discrepancies must be sufficiently serious and must concern matters that are relevant to the issue being adjudicated to warrant an adverse finding.

“Minor contradictions and inconsistencies on trivial matters which do not affect the case of the prosecution should not be made a ground on which the evidence can be rejected on its entirety,” the judges said.

According to the justices, the witnesses narrated how the appellant visited them and asked the victim to follow him to collect her money, whereupon she obliged and on the way the appellant raped her.

Facts of the case show that on October 9, 2005, the victim together with her daughter was together at the latter’s hut situated at Katumba refugee settlement residence. While there, at around 8.00pm, the appellant visited them.

On his arrival, the appellant asked the victim if he could escort her somewhere to collect her money of 300/-. Upon hearing that the daughter intervened and asked the appellant why is he taking her mother at night and who will bring her back. The appellant responded quickly promising to bring her back.

When the daughter got assured of the safety of her mother, the appellant and the victim moved away to collect the money. But after several paces, the appellant got hold of the old woman’s neck and threatened to stub her with a knife in the event she raised an alarm.

The appellant managed to drag her down; he undressed her and raped the victim while grabbing her by the neck. By coincidence, a man passed nearby and heard someone screaming.

The man walked to the direction and found the appellant “infragrante delicto-in action” ravishing the old woman. With that intervention, the appellant stood up and took to his heels.

The man ran after him and luckily he apprehended him holding a knife. The appellant was subsequently charged accordingly. The appellant denied to have committed the offence by simply narrating as to how he was arrested by militia people in connection with the alleged offence.

Hots up The ongoing sugar crisis

Sugar crisis debate hots upThe ongoing sugar crisis yesterday captured the parliament with some MPs requesting for acessation of all other House business and debate the issue as a matter of emergency. Nzega MP (CCM) Mr Hussein Bashe raised the matter after the end of morning question andanswer session, requesting Deputy Speaker Ms Tulia Ackson to postpone the budget debate for
the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and instead ponder on the state of sugar
supply in the country.Athuman Mtulya @mtulya amtulya@tz.nationmedia.com
Dodoma. The ongoing sugar crisis yesterday captured the parliament with some MPs requesting for
a cessation of all other House business and debate the issue as a matter of emergency.
Nzega MP (CCM) Mr Hussein Bashe raised the matter after the end of morning question and
answer session, requesting Deputy Speaker Ms Tulia Ackson to postpone the budget debate for the
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and instead ponder on the state of sugar supply in
the country.
“Madam Deputy Speaker, the sugar situation is getting worse day by day. The commodity is very
scarce in the streets, and where available it is sold for skyrocketing prices,” said Mr Bashe, as other
MPs applaud.
However, Mr Bashe was immediately cut short by the Deputy Speaker who said the situation could
not be debated at that point since the Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa had already explained about
it in the Parliament on Tuesday and Thursday of last week, and the MPs should wait for a new
update about the matter from the government.
Last week as he was winding up the Budget Speech for his Office, the PM conceded that there is
shortage of sugar in the country, and said the government had already procured 100,000 metric
tonnes which was on the way to the country. He told the House that the actual demand of sugar in
the country annually is 420,000 tonnes while the capacity of local producers is 320,000 tonnes.
“Indeed, our stock of the commodity has dwindled in the recent days, but the government has
already procured a consignment which will arrive in the country soon. I want to assure Tanzanians
that the situation will normalise soon.”
The PM noted that the country currently has a stock of 37,000 tonnes and reminded all dealers to
adhere to the fixed retail price of Sh1,800 per kilo, reiterating that stern action will be taken against
any act of hoarding, and directed trade officers in all local government authorities across the country
to make a follow­up and ensure the commodity is sold.
Even with the PM’s assurance to the people and directives to trade officers the situation has not
normalized and the commodity continues to be scarce. “In My constituency sugar is sold for up to
Sh4000 per kilo, that is insane, something has to be done immediately,” said Mr Bashe outside the
parliament

Amazing cannibal leopard EATS a cub in its mouth before climbing up a tree

AN adult leopard has been captured on camera eating another of its species in a series of gruesome and gory photos.The graphic images show the wild animal carrying the mutilated body of a leopard cub in its mouth before climbing up a tree with it.It then appears to save its 'meal' for later by hanging it from a branch to stop other animals getting their paws on his catch.It’s likely the leopard killed the young cub so it could mate with its mother, something that is commonplace in the animal kingdom.
But while infanticide is a regular occurrence, it's unusual for animals to eat the cub, as this leopard can be seen doing.
The shocking snaps were taken by Warrick Davey, 29, a field guide at &Beyond's Exeter River Lodge, South Africa.Warrick, from Scottburgh, South Africa was taking a group of guests on a safari tour when he spotted the leopard.He said that many of the guests on his tour were so horrified by the tragic incident that they were left speechless.
Warrick added: "The adult leopard is a male, known as the Ravenscourt male, who is around four years old. The cub was a young male around a year old.

"It was complete surprise. I heard over the radio that a leopard had been found, but was not expecting to find what we did when we arrived."The series of photos starts off with the male leopard carrying the cub in his mouth."As we arrived the leopard cub carcass, which was hanging in the tree, dropped to the ground.

“Immediately the male leopard, which was resting in the shade of the tree on the ground, jumped up and seized the carcass and hoisted it back up the tree.

"He then places the carcass, comes down the tree and finds a spot to rest. However he repeatedly looks up to make sure it is still there, which is what we see in the final photo.
"This action of infanticide is actually quite common with a lot of animals, especially big cats.

"The interesting behaviour though is that he chose to eat the cub too. This I have never witnessed before with leopards."I was ecstatic for having captured the photos, yet still taken aback by what we had just witnessed."This was a first for me, as well as my tracker Chris who has been working in the Sabi Sands for over 20 years.

"I think it is very unlikely we'll ever see anything like this again. Chris is convinced that something is changing with animals, their behaviour is different to what it used to be.“Maybe there is something in the water."

Incredible,tussle between the birds of prey over a tasty vole was captured

The amazing tussle between the birds of prey over a tasty vole was captured on camera over the skies of NorfolkA crafty kestrel got the better of a barn owl - by stealing its breakfast catch in a dramatic mid-air heist.The daring swoop was captured in a series of striking images by amateur photographer Chris Skipper.The kestrel obviously fancied an in-flight snack and was seen pulling off an audacious manoeuvre, wrenching the vole from the owl's talons and and leaving the larger bird to fly off defeated and hungry.
The aerial tussle was spotted in the skies over Wroxham in the Norfolk Broads, 30 minutes from Mr Skipper's home in Costessey.Mr Skipper said: "The kestrel came from out of nowhere and attacked him."It happened in a matter of seconds and the kestrel came from behind and got his talons in the vole that the owl was carrying."
That’s what you call winging it.

MEN who deceive secondary schools girls and get them pregnant face the wrath of the law

MEN who deceive secondary schools girls and get them pregnant face the wrath of the law as the government takes a firm stand to ensure girls complete their education without hitches.
The Minister for Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Ms Ummy Mwalimu, told parliamentarians here yesterday that the Fifth Phase Government will not stand by and let unscrupulous men cajole secondary girls and get them pregnant in the process.
Minister Mwalimu directed all development and community officers at the regional and district levels to ensure culprits who get school girls pregnant are arraigned. “I want to assure you members of parliament that the government will take stern legal measures against men who will get school children pregnant.

There are a lot of mature women out there. We will not take this matter lightly,” she explained.

School girl pregnancies is one of most critical and rapidly growing social challenges painting a gloomy picture to the realization of the girl child right to education in the country.

The minister was responding to a basic question from Ms Janet Mbene (Ileje – CCM) who wanted to know if the government will provide assistance in building a boarding secondary school for girls in her constituency with contributions from the public.

Ms Mbene said her constituency does not have a boarding secondary school for girls, causing them to face a myriad of challenges including high costs for parents who have to enrol their girls in other regions as well as challenges faced by the girls while travelling to school.

She said some students are unable to complete their studies due to the huge costs and sometimes get cajoled into sexual relations which in most cases end up with the girls falling pregnant and dropping out of school.

Earlier, while responding to the same legislator’s basic question, deputy minister of State, President’s Office (Regional Administration and Local Government) Mr Suleiman Jaffo said the government set aside 798m/- in the 2015/16 financial year for rehabilitation of four schools infrastructures including Msomba, Luswisi, Itale and Bupigu in Ileje.

While in the next financial year 2016/17, more than 130m/- has been set aside for rehabilitation of Ngulilo Secondary School’s infrastructure in the district council.

“From the district council’s revenue, it has set aside 60m/- for rehabilitation of teachers’ houses, classrooms, desks and construction of pit latrines,” deputy minister Jaffo explained.

He said Ileje district needs 819 primary school teachers, which currently has only 567 primary school teachers with a shortage of 252, while for secondary school the need is for 156 science teachers, against the current number of 61 available, however he noted that the district has a surplus of Arts teachers -- 105.

“The government plans to employ 35,411 teachers, who graduated in 2013/14 and some of these teachers will be deployed to Ileje district,” Mr Jaffo said. He also assured legislator Mbene that his ministry is ready to safeguard school girl’s child through building the boarding school and putting in use a vocational training institute build in the district.

In addition, the deputy minister for Education, Science, Technology and Vocational Training, Eng Stella Manyanya, directed that since the Vocational training institute was under an NGO, all process should be followed to hand it over to the district council

THE government is committed to improving public officer’s salaries

THE government is committed to improving public officer’s salaries, the Deputy Minister of State in the President’s Office (Public Service Management and Good Governance) Ms Angella Kairuki noted here yesterday.The deputy minister said the government has been increasing the minimum wage, taking into consideration living costs; however this depends on availability of domestic revenue.
Due to the governments’ move to increase the minimum wage, Tanzania is among African countries whose minimum living wage is 80 per cent, Ms Kairuki noted. She was responding to a basic question from Zacharia Issaay (Mbulu Urban - CCM) who wanted to know when the government will raise the minimum wage taking into consideration current living costs.Issaay also wanted to know when the government will fill up positions, left vacant in different areas including in Mbulu district council in administration sector such as Village Executive Officers (VEO) and Ward Executive Officers (WEO).

The Deputy Minister of State explained that once the different government units presents requests to employ new staff, employment permits are issued, taking into consideration the budget ceiling.

She said in this financial year 2015/16 Mbulu districts was allowed to employ 10 VEOs and six WEOs. “The government will continue to fill up positions left vacant every year, depending on availability of money,” she explained noting that more than 70,000 new employments and 1,066 public servants promotions are expected this financial year.

She added that out of the 71,496 employment opportunities, 466 are slotted for Mbulu district alone

Tanzania govt’s commitment to freedom of speech and expression

GOVERNMENT will act on complaints raised by media stakeholders on the Right to Information and Communication Bill is ready in the 2016/2017 financial year.It has also appealed to the stakeholders to form a committee to reexamine and seek a lasting solution to the simmering dispute over live coverage of parliamentary sessions.Addressing journalists at the climax of the World Press Freedom Day here yesterday, Minister for Information, Youths, Artists, Culture and Sports Nape Nnauye said the team to be formed will have to visit the Bunge Studio in Dodoma and see how it operates.
Government, he said, is unhappy to see stakeholders accusing it for the recorded Bunge broadcasts, a decision which he said “there’s no government hand on the matter.”“The decisions to have the present broadcasts wasn’t made by the government; it was made by Parliament as independent pillar. It is unfortunate that the decision has created disharmony among stakeholders,” he said.

The minister said it was possible that there was no thorough analysis of outcome of the decision, adding that he was optimistic the committee will help end the dispute. He, however, said it is important for Tanzania to consider having its model of broadcasts of parliamentary sessions like it is the practice in other countries to ensure people are being provided with the right information.

He expressed government’s commitment to freedom of speech and expression “and that’s why it is also ready to revisit the Cyber Crime and Statistics Act to make it more friendly.”

Guest of honour at the event, Chief Justice Mohamed Chande Othman, said that while advocating for its freedom, the media should closely check its contribution in the promotion of the rule of law and good governance.

He said that media practitioners must always strive for better education as the foundation of professionalism. He urged media owners to ensure that their workers receive regular training to keep them up to date with key national and global events taking place every day.

He warned the media against bias, especially during critical moments such as the general election. “We saw during the last general election that some media outlets were deliberately slanting news in favour of certain political parties and candidates,” Chief Justice Othman said in a speech read on his behalf by the Lake Zone Judge In-charge Robert Makaramba.

United Nations Resident Coordinator Alvaro Rodriguez and the European Union Deputy Head of Mission Luana Reale said they were committed to promoting and supporting freedom of opinion and expression. Rodriguez said that the media is a key partner in the dissemination of information on the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development.

The event was addressed by media personalities who called for ethical considerations in the practice of journalism to fight such social evils as corruption. Media Owners of Tanzania chairman Reginald Mengi said some media outlets are not spared with corruption allegations.

He, therefore, called for strict adherence to the professional code of conduct. Meanwhile, the Legal and Human Right Centre has appealed to the government to allow media organs perform their duties freely without interference.

It reminded the government to engage media and non-governmental organisations to conduct research and provide information which will assist in increasing accountability and observance of human rights.

It also urged the government to review the Cyber Crime Act and Statistics Act which are said to have some clauses which violate human rights and good governance principles.

The secret, how Bayern champion’s league mission fails and Atletico Madrid book their place in final

Atletico took a narrow lead to the Allianz Arena and Griezmann's away goal sealed their passage to the finalPep Guardiola will leave Bayern Munich without the Champions League trophy he so craved after the Bundesliga giants were dumped out by Atletico Madrid at the Allianz Arena.
Antoine Griezmann's second-half strike stunned the hosts, who for the 54 minutes until that point had looked favourites to progress from an engrossing semi-final.
Bayern had all the territory and possession in an utterly dominant first-half display, but found Atletico as stubborn as ever in defence, with Jan Oblak continuing the stunning form that had kept the Germans at bay on so many occasions last Wednesday.
Guardiola took over the reigning European champions in 2013 after Jupp Heynckes had won the treble, but saw his final shot at bringing the continent's biggest prize back to Bavaria go up in smoke as Griezmann's incisive counter-attack strike looked to kill this tie as a contest.
Robert Lewandowski gave the final fifteen minutes some life after scoring from close-range but, even despite missing a penalty, Atletico held on for a second Champions League final in three years.

But what did we learn? Ed Malyon was at the Allianz Arena

1. Diego Simeone plays it perfectly
Reuters / Michaela RehleDiego Simeone before the gameDiego Simeone before the game
Diego Simeone went with what he would probably consider his big-game side, considering Tiago's long-term injury. Diego Godín returned from his own injury to reunite Europe's best defensive unit and Simeone himself was returned to the touchline after his domestic ban saw him sit out Saturday's win over Rayo Vallecano up in the directors' box.

The only doubt was whether Fernando Torres or Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco would get the nod up front alongside Antoine Griezmann, but the latter's fitness concerns and Torres' experience saw him get the nod.

Although Simeone has used a 4-4-2 all season, Bayern's first-half dominance saw one of those forwards dropping deep to help out in midfield.

Reuters / Kai PfaffenbachAntoine Griezmann scores the first goal for Atletico Madrid7 heaven: Griezmann tucks home the crucial Atleti goal
AFP/GettyAtletico Madrid's players celebrate scoringAway goal: Atletico Madrid's players celebrate scoring
While it helped repel some of the attacks, this failed to make a dent on Bayern's dominance while also robbing his tired defenders of half of their offensive outlets. Atletico struggled to leave their half as Bayern pinned them back.

But at half-time the manager some have criticised for being too defensive went on the attack. Off came central midfielder Augusto Fernandez, replaced by Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco.

The Belgian winger has impressed in his first season at Atletico and helped them break with speed and directness, something they had struggled to do before the break.

And ten minutes into a more end-to-end second period they got the breakthrough, and it was just as expected.

Reuters / Kai PfaffenbachXabi Alonso looks dejected after Antoine Griezmann scores the first goal for Atletico MadridDown and now out: Xabi Alonso looks dejected after Antoine Griezmann scores
Antoine Griezmann played a quick give-and-go with Torres to race in behind the Bayern defence, where David Alaba's missed interception 40 yards from goal proved fatal.

The Frenchman was free, he composed himself and slotted the ball past Manuel Neuer.

2. Bayern's domination exceeds all expectations
Reuters / Kai PfaffenbachPlayers from both teams line up for a defensive wallOn top: Bayern were camped in Atleti territory
Everyone had foreseen a game where Atletico were camped inside their own half, attempting to hold back the red tide, but after a few early glimpses of the counter-attack Diego Simeone's men struggled to get out of their own territory.

Bayern took near-total custody of the ball once more, boasting 71% possession by the break but also the efforts to go with it - 17 on goal, six on target.


For some perspective on what that level of domination usually produces - and how good Atleti's last line of defence is - in each of the previous three times that Bayern had enjoyed more than fifteen shots in the first half of a Champions League match, they won with at least a five-goal margin.

Not burying those chances, or simply not being able to because of Atleti's committed defending, left them at the mercy of an away goal. Antoine Griezmann scored it.

3. Oblak saves Atletico (again!)
AFP/GettyJan Oblak saves Mueller's penaltyJan the man: Oblak saves Muller's penalty
Reuters / Kai PfaffenbachThomas Muller has his penalty saved by Jan OblakReverse angle: Koke follows up as Oblak saves from the spot
Jan Oblak has been one of the many outstanding players in the Atletico side this season, but rarely have his performances been as crucial as today in terms of simply keeping his side in the game.

As a rule Atleti don't tend to give up many high-quality chances - central and in front of goal - and had limited Bayern to largely long-range efforts at the Calderón last Wednesday.

While Arturo Vidal, among others, was still willing to test them from distance, the danger came when Bayern began to find spaces in the penalty area and get the ball to their strikers.

Pinned back in their own half, Atleti were finding it as hard as they have found it all season to get out and the first 25 minutes were a display of pure territorial dominance from the hosts.

AFP/GettyThomas Mueller reacts after he missed a penaltyMull it over: Thomas Muller reacts after seeing his penalty saved
Robert Lewandowski, who had earned himself a semi-permanent posting to the Atletico box, was tasked with finishing the chances and those arriving from deep - Vidal, Thomas Muller, Douglas Costa and Franck Ribery - to chip in too.

But despite 35 goals this season, Lewandowski was struggling to bury under-siege Atletico. His effort from a narrow angle after 20 minutes was saved well by Jan Oblak, before the giant Slovenian closed him down three minutes later when a loose ball appeared destined to fall for the Polish striker.

In the end it took a deflected free kick to beat Oblak, but four minutes later he recovered in some style to save Thomas Muller's penalty and keep the aggregate score level.

The 23-year-old had no chance with Robert Lewandowski's goal, which gave Bayern hope, but he managed to keep them out for a frantic final fifteen minutes and guide his side to the final.

4. Atleti have their own penalty drama
Reuters / Michaela RehleFernando Torres has his penalty saved
AFP/GettyManuel Neuer saves a penalty
Bongarts/GettyManuel Neuer saves a penalty kick from Fernando Torres
Six minutes to go, stepping up to put his boyhood club into the final of the Champions League, Fernando Torres breathed deeply.

The former Liverpool and Chelsea striker, so mocked for his sad displays in West London where his fall from being one of Europe's most-feared strikers to weekend punchline was the depressing £50million tale that kept on unfolding.

Back home, with a shot at redemption, he ran up... but he, as Thomas Muller had at the same end some 50 minutes before, saw his penalty saved.

Bayern will argue justice was done. Torres had appeared to be outside the box when fouled for the spot kick and Cuneyt Cakir, the referee, had the position to be able to see.

He didn't, but Torres couldn't convert. It is the sort of miss that will weigh on him, but now he has the opportunity to make it right on the biggest stage.

5. Pep can't do the impossible to achieve what was probable
Reuters / Kai PfaffenbachPep GuardiolaFailure in Germany? Pep Guardiola will face criticism from local press tomorrow
If Bayern were to eliminate Atletico Madrid tonight it was always going to have to be an extraordinary result in a season where Diego Simeone’s men have given a new definition to stout defence.

It has been an already long and arduous campaign for Atletico Madrid’s players, who before this game had played 53 matches of high-energy, body-on-the-line football.

Yet, extraordinarily, no result in those 53 games would have eliminated Atleti and only two would have even taken this tie to extra time.

Reuters / Michaela RehleRobert Lewandowski scores the second goal for Bayern MunichNo Lew day: Lewandowski heads home but it isn't enough for Bayern
That is how hard they are to play against, let alone beat, and while everyone knew Bayern would dominate possession and territory that is a completely different challenge to actually breaking this side down and somehow jamming the ball in the net.

They managed it twice, but couldn't eliminate Atleti. And in failing to do the impossible, Pep also failed to do what most thought was inevitable... win the Champions League with Bayern.

Having taken over the European Champions with all the money, a huge brand and a raft of world-class stars it seemed possible that Guardiola would not just win it once but possibly multiple times.

It is a failure that will eat away at a perfectionist like Guardiola for the rest of his career

WOMAN transformed herself into a fitness model.

A WOMAN who was teased for being chubby as a teenager has transformed herself into a fitness model.Brazilian Rafaela Ravena dropped 2st 5lbs in a year after becoming tired of the cruel taunts.
She also began exercising and now sports a solid six pack and muscly arms and legs, but she’s still the subject of gossip.Rafaela is proud of her new body  Ohrangutang / Splash News
The 23-year-old model became so tired of hearing whispers that she’d used steroids to change her body that she took a drugs test to prove she is all natural.
“People tend to associate a muscular body with steroids but that's not true, so I did a test to prove that,” she said.I think a lot of fitness models use them.I did at first, but I don't anymore because I noticed it's something that's not good for your body.
She admits taking steroids in the past, but she stopped because of the side effects  Ohrangutang / Splash News“I think all fitness models should do this test to prove it!”

Rafaela now has just 10% body fat thanks to her punishing exercise regime.
She takes working out so seriously it’s even cost her a boyfriend, as she ended the romance because she couldn’t fit seeing her beau into her busy schedule

Experts say that IF your partner is a snorer, you will probably try anything that might muffle that frustrating sound

IF your partner is a snorer, you will probably try anything that might muffle that frustrating sound so you can catch a few Zs.But it turns out that TAPING their mouth shut may be the answer.
A new device which sticks to the outside of the mouth and keeps it shut during sleep is being trialled in a US study involving 30 patients.
Experts say that the approach forces people to breathe though their noses - which could help tackle sleep apnoea.Sleep apnoea is where the tissues in the throat collapse repeatedly during the night, blocking the airways and often causing a snoring session.As a result, people with the condition can also stop breathing for up to 10 seconds at a time.

The theory behind the method is that breathing through the mouth can be a main factor behind apnoeas (the period when someone stops breathing) as well as snoring.This is because when you sleep with your mouth open, the inward air is cold and hits the back of the throat at high speed. This combination can then make the soft tissue at the back of the throat vibrate and constrict.

roll of tapeDon't whip out the sellotape just yet: the method is still being trialled and the special tape has a small hole in to let some air through  AlamyOn the other hand, air breathed in via our noses is warmed up in the nasal passage way – meaning that it isn’t as ‘turbulent’ when it hits the back of the throat.Scientists believe that the new treatment will encourage patients to breathe through their noses – which could overcome this problem.

Sleep apnoea is thought to affect around one in five adults in Britain; it deprives the body of oxygen and, if left untreated, can lead to health problems such as high blood pressure, heart failure and even tumour growth.

People who are overweight, have a large neck and those who smoke are also at higher risk of the condition, but some medications, as such sleeping pills, are also linked to it — as are hormonal changes during the menopause.

The typical treatment is with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) — a face mask the patient wears while sleeping, which delivers pressurised air to prevent the tissues of the throat collapsing and the airway closing.

While effective, almost half of CPAP users abandon the treatment as they find the bulky equipment unbearable in the long-term.

WhatsApp has been banned in Brazil after...

WhatsApp has been banned in Brazil after refusing to hand over information relating to a criminal investigation.The popular messaging app, which has around 100 million users in the country, was blocked nationwide for 72 hours on Monday, leaving users unable to send or receive messages. The suspension was ordered by Marcel Maia Montalvao, a judge in the small, remote northeastern state of Sergipe.The suspension marks the latest chapter in a dispute between Brazilian law enforcement and Facebook, which bought WhatsApp in 2014.Brazilian officials have accused the company of repeatedly failing to turn over information on WhatsApp users for an investigation into drug trafficking and organised crime.

However, WhatsApp insists that it does not have the information that authorities want, because it uses end-to-end encryption that ensures only the sender and recipient can access the content of messages.
In a statement widely cited in Brazilian media, WhatsApp said the company was disappointed by the judge's decision, saying it "punished more than 100 million Brazilians who depend on our service."
Jan Koum, the app's founder, also posted a message on Facebook, claiming that messages are encrypted to keep people’s information safe and secure.

Now all Leicester City must do, to complete the greatest football story

Now all Leicester City must do, to complete the greatest football story ever written, is win the European Cup two years in a row.For all the euphoria around the King Power, for all the plaudits cascading down on manager Claudio Ranieri, up in the celestial gallery there is a dissenting voice. Leicester, the greatest long shots of all time? Sure, to win the title with a team after shopping for players at Lidl instead of Harrods is unsurpassed in a gilded age.Since Andy Gray and Richard Keys invented football and called it the Premier League back in 1992, there is little scope for debate. Leicester's title triumph is the most astonishing of them all. But they are not the first team from the East Midlands to catch the aristocrats asleep at the wheel.
POPPERFOTOBrian Clough with European Cup during his time as Nottingham Forest boss
Nottingham Forest did it 38 years ago – and went on to conquer Europe twice.And much as their revered leader, Brian Clough, preached the ethics of playing football on grass, Forest were champions despite a lunar landscape surface at the City Ground.Back in the 1970s, the financial gap between penthouse and cellar may not have been as wide, but nobody saw Forest's triumph coming, either.

“This is an enormous achievement by Leicester City,” said their former manager and Forest legend Martin O'Neill. “It's the biggest achievement of the century, the biggest achievement since Nottingham Forest did it.“What Leicester have done is to redefine what the underdog is capable of.”GettyMartin ONeill and Matt Elliott of Leicester City hold the cup in celebration after the Worthington Cup Final victory over Tranmere RoversO'Neill brought silverware back to Leicester
When O'Neill won the League Cup twice with Leicester, we thought they had touched the ceiling, but as hundreds of motorists turned the city centre into a communal car horn concerto deep into Monday night, Ranieri also redefined altitude for any ambitious football club: The sky is the limit.

So where do the Emperor Claudio's team rate among the champions of England? If Arsenal's unbeaten class of 2004 were the Invincibles, then Ranieri's 5,000-1 long shots are surely the Incredibles.

Blackburn Rovers were 'unfashionable' champions 21 years ago, and they staggered over the line on a dramatic final day when they lost to a stoppage-time winner at Anfield and Manchester United were held at West Ham in a blaze of near misses.

But owner Jack Walker's largesse set the template for Chelsea and Manchester City to follow: Throw enough money at the title race and the winning post will come to you.

GettyKenny Dalglish the manager of Blackburn Rovers celebrates with his staff Ray Harford and Tony Parkes after winning the Premiership trophyKenny Dalglish celebrates his title win with Blackburn
Kenny Dalglish assembled a formidable squad, with Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton's 'SAS' double act supplying 49 goals and Tim Sherwood was a resourceful captain, but could Rovers have pulled off their heist without Walker's millions?

No chance – as schoolboys, Shearer and Dalglish did not lie awake at night dreaming of nights out at Ewood Park with Blackburn's former vice-president, an old bat called Margaret Thatcher.

But in the 21 years since Maggie's boys ruled the roost, there had been only four winners of the Premier League: Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City.

Leicester have not just won a 38-game league: They have restored fantasy to the people's game and given every young fan a licence to dream.

VIEW GALLERY Leicester City players celebrate winning the Premier League Title during a training session
There is an argument that romance prospered more in football before money hijacked its soul.

More than half a century ago, Ipswich Town won promotion to the top flight and took it by storm, bringing the title to East Anglia at the first attempt in 1961-62, setting a template for Forest to follow 16 years later.

The Tractor Boys who unseated Tottenham's Double winners were managed by a blunt, no-nonsense coach from Dagenham called Alf Ramsey – whatever happened to him? And bottom of the pile that season, without a rouble in sight to bail them out, were Chelsea.

Ipswich would have to wait almost two decades for a near-miss with the title under Bobby Robson, but they were edged out by Aston Villa, another champion team built on sound football principles more than a bank overdraft.

GettyLeague Champions Ipswich in 19621962 champions parade through the streets
“Ipswich were the media darlings of a lot of the London press and we felt we didn't get the credit we deserved,” said Villa captain Dennis Mortimer, who lifted the European Cup in Rotterdam 34 years ago.

“I'll never get bored of talking about it, but I don't get reminded of it that much these days – it's usually me telling younger kids that Aston Villa won the European Cup. Some of them don't believe me, so they go away and Google it and say, 'Wow, they really did win it!' Yes we did – and it's something we'll always be proud of.”

So there you go, Leicester. You have turned the title race into English football's greatest adventure for at least a generation, but you have not yet climbed every mountain.

For what it's worth, this correspondent still believes Clough's Forest pushed back more boundaries than political correctness and remain the yardstick for miracles.

Sporting PicturesNottingham Forest celebrate winning the European Cup in 1979Nottingham Forest celebrate winning the European Cup in 1979
They were already champions before signing Trevor Francis as the first £1million footballer, and Francis repaid his fee by crash-landing in the shot-putt circle in Munich's Olympic Stadium in 1979, when his diving header won the European Cup final against Malmo.

They won a League Cup final at Wembley after Clough had insisted on a team bonding session with crates of ale the night before. Old Big 'Ead was a bit dilly-ding, dilly-dong himself, too.

And without pouring any cold water over Ranieri's wonderful team – the irrepressible Vardy, the magic feet of Mahrez, the ubiquitous Kante, the defensive feats of Schmeichel, Morgan and Huth – there has been, shall we say, a charitable tendency to overlook the club's great escape from administration in 2002.

Under a previous regime, Leicester were more than £30million in debt when the club was allowed to reinvent itself and leave a trail of unpaid bills with virtual impunity.

Review the 1995 land Use Policy in a Bid to Address Conflicts,Govt

Land, Housing and human settlement development ministry plans to review the 1995 land use
policy in a bid to address conflicts between farmers and pastoralists. The Minister for Land, Housing and Human Settlements Development , William Lukuvi Dodoma. Land, Housing and human settlement development ministry plans to review the 1995  land use policy in a bid to address conflicts between farmers and pastoralists. Speaking on behalf of Dodoma Regional Commissioner Jordan Rugimbana, Bahi District
Commissioner Francis Mwonga said the government has experienced some challenges in the
implementation of the land policy. Mr Mwonga added that the government will peg demarcations in areas prone to land conflicts. “We are all aware that land disputes are on the rise recently; there are conflicts between farmers and pastoralists as well as those involving investors and villagers,” said Mr Mwonga.
The Central zone land commissioner, Mr Hezekiel Kilya, said the government wants to review the
policy in order to reflect the current land use and ownership. “We want to make sure that land ownership and use is sustainable that is why we will review the 1995 land policy,” said Mr Kitlya.
Reading his 2016/17 budget speech, minister for agriculture, livestock and fisheries Mwigulu
Nchemba said the government has reviewed some of the village boundaries in a bid to address land
conflicts between farmers and pastoralists.
According to Mr Nchemba, currently, the government plans to demarcate the land between farmers
and pastoralists in Mvomero District.

Police have arrested two traders for allegedly hiding 655 bags of sugar

Police in the region have arrested two traders for allegedly hiding 655 bags of sugar in a way
to falsify its shortage and hike the prices.According to Mr Amanzi, the operation was conducted after a tip­off from wananchi that some traders have hidden bags of sugar for creating the artificial
crisis. Singida. Police in the region have arrested two traders for allegedly hiding 655 bags of sugar in away to falsify its shortage and hike the prices. Speaking to The Citizen at the end of the week in his office, Singida District Commissioner Saidi Amanzi said the suspects were arrested after the police and Singida municipal officials conducted a special operation on the root cause of sugar shortages in the district.According to Mr Amanzi, the operation was conducted after a tip­off from wananchi that some traders have hidden bags of sugar for creating the artificial crisis. The first trader who was hiding a total of 335 bags of sugar was arrested at Unyakindi area while the second, with a total of 320 bags was arrested in Minga Street. Mr Amanzi said the traders will be sent to court after completion of police investigations.

Imagine a World Without the Media,Media Freedom

Imagine a world without the media, where we have no verified information about what’s going
on around us. Where everything is hearsay and gossip, where there are no trusted sources of
information. It would be hard to operate in a world like that: to make decisions about what to
do about the things that affect our lives.Think for a minute too about what it would mean for those in power; they would be able to act as if we, the people, did not exist.
IPS  Imagine a world without the media, where we have no verified information about what’s going onaround us. Where everything is hearsay and gossip, where there are no trusted sources of
information. It would be hard to operate in a world like that: to make decisions about what to do
about the things that affect our lives.
Think for a minute too about what it would mean for those in power; they would be able to act as if
we, the people, did not exist. It would be impossible to hold them to account, to know that they’re
keeping the election promises they made in their wordy manifestos, and it would be impossible for
our voices to be heard. Similarly, it would be difficult to know how companies are behaving, how
they are treating their workers and the environment, and whether they are colluding to extract ever
more from our pockets.
The role of the media in providing credible information, of giving voice to the people and holding
those in power to account is fundamental to the realisation of our freedom and human rights. Whilst
there are differences of opinion about whether the media are part of civil society, what is undisputed
is the key role that they play in social and economic development, democracy, human rights and the
pursuit of justice. Organisations and activists that work on social issues and help articulate public
opinion need the media to disseminate the voices they represent. Without a plurality of voices, ideas
are diminished, debate is stifled and tolerance is weakened.
Yet, or perhaps because of their role in giving voice and speaking truth to power, the media are
increasingly under attack from both governments and corporate interests.
In its recently released World Press Freedom Index (https://rsf.org/en/news/2016­world­pressfreedom­index­leaders­paranoid­about­journalists),
Reporters Without Borders say that there has
been a “deep and disturbing decline in respect for media freedom at both the global and regional
levels” and that there is a “climate of fear and tension combined with increasing control over
newsrooms (https://rsf.org/en/reports/2016­world­press­freedom­index­deep­and­disturbingdecline­media­freedom)
by governments and private­sector interests.”
This assault on journalistic freedom takes many forms, including regular harassment of journalists,
censorship, confiscation of equipment, closure of media outlets, arrests and in some cases direct and
dire attack. Research by the Committee to Protect Journalists is quite chilling: 72 journalists were
murdered (https://cpj.org/killed/2015/) in 2015 and a further 199 imprisoned
(https://cpj.org/imprisoned/2015.php).
In Africa, the situation for media varies in different countries across the continent. Alongside Eritrea
and Ethiopia as two of the most censored countries (https://cpj.org/2015/04/10­most­censoredcountries.php)
in the world – in first and fourth place respectively – there are countries like
Namibia, Ghana, Cape Verde and South Africa that score highly when it comes to freedom of
information (even though those countries too experience challenges to media freedom). However, in
far too many African countries the media come under regular attack and freedom of information
remains a distant right.
There is perhaps no clearer indication of both the importance of the media and the assault it faces
than when governments crackdown on journalists and media houses in the run up to and during
elections. In January this year,Ugandan officials shutdown
(http://civicus.org/index.php/en/media­centre­129/news­and­resources­127?start=20) an
independent radio station after it broadcast an interview with a leading opposition candidate. A few
months earlier, police shot and injured radio journalist Ivan Vincent as he covered squabbles
between supporters of the leading opposition candidate and the police. Between October 2015 and
January 2016, the Human Rights Network for Journalists–Uganda documented about “40 election­
related incidents (https://hrnjuganda.org/?wpfb_dl=55) in which journalists have been shot at,
assaulted, their gadgets damaged, detained and released without charge and blocked from accessing
news scenes.”
The situation for media in Burundi following the violence and repression that started ahead of last
year’s election has not improved, and some say that the country has seen the near complete
destruction of independent media withjournalists and civil society being targeted
(http://www.ipsnews.net/2015/06/civil­society­journalists­risk­death­as­burundi­crackdownintensifies/).
Facing shutdowns and direct attacks, many journalists have fled the country out of fear
for their lives.
Similarly, during the last year in Djibouti and the Republic of Congo, the desire of leaders to hold
onto power and to silence voices opposing them, contributed to election­related violence and media
repression.
Of course, the media don’t only face attack during elections. In Angola, the government has kept a
decades­long close watch on the media, frequently arresting and harassing those it disagrees with.
Currently, journalist Domingos da Cruz (http://www.civicus.org/index.php/en/media­centre­
129/news­and­resources­127/2389­civicus­condemns­sentencing­of­17­angolan­activists­urgestheir­release)
is one of 17 activists in prison for his participation in a private gathering to discuss
non­violent strategies for civil disobedience.
An Ethiopian human rights advocate that spoke with CIVICUS recently
(http://www.civicus.org/index.php/en/media­centre­129/news­and­resources­127/2354­moreaction­needed­to­stop­human­rights­violations­in­ethiopia)
reiterated that “Ethiopia has for a long
time severely restricted press freedom and the work of civil society. It is one of the top countries when
it comes to jailing journalists, many of whom it charges under the 2009 anti­terrorism law.”
This attack on the media is itself part of a broader attack on the fundamental freedoms of
expression, association and assembly that CIVICUS has been documenting during the last few years
(in 2015 there were serious violations of these freedoms in more than 100 countries). Attacks on the
media often go hand in hand with those on activists and organisations that challenge or question the
powers that be. In many countries, this crackdown happens with impunity and attacks often go
unpunished.
While governments are the main culprits when it comes curtailing media freedom, the private sector
also often seeks to control or manipulate media outputs in ways that favour them and their narrow
interests: putting profit before people. This takes place in multiple ways, from the concentration of
media ownership (http://sacsis.org.za/site/article/213.1) and the power that allows corporates to
yield, to bribing journalists (http://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/article/2015­10­
03/193135/) and influencing editorial content (https://cpj.org/2014/02/attacks­on­the­pressadvertising.php)
in exchange for paid advertising.
Often caught between state repression and corporate influence, media in many African countries
face huge challenges. While there is no one­size­fits­all solution to these challenges a key part of the
solution must be to support independent media, including citizen­journalism; for regional
governance institutions to hold African countries accountable and for African countries to hold each
other accountable; and for education and awareness about rights related to freedom of information
and expression.
With regard to the latter, recent research (http://www.pewglobal.org/2015/11/18/global­supportfor­principle­of­free­expression­but­opposition­to­some­forms­of­speech/)
shows that there is
widespread support for media freedom and freedom of expression in Africa but that support for
these rights is not universal. In some contexts, journalistic ethics need to be strengthened; media
outlets need to invest more in their journalists and support for independent media amongst civil
society and the general public needs to be amplified. We need to look towards innovation too, to
think of ways to use inexpensive technology to produce people­powered information and data.
Media that is accurate, credible, ethical and impartial is crucial to development, freedom, human
rights and justice in Africa – as it is elsewhere. A study on freedom of expression across 34 African
countries (http://allafrica.com/stories/201310160725.html) in 2013 showed the link between this
most basic right and a range of factors, stating that “freedom of expression is also consistently linked
to better ratings of government performance, especially with respect to government effectiveness in
fighting corruption, but also in other sectors such as maintaining roads and managing the
economy.”
Given the challenges we face on the continent, the current media crackdown is untenable and
dangerous, and does nothing to facilitate the progress so many are working hard to achieve. As
citizens of Africa, we need to increase our efforts to protect those that give us voice and help us
realise the full scope of our rights.
Zubair Sayed is the Head of Communication and Campaigns at CIVICUS, a global alliance of
civil society organisations

Dr Hamis Kigwangalla,CHALLENGES facing cancer patients in accessing medicines will soon be made things of the past

CHALLENGES facing cancer patients at the Ocean Road Cancer Institute in accessing medicines will soon be made things of the past as the government is working round the clock to address them.
Deputy Minister of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Dr Hamis Kigwangalla, told Members of Parliament (MPs) here that the needs for chemotherapy medicines to treat cancer for the year 2015/16 is 7.2bn/-.“The government shoulders the costs of treatment of cancer for patients suffering from the disease and has been increasing budget allocation for purchasing of cancer medicines and be supplied to the cancer victims at the institute,” he explained.
The deputy minister was responding to basic question from Rashid Ali Abdalla (Tumbe – CUF), who said cancer patients at the Ocean Road Cancer Institute cannot access treatments on time, wanting to know what the government is doing to address the challenges.Dr Kigwangalla said in 2011 the government in collaboration with Bungando Hospital started construction of a cancer institute at the hospital, which will increase the capacity to treat cancer patients.

He said construction of the institute is now complete including bunkers where Linear accelerator or in short LINAC machines for treatment of cancer will be installed.

“The next step is to instal the Linac machines which are being used in Tanzania for the first time and treatment of cancer through chemotherapy drug is available and is dispensed to patients who need this line of treatment,” he explained.

The linac machine generates high energy x-rays (photons) which are then carefully aimed at the area targeted for treatment. It can be used to treat all areas of the body from head to toe.

TPA Acting Director General ,will undergo major improvement under a 690-million-dollar,DAR ES SALAAM port

DAR ES SALAAM port will undergo major improvement under a 690-million-dollar expansion programme.Tanzania Ports Authority Acting Director General Aloyce Matei told reporters in the city that the World Bank has provided a loan of 600 million US dollars while 30 million US dollars have been issued by Trade Mark East Africa and the Department for International Development (DFID).
TPA will contribute the remaining 60 million US dollars, he said. The improvement will be carried out in five years and is primarily meant to make the country’s sea gateway enlarge its cargo handling capacity.“In order to enable large ships to enter the port and also being able to afford serving the huge increase of cargo that is expected in the coming years, so improvement to the infrastructure and performance system is very necessary,” Matei said.He said that shipment of cargo at the port for the past five years has been increasing at an average of nine per cent annually, with a noticeable increase of shipments in oil and containers.

“The growth indicates that until 2030 the amount of cargo will increase to 38 million tons from 16 million tons in 2014/15,” he said. According to Matei, the improvement will go together with the rehabilitation of a number of berths in order to enable large ships to land at the port.The transfer of Kurasini Oil Jet (KOJ) pier and oil pipelines at the area of construction and improvement of the rail network and construction of the uploading and downloading luggage on wagons are some of the activities which will take place.

He added that research has been done on environmental impact assessment before the start of the project and TPA has a permit certificate from the National Environment Management Council.He however, said that there is no shortage of incoming cargo and this is for all ports worldwide due to the global economic crisis -- especially in China and other countries using Dar es Salaam port.

Meanwhile, Eng Mary Mhayaya of the TPA said the project of flow metre at the Kigamboni area which spent 6.5 million US dollars was completed last month and awaits a permit from the Weight and Measures Agency (WMA) to start working officially.

She said already the metres’ operators have already trained on how to operate. “Stakeholders have shown their satisfaction with the system of using flow metre and they will get more information about the system online,” she said.