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13 unusual facts about Arusha


2011 Kilimanjaro Bowl

American Football crossed a new international border when the Drake Bulldogs and CONADEIP Stars from Mexico met on the gridiron painted for the first time on African soil in Arusha, Tanzania.

The game at the Sheikh Amri Abeid Memorial Stadium in Arusha, Tanzania was played May 21, 2011, due to the seasonal difference in Africa, featuring Drake against Mexican All-Star team CONADEIP.

Dennis Byron

As President of the ICTR which is located in Arusha, Tanzania, Sir Dennis is also an Under-Secretary General of the United Nations.

Jyrki Otila

Otila worked as assistant office chief of YLE from 1965 to 1970, in the United Nations in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from 1970 to 1973, in YLE in 1974, in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs as a development aid expert in Tanzania from 1975 to 1977, and as a factory chief for the Orion Corporation in Arusha, Tanzania from 1977 to 1980.

Kenyon Painter

When the area became Tanganyika, Painter invested heavily in the region, buying 11,000 acres of land outside Arusha which he turned into a coffee plantation.

Prudence Bushnell

Bagosora has since been arrested for his role in the genocide and is currently on trial in Arusha, Tanzania for war crimes and crimes against humanity (ICTR).

Sir Arthur Markham, 1st Baronet

On his death, his eldest son, Charles, became the 2nd Baronet Markham of Arusha, East Africa.

St Mary's Mbeya Secondary School

It serves students from the Tanzania Southern Highlands, Dar Es Salaam, Morogoro, Arusha, and Iringa regions.

Taking the Flak

Taking The Flak was filmed around Arusha, Tanzania, in the autumn of 2008 although episode one (the pilot) was filmed in January 2007 in Nakuru, Kenya, with a working title of The Calais Rules.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1286

It reaffirmed that the Arusha peace process was the basis of a resolution of the conflict.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1545

The Security Council reiterated its support for the Peace and Reconciliation Agreement signed in Arusha in 2000, calling on the relevant parties to honour their commitments under the agreement.

Valerie Davey

After her marriage she moved to Tanzania and taught at the Ilboru Secondary School on Ilboru Road in Arusha.

Vanessa Mdee

Vanessa Mdee was born on June 7, 1988, and grew up in the Arusha, a small town in the Northern region of Tanzania.


Ann Claire Williams

For several years, Williams has also served as a member of international training delegations that have traveled to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha, Tanzania, and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) at the Hague.

Arusha District

As of 1994, Arusha District was the wealthiest district in Tanzania with 91,024 Tanzanian shillings.

Cape to Cairo Road

Most would consider it to be the road from Tunduma on the Tanzania-Zambia border, through Morogoro to the Arusha turnoff, and north to Arusha, then to Nairobi in Kenya.

Kaloleni

Kaloleni, Tanzania, an administrative ward in the Arusha District of the Arusha Region of Tanzania

Usa River, Tanzania

The School of St Jude, a charity-funded school for the poorest children of the Arusha Region, has a campus in Usa River.