Dar es Salaam, May 2 -- MOROGORO: Union countries in Tanzania have applauded Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) for a project which trains southern giant pouched rats to detect landmines and tuberculosis.

Speaking on behalf of other envoys, the Head of EU Delegation in Tanzania, Christine Gau said the project run through a Belgian Non-Governmental Organization (APOPO) had has yielded significant life-saving results in many countries around the world.

Ambassador Grau said that Apopo is a unique initiative that has yielded remarkable life-saving results in many countries around the world which have been affected by land explosives.

The EU ambassadors who accompanied Ms Grau are from Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Finland, Denmark, Fra...