Two port cities share similar problems. Hazardous materials are on the move and there is the risk of traffic accidents. A good fire and rescue service can save lives. Enter the Hamburg fire brigade.

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — One evening in March, as a warm breeze blew in from the Indian Ocean and the call to prayer from the neighborhood mosque echoed in the twilight, Omari Abdullah sat on a ...

Visionaries hope for a modern metropolis modelled on Singapore, but pessimists fear the emergence of another dirt-poor city of slums. Dar es Salaam is one of the world's fastest growing cities, and it ...