After a rocky couple of weeks travelling through Paris, London and San Francisco, the Olympic torch made its way to Africa in the middle of last month. And its one destination on the continent was right here in Dar es Salaam - whose rough translation is Haven of Peace. Some of us held our breath as we waited to see whether the event would live up to the city's name. To the organisers' relief it passed off completely peacefully - no doubt helped, in part at least, by keeping the route under wraps until very late and dramatically cutting it down to 5km. Still, from the press coverage the next day, a large crowd of people in Coca Cola t-shirts seemed to have tracked down the torch to cheer it on its way.
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