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A Precision Air airliner with 43 persons aboard crashes into Lake Victoria, Tanzania. Nineteen occupants are killed; the others are rescued.
2022-11-6

A fire, spread by strong winds, occurs on the slopes of Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro.
2022-10-23

The World Bank delays its decision on granting a US$500 million loan to Tanzania, in response to pressure from activist groups over the country’s policy of banning pregnant students from attending state schools.
2020-01-27

The death toll of the MV "Nyerere" sinking in Lake Victoria, Tanzania, rises to 224. Several are still missing.
2018-09-23

The death toll of the MV "Nyerere" sinking in Lake Victoria, Tanzania, rises to 207. Several people are still missing.
2018-09-22

At least 136 people are dead and more than 100 others are missing after a ferry capsizes in Lake Victoria, Tanzania.
2018-09-20

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake occurs in northern Tanzania, near Lake Victoria, killing at least 13 people and injuring 200 others. Tanzanian authorities report significant damage in the town of Bukoba. The governments of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda report tremors.
2016-09-10

Tanzanian flooding kills 42 people near Lake Victoria in the Kahama District.
2015-03-5

One person is dead and another 57 are injured after a bomb detonates inside a Roman Catholic church in Arusha, Tanzania.
2013-05-5

78 people are killed and 66 are reported missing after the MV Skagit, a ferry carrying 280 people sinks off the coast of Zanzibar on its way from Tanzania.
2012-07-18