Sources: BBC
At least 47 people are killed and 85 others are injured by landslides caused by flooding in Katesh, Manyara, Tanzania. 2023-12-3
Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah wins the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee". Gurnah's most renowned novel is "Paradise", set in colonial East Africa during World War I. 2021-10-7
Six Tanzanian children are killed for their eyes, ears and other body parts. A Njombe district official, who found many were taken when they were home alone whilst their parents were working, believes that superstitious beliefs and witchcraft are involved. Four other missing children have been found alive. 2019-01-28
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
This week, the Gambia and Tanzania outlawed child marriages. Friday, the Tanzanian High Court β in a case filed by the "Msichana Initiative", a lobbying group that advocates for girls' right to education β ruled in favor of protecting girls from the harms of early marriage. And during a feast ending the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Wednesday, The Gambian President Yahya Jammeh announced that child and forced marriages are banned. Jammeh called on the National Assembly to quickly take up the issue. 2016-07-9
A rerun of Zanzibar's presidential election takes place amid an opposition boycott. The election originally occurred at the same time as Tanzania's general election in 2015 but was annulled because of supposed fraud. 2016-03-20
India gives Tanzania US$180 million in aid to support its development. 2011-05-27
Somali pirates hijack a Liberian ship 80 nautical miles east of the border between Tanzania and Mozambique, in their most southerly attack yet. 2010-12-10
Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete is sworn in for a second and final term. 2010-11-6
Salum Khalfani Bar'wani of the opposition Civic United Front party is elected as a Member of Parliament, the first albino to serve elective office in Tanzania. 2010-11-2