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
A fire, spread by strong winds, occurs on the slopes of Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro. 2022-10-23
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
The Hellenic Coast Guard seizes the Tanzanian-flagged cargo ship "Andromeda" β allegedly bound for Libya, loaded with 410 tonnes of explosives β in Heraklion, Greece. 102 safety deficiencies are found, and 8 crew members are arrested. 2018-01-10
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
China's President Xi Jinping vows to intensify ties with Africa, as he addresses leaders in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on his first trip to the continent. 2013-03-25
The President of Tanzania, Jakaya Kikwete, accuses the opposition of provoking violence in the country in an attempt to remove the government. 2011-02-28
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