Sources: AP
Fifty-eight people have been killed in Tanzania and 13 people have been killed in Kenya in the past two weeks by flooding caused by torrential rains, with more than 125,000 people in coastal areas of East Africa affected by the flooding. Tanzania announces plans to construct fourteen dams in an attempt to reduce the damage from future floods. 2024-04-15
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 Tanzanian soldier is killed while two more Tanzanian and a Lesotho soldiers are wounded after storming an ISIL-linked groups hideout in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. 2021-09-27
The world's oldest rhinoceros, Fausta, dies in Tanzania at the age of 57. 2019-12-29
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
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
18 children die after their boat capsizes on the Tanzanian side of Lake Victoria. 2010-08-5