Sources: AP
A Precision Air airliner with 43 persons aboard crashes into Lake Victoria, Tanzania. Nineteen occupants are killed; the others are rescued. 2022-11-6
Sri Lanka reports its first case of the 501.V2 variant, which originated in South Africa, in a person who travelled from Tanzania and is currently staying at a quarantine centre. 2021-03-12
Thailand reports their first case of the 501.V2 variant in a person who travelled from Tanzania and undergoes mandatory quarantine. 2021-02-14
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
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
Nathan Mutei, a Kenyan man, is jailed for 17 years in Tanzania after being convicted of attempting to sell an albino man; the prized albino is escorted back to Kenya under armed guard. 2010-08-18
18 children die after their boat capsizes on the Tanzanian side of Lake Victoria. 2010-08-5