Sources: News24
Five people are killed when a rescue helicopter crashes on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. 2025-12-24
Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan creates an inquiry commission to investigate the killings that occurred during recent election-related protests and orders the release of some detained participants, while also announcing plans to begin constitutional reform within her administration's first 100 days. 2025-11-14
Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan appoints MP Mwigulu Nchemba as prime minister, who is confirmed by parliament. 2025-11-13
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 Hellenic Coast Guard seizes the Tanzanian-flagged cargo ship "Andromeda" – allegedly bound for Libya, loaded with 410 tonnes of explosives – in Heraklion, Greece. 102 safety deficiencies are found, and 8 crew members are arrested. 2018-01-10
This week, the Gambia and Tanzania outlawed child marriages. Friday, the Tanzanian High Court — in a case filed by the "Msichana Initiative", a lobbying group that advocates for girls' right to education — 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
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
Voters in Tanzania go to the polls for the country's general election. 2010-10-31
The first civilian trial of a person formerly imprisoned by the United States in Guantánamo Bay begins in New York. According to his lawyers Ahmed Ghailani of Tanzania was tortured. 2010-10-6
Tanzania's Ngorongoro Conservation Area, including the Serengeti National Park and Olduvai Gorge, are added. 2010-08-1