Sources: Xinhua
Lawyers for Maasai herders, who say that the Tanzanian government is trying to violently evict them from their ancestral land in order to make way for a luxury game reserve, have filed an appeal against a court ruling that dismissed their case. 2022-10-5
Benin, Liberia, Somalia and Tanzania report their first confirmed cases of COVID-19. 2020-03-16
The world's oldest rhinoceros, Fausta, dies in Tanzania at the age of 57. 2019-12-29
Jihadists kill six civilians and injure seven in a village near the Mozambique–Tanzania border. All the victims are Tanzanian nationals, while the terrorists are identified as Mozambicans. 2019-11-13
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
The Millennium Challenge Corporation, a United States foreign aid agency, pulls $472m of funding for a Tanzanian electricity project after concluding that the election held in Zanzibar "was neither inclusive nor representative". Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania, held a rerun of its election that was boycotted by the opposition after it was previously annulled because of supposed fraud. 2016-03-29
A quarry accident in Arusha, Tanzania, leaves at least 13 people dead. 2013-04-2
Tanzanian authorities charge four people with negligence in relation to the Zanzibar ferry sinking that cost at least 240 lives on September 10. 2011-09-17
A British cruise ship avoids a possible Somali pirate attack 100 mi off the coast of Tanzania in the Indian Ocean. 2011-01-13
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani is convicted on one count of conspiracy in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for his role in the 1998 United States embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya. 2010-11-17