Sources: Xinhua
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
Tanzania reports that five people have died from an outbreak of Marburg virus. The Health Ministry added that three others are being treated and that 161 people are being tracked by authorities, although the ministry stated that this is not of serious concern for the country. 2023-03-21
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
Tanzania receives its first shipment of 1 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine donated by the U.S. government. 2021-07-24
Thailand reports their first case of the 501.V2 variant in a person who travelled from Tanzania and undergoes mandatory quarantine. 2021-02-14
Six Tanzanian children are killed for their eyes, ears and other body parts. A Njombe district official, who found many were taken when they were home alone whilst their parents were working, believes that superstitious beliefs and witchcraft are involved. Four other missing children have been found alive. 2019-01-28
Suspected Allied Democratic Forces militants in North Kivu, DR Congo, kill at least 15 United Nations peacekeepers, mostly Tanzanian, and five Congolese soldiers, and wound 53 other people. An unknown number of the rebels are killed. Over 90 peacekeepers have been killed since the mission started in 1999. 2017-12-8
This week, the Gambia and Tanzania outlawed child marriages. Friday, the Tanzanian High Court β in a case filed by the "Msichana Initiative", a lobbying group that advocates for girls' right to education β 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
At least 32 people are killed in several hours of explosions due to an accident at a munitions dump in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania closing the city's airport, destroying homes, a school and sending debris flying across the city as thousands of people seek shelter in a stadium. The death toll is expected to rise. 2011-02-17
Voters in Tanzania go to the polls for the country's general election. 2010-10-31