News: Tanzania

We have started to collect the most important news related to Tanzania in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Tanzania – overview

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• October 22nd 2020 – November 21st 2019
• November 18th 2019 – October 11th 2018
• September 22nd 2018 – June 23rd 2017
• June 22nd 2017 – September 11th 2016
• July 5th 2016 – October 28th 2015
• October 27th 2015 – March 19th 2015
• March 12th 2015 – December 23rd 2014
• December 23rd 2014 – February 25th 2014
• February 6th 2014 – August 12th 2013
• July 9th 2013 – April 2nd 2013
• April 1st 2013 – July 18th 2012
• July 9th 2012 – August 31st 2011
• August 18th 2011 – December 20th 2010
• December 13th 2010 – January 11th 2010
• December 14th 2009 – May 7th 2009
• May 4th 2009 – October 14th 2008
• October 2nd 2008 – February 8th 2008
• February 7th 2008 – January 5th 2007
• November 25th 2006 – December 17th 2005
• December 15th 2005 – December 13th 2005

Tanzania: news

Tanzania's Tundu Lissu: Surviving an assassination attempt to run for president

Thursday, October 22nd 2020, 23:07

Tanzania's Tundu Lissu, who was shot in 2017, hopes to unseat President John Magufuli.
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Tanzania President John Magufuli: The man who declared victory over coronavirus

Wednesday, October 21st 2020, 23:18

President John Magufuli’s idiosyncratic handling of Covid-19 has put Tanzania in the global spotlight.
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Mount Kilimanjaro fire: Firefighters struggle to contain Tanzania blaze

Thursday, October 15th 2020, 17:10

Firefighters in Tanzania are struggling to tackle a number of fires on Africa's highest mountain.
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Uganda and Tanzania sign $3.5bn oil pipeline deal

Sunday, September 13th 2020, 17:17

East Africa's first major oil pipeline is expected to create tens of thousands of jobs.
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'Aggressive action' needed as Africa coronavirus cases pass 1m

Friday, August 7th 2020, 15:30

South Africa has more than half of all Covid-19 cases, while Tanzania's lack of data is a "concern".
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Tanzanite: Tanzanian miner earns millions after second rare find

Monday, August 3rd 2020, 17:10

Saniniu Laizer sells a Tanzanite stone for $2 million (£1.5m), months after a similar find.
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'My Tanzanian family is split over coronavirus'

Wednesday, July 29th 2020, 0:57

Sammy Awami writes that his relatives are divided over the Tanzanian leader's policy on Covid-19.
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Tanzanite: Tanzanian miner becomes overnight millionaire

Wednesday, June 24th 2020, 18:36

Saniniu Laizer sold two Tanzanite stones, with a combined weight of 15kg, for £2.4m.
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Diamond Platnumz and Africa's most popular YouTube stars

Monday, June 15th 2020, 23:15

Tanzania's Diamond Platnumz is the first sub-Saharan artist to reach a billion YouTube views - how do Africa's other stars compare?
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Coronavirus in Tanzania: Has Covid-19 disappeared?

Friday, June 12th 2020, 6:15

Several doctors in the country say Covid-19 is spreading fast despite the government's claims to the contrary.
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Coronavirus: John Magufuli declares Tanzania free of Covid-19

Monday, June 8th 2020, 13:31

President John Magufuli says prayers have helped eliminate the deadly virus from the country.
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Sudan 'must pay' US East African embassy attack victims

Tuesday, May 19th 2020, 12:56
related countries: Kenya, United States

The US Supreme Court rules in favour of damages over the 1998 bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.
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Night burials amid Tanzania's coronavirus defiance

Monday, May 4th 2020, 1:30

Some fear the East African nation is downplaying the pandemic as it seeks to protect its economy.
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Coronavirus: Tanzanian president promises to import Madagascar's 'cure'

Monday, May 4th 2020, 0:52

There is no scientific proof the Madagascan-made tonic is effective in treating the virus.
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Maxence Melo's Jamii Forums: Tanzania’s 'accidental journalist'

Sunday, January 12th 2020, 0:15

Maxence Melo, the online freedom champion in Tanzania, is apprehensive of what might happen in an election year.
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'World's oldest rhino' Fausta dies in Tanzania aged 57

Sunday, December 29th 2019, 8:27

Fausta, a female eastern black rhino, lived in the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania.
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Bees send footballers diving in Tanzania

Monday, December 23rd 2019, 15:58

A football match in Tanzania is briefly stopped when a swarm of bees invades the pitch.
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'I was kicked out of school for being pregnant'

Sunday, December 8th 2019, 8:16

Debra Emmanuel is one of 23 who have graduated from a new college for teenage mothers in Tanzania.
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A third of tropical African plants face extinction

Thursday, November 21st 2019, 0:44
related countries: Ethiopia

An assessment shows rapid loss of trees, shrubs and herbs in countries such as Ethiopia and Tanzania.
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