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.

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Tanzania: news

In pictures: Dar es Salaam's fish market

Monday, July 9th 2012, 8:36
related places: Dar es Salaam

Meet Ally and the others who put seafood on Tanzanian tables
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Tanzania in Iran oil tanker probe

Thursday, July 5th 2012, 15:37
related countries: Iran

Tanzania is seriously investigating allegations that it re-flagged Iranian oil tankers in defiance of sanctions, but finds no evidence so far, the foreign minister says.
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Tanzania denies doctor 'torture'

Monday, July 2nd 2012, 11:49

The president of Tanzania dismisses reports that the government was behind the alleged kidnap and torture of the leader of a group of striking doctors.
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Migrants die in Tanzania truck

Wednesday, June 27th 2012, 15:55
related countries: Ethiopia

Some 42 migrants, believed to be from Ethiopia, are found dead in the back of a truck in Tanzania.
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Arrest over Kenya 'terror' blast

Wednesday, June 13th 2012, 18:10
related countries: Germany, Kenya
related places: Nairobi

A German national suspected of involvement in last month's attack on a shopping centre in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, is arrested in Tanzania.
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Top ministers sacked in Tanzania

Friday, May 4th 2012, 19:19

Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete sacks six ministers - including those of finance and energy - amid allegations of government corruption.
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Tanzania mourns soap star Kanumba

Tuesday, April 10th 2012, 16:45
related places: Dar es Salaam

More than 30,000 people attend the funeral of Tanzania's most popular film star Steven Kanumba, who died on Saturday at the age of 28.
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BAE in Tanzania education payout

Thursday, March 15th 2012, 14:46

BAE Systems is to pay at least £29.5m towards educational projects in Tanzania following an agreement with the Serious Fraud Office.
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Anger at ribbons for HIV pupils

Thursday, March 15th 2012, 11:33
related places: Dar es Salaam

Campaigners in Tanzania criticise some schools in a region north-west of Dar es Salaam for making HIV-positive pupils wear a red ribbon on their uniforms.
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Tanzanians riot over 'witchcraft'

Thursday, February 23rd 2012, 14:31

Four Tanzanian police officers are detained after a deadly protest over women allegedly killed to obtain body parts for witchcraft use.
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Deadly floods hit Tanzanian city

Thursday, December 22nd 2011, 14:50
related places: Dar es Salaam

At least 20 people have died and hundreds made homeless in floods after unusually heavy rains in Tanzania's main city of Dar es Salaam.
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Tanzania urged to take BAE action

Wednesday, November 30th 2011, 3:38

A cross-party parliamentary group is urging the Tanzanian government to prosecute those guilty of corruption or bribery over the sale of a BAE Systems air traffic control package.
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Tanzania 'detains Congo soldiers'

Monday, November 7th 2011, 10:27
related countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo

More than 20 heavily armed Congolese soldiers have been detained in Tanzania for illegally entering the country, Tanzania's army says.
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Eritrea players' asylum bid fails

Thursday, October 13th 2011, 13:30
related countries: Eritrea

Tanzania rejects an asylum request by 13 young Eritrean footballers who refused to return home after a regional tournament in July.
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Zanzibar mourns ferry boat deaths

Sunday, September 11th 2011, 3:18
related places: Zanzibar

The Tanzanian region of Zanzibar begins three days of mourning for the victims of a ferry sinking that killed nearly 200 people.
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VIDEO: Survivors say ferry overcrowded

Saturday, September 10th 2011, 21:27

The ferry that capsized off Tanzania was overcrowded and appeared to be in trouble before it even left port, according to survivors.
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Scores die as Zanzibar ship sinks

Saturday, September 10th 2011, 15:11
related places: Zanzibar

At least 187 people are killed, but 620 are rescued after a ship carrying at least 800 people sinks near the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar.
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Tanzania bribery claim denied

Wednesday, September 7th 2011, 13:21

Dubai-based investor Ali Albwardy denies bribing Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete and donating $1m (£620,000) to his political party.
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VIDEO: Tanzanians face China plastics 'threat'

Wednesday, August 31st 2011, 13:13
related countries: China

Chinese traders in Tanzania are exporting plastic waste back home and, according to some, putting local people's livelihoods at risk.
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