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

Canada recalls spitting diplomat

Monday, December 14th 2009, 10:20
related countries: Canada

A Canadian junior envoy who caused a diplomatic row after spitting at a Tanzanian policeman and journalist is recalled.
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In pictures

Monday, December 14th 2009, 8:51

How a Tanzanian child born with no legs took first steps
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'Diplomatic spat' angers Tanzania

Friday, December 11th 2009, 15:46
related countries: Canada

Tanzania's foreign ministry summons the Canadian High Commissioner after a diplomat allegedly spat at a policeman.
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Swine flu hits Tanzania gem mine

Tuesday, December 1st 2009, 17:26

Tanzanian authorities try to close a diamond mine because of swine flu, but the miners refuse to leave.
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East Africa in historic trade pact

Friday, November 20th 2009, 15:43
related countries: Burundi, Kenya, Uganda

East African leaders sign a common market trade agreement, allowing the free movement of people and goods.
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Albino killers get death penalty

Monday, November 2nd 2009, 17:12

Tanzania hands death sentences to four men who killed and dismembered an albino man, one of a spate of such attacks.
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Charging elephant kills BBC guide

Friday, October 30th 2009, 20:15

An expedition guide for a BBC children's programme died after being charged by an elephant in Tanzania, it is revealed.
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UK firm faces bribery charges

Thursday, October 1st 2009, 15:42
related countries: South Africa, United Kingdom

UK defence giant BAE Systems is facing charges over alleged bribery in Tanzania and South Africa.
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Albino killers 'should be hanged'

Thursday, September 24th 2009, 14:13

Tanzania's albino society calls for the men found guilty of killing an albino boy to be hanged publicly as a warning to others.
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S Korea agrees Tanzania land deal

Thursday, September 24th 2009, 10:16
related countries: South Korea

South Korea says it has agreed to cultivate 1,000 sq km of Tanzania for farmland - the latest in a series of such deals.
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Death for Tanzania albino killers

Wednesday, September 23rd 2009, 13:04

Three Tanzanians are sentenced to death for killing an albino boy - targeted because witchdoctors use albino body parts in potions.
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Tanzania buries school fire dead

Tuesday, August 25th 2009, 15:31

A mass burial is held in Tanzania for 12 schoolgirls who died in a fire in their dormitory, after studying by candlelight.
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Mass grave for Tanzania fire dead

Monday, August 24th 2009, 11:40

Twelve Tanzanian schoolchildren who died in a fire will be buried in a mass grave because they cannot be identified, officials say.
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Tanzania police cleared of murder

Monday, August 17th 2009, 16:41

The first-ever trial of police officers accused of killing civilians in Tanzania ends with acquittals for all eight officers.
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Tanzania launches bank for women

Tuesday, July 28th 2009, 18:14

A bank for women launches in Tanzania, a first for the country, in what officials say will be an empowering move.
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Tanzania 'finds Comoros victims'

Wednesday, July 8th 2009, 13:39
related countries: Comoros

Tanzanian police say bodies and debris believed to be from a plane that crashed off Comoros have washed up on an island.
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Albino trials begin in Tanzania

Tuesday, June 9th 2009, 8:47

Seven people go on trial in Tanzania, accused of killing albinos and selling their body parts to witchdoctors.
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Tanzania troops attack policeman

Wednesday, May 20th 2009, 10:45

An inquiry is set up after Tanzanian soldiers allegedly beat up a policeman who had delayed their convoy at a roadblock.
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Tanzania army to destroy weapons

Thursday, May 7th 2009, 8:35
related places: Dar es Salaam

Tanzania's army is to carry out controlled explosions at a depot near Dar es Salaam following last week's deadly armoury blasts.
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