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

Tanzania blast victims demand aid

Monday, May 4th 2009, 9:27
related places: Dar es Salaam

Tanzanian victims of a massive armoury explosion near Dar es Salaam request more aid.
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Hundreds hurt by Tanzania blast

Thursday, April 30th 2009, 12:48

More than 300 people, some critically injured, remain in hospital a day after the massive armoury blast in Tanzania.
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Deadly blasts rock Tanzanian city

Wednesday, April 29th 2009, 15:54
related places: Dar es Salaam

An army base armoury near the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam explodes, killing at least three people and causing panic.
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Tanzania mine collapse kills 11

Monday, March 30th 2009, 11:15

At least 11 people are feared dead after a gold mine collapsed in north-western Tanzania.
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Tanzania train wreck 'deliberate'

Monday, March 30th 2009, 11:12

Police in Tanzania suspect a deadly train crash was caused deliberately to steal petrol, as they make seven arrests.
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Tanzania train crash 'kills 15'

Sunday, March 29th 2009, 21:06

At least 15 people die after a passenger train ploughs into a cargo train in central Tanzania.
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Tanzania 'witch-naming' under way

Tuesday, March 10th 2009, 13:56

Thousands of people in Tanzania take part in an exercise aimed at identifying those behind the killing of albinos for ritual purposes.
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Tanzanians to name albino killers

Monday, March 2nd 2009, 14:18

Tanzania launches a nationwide exercise inviting the public to identify those behind dozens of murders of people with albinism.
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China's Hu grants aid to Tanzania

Sunday, February 15th 2009, 14:59

China's President Hu Jintao grants $22m in aid to Tanzania as he continues an African tour aimed at building ties.
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Tanzanian teacher whipping move

Saturday, February 14th 2009, 12:28

A regional official in Tanzania is sacked for instructing police to whip primary school teachers for arriving at school late.
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Shock as Tanzania teachers caned

Friday, February 13th 2009, 17:36

The Tanzania Teachers' Union is taking legal action after primary teachers were given the cane for poor exam results.
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Toad haul

Thursday, January 29th 2009, 16:41

Stunning pictures of Tanzania's hidden amphibians
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Witchdoctors flout Tanzania ban

Monday, January 26th 2009, 13:03

Witchdoctors in Tanzania defy a ban, intended to stop the killings of albinos for ritual medicine.
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Mothers hacked in albino attacks

Friday, November 14th 2008, 18:00

Two mothers in Tanzania are injured during attacks by gangs seeking to kidnap their albino children.
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Man 'tried to sell' albino wife

Thursday, November 13th 2008, 11:13

Police in Tanzania arrest a man allegedly planning to sell his albino wife for $3,000.
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Tanzanian fear at Islamic courts

Friday, October 24th 2008, 16:41

Church leaders in Tanzania oppose a proposal to establish Islamic courts saying they will create religious tension.
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Albino girl murdered in Tanzania

Tuesday, October 21st 2008, 15:06

Five people have been arrested in north-western Tanzania for killing an albino girl, police tell the BBC.
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Tanzanian albinos stage protest

Sunday, October 19th 2008, 14:02

Tanzanian albinos stage a protest against the killing of members of their community for ritual purposes.
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Sweet pill tackles child malaria

Tuesday, October 14th 2008, 23:17

Tanzanian researchers say an easy-to-swallow cherry-flavoured pill could help halt malaria in children.
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