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

Letter from Africa: The great train safari from Tanzania to Zambia

Monday, November 18th 2019, 1:02
related countries: China, Zambia

Taking the Tazara line, built in the 1970s by the Chinese, is like travelling in a bygone era.
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Tanzanian Idris Sultan 'held' for Magufuli face-swap

Thursday, October 31st 2019, 17:25

Idris Sultan is being held under Tanzania's controversial Cybercrimes Act, his lawyer says.
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Tanzania billionaire Mohammed Dewji told kidnapper to shoot him

Wednesday, October 30th 2019, 17:38

Tanzanian businessman Mohammed Dewji talks about last year's abduction for the first time.
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Ebola virus: Tanzania failing to provide details, WHO says

Sunday, September 22nd 2019, 9:28

The World Health Organization says it has not been given reports on possible cases.
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Man drowns during underwater marriage proposal

Saturday, September 21st 2019, 19:29

Video shows Steven Weber proposing through the window of a submerged cabin off Tanzania.
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South Africa seizes Air Tanzania plane in Johannesburg

Saturday, August 24th 2019, 19:28

A farmer claims the plane was impounded because Tanzania's government hasn't paid him compensation.
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Cape to Cairo homemade plane project creators die in Tanzania crash

Sunday, August 4th 2019, 12:09
related countries: Egypt
related places: Cairo

Two pilots behind a project to get teenagers flying a plane across Africa die in the Tanzania crash.
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Why is a Tanzanian chief's skull mentioned in the Versailles Treaty?

Friday, June 28th 2019, 0:52

Chief Mkwawa died 16 years before WW1 began but his skull was mentioned in the treaty that ended the conflict.
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Tanzania's President Magufuli shops with basket after plastic bag ban

Tuesday, June 4th 2019, 14:02

John Magufuli's defiance of Tanzanian convention is likely to help stamp out the use of plastic bags.
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'President Trump tweeted about my football skills'

Saturday, March 9th 2019, 0:01
related countries: United States

Meet the Tanzanian woman whose ball skills gained global attention, including from the US president.
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Five things Tanzania's President 'Bulldozer' Magufuli has banned

Tuesday, March 5th 2019, 0:59

The policies that have shaped the image of Tanzania's no-nonsense president.
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Chinese 'Ivory Queen' Yang Fenglan jailed in Tanzania

Tuesday, February 19th 2019, 14:22
related countries: China

The Chinese businesswoman was sentenced to 15 years in prison for operating an ivory-smuggling ring.
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Tanzania 'witchcraft' murders: 'Our son was robbed of his future'

Saturday, February 9th 2019, 0:49
related places: Njombe

'Witchcraft' is blamed for a spate of child abductions and murders in the Njombe region of Tanzania.
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Six Tanzanian children killed 'for body parts'

Monday, January 28th 2019, 17:52

Tanzanian authorities say the bodies were missing ears and teeth in deaths linked to witchcraft.
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Executed Tanzanian hero's grandson takes DNA test to find lost skull

Tuesday, November 20th 2018, 17:04
related countries: Germany

Tanzanian chief Mangi Meli's skull has been missing since his execution by German colonialists in 1900.
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Denmark withholds aid to Tanzania after anti-gay comments

Thursday, November 15th 2018, 18:13

Planned payments of $9.8m will be withheld after anti-gay comments by a senior Tanzanian politician.
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The search in Germany for the lost skull of Tanzania's Mangi Meli

Tuesday, November 13th 2018, 22:17
related countries: Germany

Mnyaka Sururu Mboro is looking for the skull of a rebel Tanzanian chief who was executed by German colonisers.
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Mohammed Dewji: Reward offered for abducted Tanzania billionaire

Monday, October 15th 2018, 14:46

The family of "Africa's youngest billionaire" offers $440,000 for tips that lead to his rescue.
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Mohammed Dewji: Africa's 'youngest billionaire' abducted in Tanzania

Thursday, October 11th 2018, 16:56

Masked gunmen kidnapped Mohammed Dewji as he was about to enter a swanky hotel gym, police say.
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