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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• December 14th 2009 – May 7th 2009
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Tanzania: news

'The next thing I knew I was in the water'

Saturday, September 22nd 2018, 10:48
related countries: Seychelles

Survivors from a ferry that capsized on Lake Victoria, Tanzania, have spoken of their ordeal.
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Anxious wait for relatives in Tanzania ferry disaster

Friday, September 21st 2018, 17:40
related countries: Seychelles

Dozens of people have died after a ferry capsized on Lake Victoria in Tanzania.
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Lake Victoria, Tanzania: Dozens drown in ferry capsize

Friday, September 21st 2018, 4:48
related countries: Seychelles

At least 42 people die when the vessel overturns close to shore on Tanzania's Lake Victoria.
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Tanzania's President Magufuli calls for end to birth control

Monday, September 10th 2018, 16:37

President Magufuli says women should throw away contraceptives because Tanzania needs more people.
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The African invention school inspired by bike parts

Monday, July 23rd 2018, 23:13

The innovators' school Twende in Tanzania is helping people invent solutions to local problems
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Tanzania and Kenya row over delay to wildebeest migration

Friday, July 20th 2018, 18:15
related countries: Kenya

Kenyan tour operators allege Tanzanian actions are affecting its tourism industry.
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Tanzania MP sues over his banned rap

Friday, June 22nd 2018, 11:32

Tanzanian banned the rap song by MP Joseph Mbilinyi, also known as MC Sugu, for being "violent".
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Tanzanian conjoined twins Maria and Consolata die aged 21

Sunday, June 3rd 2018, 13:32

Maria and Consolata Mwakikuti were well-known in the country and their deaths have caused sadness.
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Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania in anti-fake news campaign

Wednesday, May 16th 2018, 18:03
related countries: Kenya

A new law in Kenya imposes fines of up to $50,000 and/or up to two years in prison.
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The country where a blogging permit costs $900

Tuesday, April 24th 2018, 12:02

The country where a blogging permit costs $900. Some accuse Tanzania of muzzling critics.
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Letter from Africa: The teenager fighting school bus sex pests

Saturday, April 21st 2018, 23:15

How one girl started an app to stop harassment of students on the commute to school in Tanzania.
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Diamond Platnumz is in trouble for a kiss

Tuesday, April 17th 2018, 17:51

One of Africa's top musicians is being questioned by Tanzanian police for a video of him kissing a woman.
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Tanzania launches early-age cervical cancer vaccine

Tuesday, April 10th 2018, 18:01

The government wants to tackle Tanzania's deadliest cancer in women by inoculating girls aged nine to 14.
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Up close: The moment a cheetah joined a safari

Thursday, March 29th 2018, 11:50

Britton Hayes was on safari with his step uncle in Tanzania when a cheetah entered the vehicle.
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Tanzania worshippers swept away in river baptism

Monday, July 17th 2017, 16:29

The pastor in charge of the ceremony has been detained by Tanzanian police.
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'Truly unique' mother lioness nurses leopard cub in Tanzania

Friday, July 14th 2017, 3:57

These beautiful pictures are the first ever taken of a wild lioness feeding a young leopard.
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Rooney mania grips Tanzania as Everton play Gor Mahia

Thursday, July 13th 2017, 20:34
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Everton

Wayne Rooney marks his second debut for Everton with a stunning goal after receiving a raucous welcome from the 35,000 crowd in Tanzania.
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Street named after footballer for a day

Monday, June 26th 2017, 12:21
related countries: Kenya

The Tottenham and Kenyan midfielder has a street named after him in Tanzania - but not for long.
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John Magufuli's pregnant schoolgirl ban angers Tanzanian women

Friday, June 23rd 2017, 16:46

An online petition is set up after the president said mothers would be too distracted to go to school.
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