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

Shock poll defeat for Tanzania ministers

Tuesday, October 27th 2015, 18:50

Nine Tanzanian government ministers lose their parliamentary seats to the opposition Ukawa coalition, partial results from Sunday's vote show.
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High turnout in tight Tanzania poll

Sunday, October 25th 2015, 14:36

Turnout is high in Tanzania's tightly contested elections, officials say, as a new opposition coalition tries to end the governing party's 54-year grip on power.
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Tanzania starts building mega port

Friday, October 16th 2015, 15:37
related places: Bagamoyo

Tanzania has begun building what it says will be the biggest port in East Africa, in the coastal tourist resort of Bagamoyo.
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Tanzania closing hydropower plants

Friday, October 9th 2015, 17:38

All hydropower plants in Tanzania are being switched off because of falling water levels in dams as the country suffers from chronic power shortages.
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In pictures: Hope for Tanzania's albino attack survivors

Thursday, October 8th 2015, 6:55

Albino attack survivors learn to live with false limbs
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Tanzania's Said guilty of 'indecency'

Wednesday, September 30th 2015, 14:06

Tanzania international Juma Said is given a two-year ban for an 'act of indecency' as he appeared to poke a finger against John Bocco's backside.
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Tanzania's hidden treasure

Saturday, September 26th 2015, 1:26

Tanzanian crystals 1,000 times rarer than diamonds
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Tanzania stops Malawi burning ivory

Friday, September 18th 2015, 17:04
related countries: Malawi

Tanzania obtains a court order preventing Malawi from burning 2.6 tonnes of ivory, saying it needs to use the tusks as evidence for the prosecution of suspected poachers.
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VIDEO: The Tanzanian women who marry women

Wednesday, August 26th 2015, 6:06
related places: Mara, Tarime

In the Tarime district of the Mara region in northern Tanzania an age-old tradition involves women marrying women.
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Tanzania bans 'trafficking' agencies

Thursday, August 20th 2015, 15:05

The Tanzanian government bans up to 70 employment bureaus on allegations that they are involved in human trafficking.
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VIDEO: Tanzanian gold mine enters fairtrade deal

Tuesday, August 18th 2015, 7:44
related countries: United Kingdom

Hundreds of thousands of Tanzania's miners work in harsh conditions with little pay and even fewer prospects for their future, but that could soon change with a new Fairtrade deal to sell gold to the UK - the first of its kind in Africa.
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Tanzania jails ex-ministers over graft

Tuesday, July 7th 2015, 14:08

Two former minister are sentenced to three-year jail terms in Tanzania over corruption in issuing tax exemptions and a gold audit tender.
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Tanzanian wins innovation prize

Tuesday, June 2nd 2015, 14:44

A Tanzanian chemical engineer wins a prestigious innovation prize for his water filter that could change the lives of millions of Africans.
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VIDEO: Cholera claims lives of Burundi refugees

Tuesday, May 26th 2015, 19:01
related countries: Burundi

The recent violence in Burundi has forced many people to flee the country into western Tanzania, where they face another threat - cholera.
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Cholera hits 3,000 Burundi refugees

Friday, May 22nd 2015, 19:04
related countries: Burundi

More than 3,000 Burundian refugees in Tanzania have contracted cholera, the UN says, with hundreds of new cases a day.
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Burundi president 'fails to return'

Thursday, May 14th 2015, 6:06
related countries: Burundi

President Pierre Nkurunziza is unable to return to Burundi as heavy fighting breaks out in the capital amid reports of a coup.
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Elite UN troops killed in Congo ambush

Wednesday, May 6th 2015, 12:35
related countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo
related places: Beni

Two Tanzanian peacekeepers with the UN intervention force in DR Congo have been killed in an ambush near the city of Beni, the UN says.
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VIDEO: Trying to tackle albino abuse with film

Tuesday, March 31st 2015, 14:40
related countries: Malawi

A new film is trying to raise awareness of the plight of albinos in Tanzania and Malawi.
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Tanzania approves anti-foreigner law

Thursday, March 19th 2015, 13:44
related countries: China

Tanzania's parliament approves a tough new law aimed at curbing foreign employment, as a lawmaker accuses Chinese nationals of taking local jobs.
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