The World Health Organization has announced nine suspected cases, including eight deaths, of Marburg virus disease in the Kagera region, in the northwest of the country. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the risk of spread in Tanzania is high, following the discovery of several cases of Marburg virus …
Read More »Tanzania: rescue operations end after building collapse
The end of rescue operations for the building that collapsed in Dar-el-Salam on November 26 has been announced by the Tanzanian government spokesman. The death toll stands at 29. More than 80 people were rescued from the four-story building that housed dozens of shops. Investigations are ongoing, spokesperson Thobias Makoba …
Read More »Tanzanian opposition leaders released after mass arrests
Tanzanian security forces have announced the release of several members of the opposition party, Chadema and hundreds of their supporters. It comes after they were arrested during a banned youth meeting in the southwest of the country. Human rights organisations have criticised the arrests, with Amnesty International saying, opens new …
Read More »The US announces closure of its embassy in Tanzania
The US Embassy in Tanzania has closed its doors for two days due to an internet outage affecting several East African countries. “Due to degraded network service nationwide, the embassy will remain closed to the public,” the embassy said in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday. It cancelled …
Read More »Floods kill 58 people in Tanzania
Fifty-eight people have been killed by flooding in Tanzania, as heavy rains continue in the East African country, according to government reports. “The coastal region was hit hardest, with 126,831 people affected,” according to the government. “Essential supplies including food had been distributed to those affected”, the government spokesperson Mobhare …
Read More »Tanzanian presidency announces death of former president Ali Hassan Mwinyi
Tanzanian presidency has announced the death of former president Ali Hassan Mwinyi, famous with introducing the East African nation to a market economy, at the age of 98. Mwinyi succeeded Tanzania’s first post-independence president, Julius Nyerere, who left office in 1985 after 22 years in power. The presidency said the …
Read More »Tanzania kills five million birds to save its rice fields
Tanzania has culled millions of quelea birds to prevent them from destroying rice fields, using drones and planes to monitor commercial farms. The Tanzania Plant Health and Pesticides Authority (TPHPA) which is also responsible for controlling desert locusts, killed five million quelea birds in the northern region of Manyara where …
Read More »Tanzania culls five million invasive quelea birds
More than five million invasive quelea birds have been killed in a mass cull in Tanzania, the authorities have said in comments reported in the local media. The birds had invaded more than 1,000 acres of rice farmland in the Manyara region in the north of the country, causing extensive …
Read More »Tanzanian authorities make decision on night bus travel after 30 years
Authorities in Tanzania have lifted a ban on night-time upcountry bus travel that was imposed decades ago, local media reported. The government says the changes came after considering the views of stakeholders in the transport sector, as well as improvement in infrastructure and security. While announcing the move in parliament, …
Read More »Tanzania declares end of Marburg epidemic
Tanzanian health authorities have declared the end of first-ever outbreak of Marburg, a deadly Ebola-like virus with a fatality rate of up to 88%, Reuters reported on Friday, citing the World Health Organisation (WHO). According to the WHO, nine cases, including six deaths, were recorded in the outbreak. While there …
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