Tanzania

Tanzania's Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa will on Monday lead mourners in paying their respects at a funeral service for 19 people killed after a passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria...

A Tanzanian passenger plane has crashed into Lake Victoria as it attempted to land in the lakeside town of Bukoba. The Precision Air flight was carrying 43 people, 26 of...

Tanzania’s army has deployed hundreds of troops to help firefighters who have been battling fires on Africa’s highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, for close to two weeks now. Army officials say...

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has expressed concern over the high birth rate in the East African country and urged citizens to take up birth control measures. It is a...

Tanzanians have been left wondering why President Samia Suluhu sacked the country’s Foreign Minister, Liberata Mulamula, at the weekend. But perhaps hinting what was behind the move, at the swearing...

Tanzania's government has warned people against distributing online posts and short videos that promote same-sex relationships. It has also cautioned that it will take action against administrators of social media...

A Tanzanian government employee has been sacked for opposing the introduction of charges for mobile money transfers on social media. Jonas Afumwisye, a regional manager for Tanzania Railways Corporation, confirmed...

A one-month-old baby boy has died in Tanzania after being snatched from his mother by a monkey which had gone into their house, authorities say. The child was being breastfed...

Tanzania’s main opposition party, Chadema, has urged politicians who left the country to seek refuge abroad to come back. It follows the government’s call for politicians who left during former...

Tanzania's government is reversing its controversial decision to lift a ban on wildlife exports. The order to roll back the embargo was only announced two days ago, and had been...