KATHMANDU, Nov 15: Tanzania is batting in the first match against Nepal under the women's four-nation T20 Series underway in Hong Kong.

KATHMANDU, Nov 1: Nepali young mountaineer Prakash Raj Pandey reached the summit of Africa's highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, on October 31 at 6:40 AM. The mountain stands tall at 5,895 meters. Upon conquering the peak, Pandey proudly hoisted the national flag of Nepal and the scout flag.

DAR ES SALAAM, Aug 10: A damaged tanker truck exploded in eastern Tanzania Saturday as people were trying to siphon fuel out of it, killing at least 57, police said.

DODOMA, April 9: Tanzania plans to ban the production, importation, sale and use of all single-use plastic bags by July, to help tackle pollution from non-biodegradable waste.

NAIROBI, Sept 23: It was a stunning discovery. As rescue divers probed a capsized Tanzanian ferry two days after the disaster and the death toll soared past 200, a man was found in an air pocket, alive.

UPDATE: Tanzania ferry death toll over 130

September 22, 2018 10:33 am

KAMPALA, Sept 22: Hundreds of solemn people watched Friday as body after body was pulled from a capsized ferry that Tanzanian authorities said was badly overcrowded and upended in the final stretch before reaching shore. The death toll was above 130 but horrified witnesses feared that would rise as the second day of searching neared an end.

DAR ES SALAAM, Sept 21: More than 100 bodies have been retrieved after a ferry sank on Lake Victoria, Tanzanian state radio reported on Friday, and hundreds more were still feared missing as rescuers searched for survivors from daybreak on the morning after the disaster.

DAR ES SALAAM, Sept 11:  A 5.7-magnitude earthquake shook the Lake Victoria region of East Africa on Saturday, killing at least 11 people in Tanzania, a police official said. The country's president said that many were dead.