Tanzanian opposition lawmaker Tundu Lissu, a fierce critic of President John Magufuli's government, was shot and wounded by unknown assailants at his residence in the administrative capital Dodoma on Thursday, his party said.

Tanzania says rescue workers have miraculously saved the lives of five miners who spent 41 days trapped at a tool store in a gold mine deep underground.

Chadema opposition party supporters were out in full force under the blazing heat on the last campaign day before voters go to the polls on Sunday in what has been termed as the tightest presidential race in Tanzania's history.

Poachers in Zimbabwe’s northern and western national park have poisoned to death 14 elephants by cyanide.

Thirty-one people, mostly Burundian refugees, have lost their lives to cholera outbreak in Tanzania since last week, the UN says.

The United Nations refugee agency says thousands of Burundians living in neighboring Tanzania have been forced out from the country over the past 30 days.

The Tanzania People's Defense Forces (TPDF) on Sunday announced the appointment of a team of experts to investigate the killing of seven Tanzanian soldiers on a peacekeeping mission in Sudan's Darfur region.

At least five people were killed and one severely injured in a tanzanite mine collapse in northern Tanzania, police said on Sunday.

Tanzania has allocated 100 million Tanzanian shillings (62,500 U.S. dollars) as cash reward for all whistle blowers who provide helpful information that will facilitate arrest of the perpetrators of Saturday's Arusha bombing.

Three people feared dead and more than 70 injured on Saturday in a bomb explosion which hit a fully-packed political party rally in Tanzania's northern safari capital of Arusha.

The March 23 movement (M23) rebels have told Tanzania that they will attack and kill its troops if they join a UN mission aimed at neutralizing armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzanian Foreign Minister Bernard Membe says.

Activists say Tanzania's government is preparing to kick Maasai tribesmen off their land near the country's most famous wildlife park to allow a company from the United Arab Emirates to use the land for hunting.

At least 18 people were killed when a building collapsed Friday in the Tanzania's largest city, Dar es Salaam, police said Saturday, as hopes dimmed of rescuing more survivors.

A Tanzanian police official says two people have died after a building under construction collapsed in the country's largest city and economic center.

The Tanzanian government will establish offices in foreign countries for the teaching of Kiswahili, a senior official said Tuesday.

Tanzania has expressed its intention to build an ultra-modern and purpose-built structure for the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights in Arusha, the northern safari capital, that will reflect justice for the whole of Africa.

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Media Institute of Southern Africa says a prominent journalist has been killed in a confrontation with Tanzanian police who were clashing with rallying supporters of the country's biggest opposition party.

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Tanzanian Foreign Minister Bernard Membe on Saturday ruled out any "quick fix" in negotiations over a border dispute with Malawi.

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Zanzibari authorities said Monday the number of bodies recovered after a ferry sank last week had risen to 78, with at least 66 others still missing, as a minister resigned over the tragedy.

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ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (AP) — Police say they have arrested 43 suspected members of an Islamist group seeking greater independence for the country's Zanzibar archipelago.