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Incumbents
Events
Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Tanzania; 2022 Africa floods
- 21 January – Tanzanian opposition party Chadema organizes a political demonstration in Mwanza. This is the country's first demonstration since President Samia Suluhu Hassan abolished her predecessor John Magufuli's seven-year ban on political assembly earlier this month.[2]
- 12 March – Eight miners are killed in Geita Region, when their pit is flooded with rainwater.[3]
- 21 March – Tanzania reports that five people have died from an outbreak of Marburg virus. The Health Ministry added that three others are being treated and that 161 people are being tracked by authorities, although the ministry stated that this is not of serious concern for the country.[4]
- 14 April – Tanzanian members of parliament call on the government to tighten laws against homosexual relations with the death penalty.[5]
- 30 June – Government lifts ban on night-time upcountry bus travel. The ban was imposed in the 1990s following a rise in road accidents and hijacking of buses.[6]
- 14 December – Tanzanian Foreign Minister January Makamba confirms that a 21-year-old Tanzanian student was "killed immediately after being captured by Hamas" on October 7.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ "Samia Hassan sworn in as Tanzania's first female president". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ↑ "Tanzania Opposition Holds First Rally Since Ban Lifted". VOA. 21 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ↑ "8 miners killed in NW Tanzania: police-Xinhua". english.news.cn. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
- ↑ "Tanzania says five dead in Marburg virus outbreak". Al Arabiya English. 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
- ↑ "MPs call for tough laws on same-sex relations". The Citizen. 2023-04-14. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
- ↑ "Tanzania lifts night bus travel ban after decades". Africa News.
- ↑ "Tanzania confirms death of student 'captured by Hamas'". New Vision. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
External links
Media related to 2023 in Tanzania at Wikimedia Commons
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