2023 in Tanzania
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Incumbents
Events
Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Tanzania; 2022 Africa floods
January
- 3 January – President Suluhu Hassan announces the end of a six-year ban on political rallies and meetings outside election periods.[2]
- 21 January – Tanzanian opposition party Chadema organizes a political demonstration in Mwanza.[3]
- 26 January – Opposition leader Tundu Lissu returns to Tanzania after five years in exile.[2]
March
- 12 March – Eight miners are killed in Geita Region, when their pit is flooded with rainwater.[4]
- 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.[5]
April
- 1 April – Construction of the Kakono Hydroelectric Power Station (87.8 MW) begins across the Kagera River in Kagera Region.[6]
- 14 April – Tanzanian members of parliament call on the government to tighten laws against homosexual relations with the death penalty.[7]
June
- 8 June – The National Assembly approves reforms transferring oversight of Tanzania Intelligence and Security Services to the president and TISS director general.[2]
- 10 June – Tanzania’s parliament approves a controversial port management deal with Dubai-based DP World, triggering protests and opposition from civil society.[8]
- 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.[9]
August
- 15 August – Security forces arrest 39 Ngorongoro community members after a village meeting.[2]
September
- 4-8 September – The Africa Food Systems Forum 2023 Summit is held, in Dar es Salaam, on sustainable agriculture and food security.[10]
- 10 September – Police arrest and release Tundu Lissu hours before a planned political rally on charges of unlawful assembly.[2]
October
- 22 October – Tanzania’s government officially signs a port management deal with DP World in the presence of President Samia Suluhu Hassan.[8]
- 26 October – Heavy rains and strong winds in Kalambo District demolish 30 houses and leave over 150 people homeless, with victims taking refuge in schools and relatives’ homes.[11]
- 29 October – Israel’s Foreign Affairs Ministry confirms that two Tanzanian nationals, Joshua Loitu Mollel and Clemence Felix Mtenga, are among the hostages held by Hamas following the 7 October attack on Israel.[11]
December
- 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.[12]
See also
References
- ^ "Samia Hassan sworn in as Tanzania's first female president". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ a b c d e Human Rights Watch (2023-12-15), "Tanzania: Events of 2023", Share this via Facebook, retrieved 2025-08-12
- ^ "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.
- ^ Benoit-Ivan, Wansi (19 April 2023). "Tanzania: $276 million from the AfDB and AFD for the Kakono hydropower plant (88 MW)". Afrik21.africa. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ^ "MPs call for tough laws on same-sex relations". The Citizen. 2023-04-14. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
- ^ a b Musambi, Evelyne (2023-10-23). "Tanzania signs a controversial port management deal with Dubai-based company despite protests". AP News. Retrieved 2025-08-12.
- ^ "Tanzania lifts night bus travel ban after decades". Africa News.
- ^ "Africa Food Systems Summit 2023 (AGRF)". CGIAR. Retrieved 2025-08-12.
- ^ a b "The Chanzo Morning Briefing Tanzania News – October 30, 2023 - The Chanzo". 2023-10-30. Retrieved 2025-08-12.
- ^ "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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