Portal:Tanzania/In the news
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- March 26: African troops invade rebel-held island of Anjouan
- January 26: George Bush announces trip to Africa
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February 1: A new shrew-like mammal has been discovered in the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania. Reuters
February 1: Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has become chairman of the African Union. Reuters
January 30: a United Nations expert has recommended closer national monitoring of the mining industry in Tanzania. All Africa
January 27: Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete announces plans to build a rail link to Rwandan capital Kigali by 2013. Reuters
January 27: US President George W. Bush is expected to visit Tanzania in his planned February tour of Africa. Journal Chrétien
January 26: Tanzania presses the government of Burundi on the peace pact it signed with Palipehutu FNL. All Africa
January 22: A report by conservation group Traffic says that hungry refugees in Tanzanian camps are resorting to eating wildlife including chimpanzee, buffalo and zebra. BBC
January 21: Two stowaways from Tanzania have been found aboard a ship anchored off Port Elizabeth in South Africa. The Times SA
January 19: Juma Kapuya, the Tanzanian defence minister is in Burundi, hoping to improve cooperation between the two nations. All Africa
January 18: Pope Benedict XVI appoints Protase Rugambwa as bishop of Kigoma. All Africa
January 18: Australian miners have discovered two new uranium prospects in Tanzania. Sydney Morning Herald
November 8: A Dar es Salaam hospital mixes up two patients who share the same first name, giving them the wrong surgery. BBC
November 8: Manouchehr Mottaki, the Iranian Foreign Minister arrives in Dodoma to discuss bilateral ties with Tanzania. [Islamic Republic News Agency
