Death Toll Rises to 15 as Floods Hit Tanzania

The death toll due to floods caused by incessant downpour in various parts of Tanzania rose to 15 on Tuesday.

Tanzania's Indian Ocean fisheries on the brink of depletion: minister

A Tanzanian senior government official said on Friday the country's Indian Ocean fish stocks were running dry caused by overfishing and dynamite fishing.

Debris found off Tanzania part of missing MH370 plane

A piece of aircraft wreckage found in June off Tanzania has been confirmed as coming from doomed MH370 flight, Malaysia said yesterday.

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has killed at least 11 people and injured 192 in northern Tanzania, the authorities say.(Local time: 15:27, Depth: 10 km)

The quake struck close to the border with Uganda and Rwanda near Lake Victoria.

Save remaining elephants in Tanzania's largest game reserve: WWF

The World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF), the leading global conservation organization, on Monday appealed to the government of Tanzania and international community to take urgent measures to protect the remaining elephants in Tanzania's Selous Game Reserve from poaching.

Sino-Africa collaboration in wildlife protection crucial

There is need to strengthen Sino-Africa collaboration in wildlife conservation to help preserve a resource that underpins livelihoods in the world's second largest continent, campaigners said late Thursday in Johannesburg.

Tanzania won't suspend tourist hunting

The government of Tanzania said on Saturday that it will not suspend tourist hunting because the practice helped in wildlife conservation.