The Latest Breaking News from Dar es Salaam

IndiGo launches daily direct flights from Mumbai to Dar es Salaam from November 20

IndiGo will begin daily direct flights connecting Mumbai and Dar es Salaam starting November 20. This new route establishes IndiGo as the sole Indian airline offering direct flights to this Tanzanian city. The service aims to bolster trade and economic ties between India and East Africa. Flights will depart Mumbai…

The Economic Times · Sep 10

Drones now key to fighting malaria as the climate crisis fuels ‘catastrophic’ rise in cases

ON THE GROUND: In Tanzania’s capital Dar es Salaam, researchers are using drone mapping to track malaria’s changing spread after years of declining cases. Nick Ferris reports

The Independent UK · May 12

Waste being used to tackle erosion poses a health risk – an anthropologist explains the dilemma

I was standing with a waste management supervisor – let’s call him David – at the back of a major fruit and vegetable market in Dar es Salaam, the biggest city in Tanzania. David and I watched as his team raked the market’s waste from a holding bay into the…

The Conversation · Mar 26

Curfew declared in Tanzania's main city after election-day protests

Authorities in Tanzania have imposed a curfew in Dar es Salaam, the country's biggest city, following violent unrest between the police and protesters that erupted during Wednesday’s general election which is expected to offer President Samia Suluhu Hassan a second term.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 30, 2025

The Egyptians finding a ‘second home’ after migrating south to Tanzania

As Europe fortifies its borders, growing numbers of North Africans are moving southwards into other African countries.

Al Jazeera · Jul 23, 2025

M23’s capture of Goma is the latest chapter in eastern Congo’s long-running war

At a recent summit in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, leaders of eight African states released a statement calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

The Conversation · Feb 12, 2025

Regional leaders gather in Tanzania for high-stakes summit on DRC crisis

A joint summit between the East African Community and the Southern African Development Community will take place today and Saturday in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Presidents of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Paul Kagame and Félix Tshisekedi, are both expected to attend.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 7, 2025

Nay wa Mitego, the Tanzanian rapper who has been banned, jailed and threatened but says he won’t stop

Making hip-hop critical of the government has caused him trouble, but Nay insists his music is a force for change

The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2024

Cheap, smart and efficient: how giant rats are transforming the fight against TB

After success in Tanzania, other African countries may introduce the rodents to help sniff out the disease

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2024

Tanzania releases arrested opposition leaders

Police in Tanzania release three opposition leaders on bail, hours after they were arrested for planning anti-government protests in Dar es Salaam. Also, a court in Zimbabwe denies bail to over 60 opposition figures and activists. And dozens of couples say "I do" during Morocco's Moussem of Imilchil festival. The…

France 24 · Sep 23, 2024