Main article: Tanzania
2020
Restrained fight against coronavirus COVID-19
Night burials of the dead, delays in the publication of statistics, the detection of COVID-19 in papaya and the goat - all this became a reality in the spring of 2020, muttering between fear and denial of Tanzania. The country has not introduced strict quarantine restrictions - the ban is imposed only on mass events: funerals, weddings, only schools and universities have closed, and citizens are advised only to "socially distance themselves" and wear masks.
Despite the death of the Minister of Justice and two parliamentarians, the government of John "Bulldozer" Magufuli decided at all costs to save the economy and not close the regional commercial hub - the port of Dar es Salaam. Indeed, ambitious infrastructure projects, industrialization and modernization of the mining industry are at stake. Hakuna lockdown. Never! - this is the slogan according to which he has been living for some time. Tanzania John Magufuli does not want to listen to doctors - in spite of WHO, he ordered to take tests from papaya and the goat, and after a positive result he accused them of unreliability and with a scandal fired the head of the national viral laboratory.
In return, the president invites his citizens to pray - in the body of Christ's virus, in his opinion, simply cannot survive. Traditional medicine also comes to his aid - Magufuli strongly advises supplementing prayers with inhalation of herbal infusions. Therefore, religious services in mosques and churches continue in full.
National change under President John "Bulldozer" Magufuli
Populist Magufuli, who came to power in 2015, is most often compared to Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro. However, the Tanzanian leader can record incomparably more achievements for himself - this is facilitated by a loyal parliament and especially by municipalities, which, according to the results of the November elections, are more than 99% staffed by members of the ruling Party of the Revolution.
During the five years of Magufuli's presidency, the sleepy country, famous for the enchanting philosophy of "slow life" (pole pole), has reached the top of the fastest growing economies in the world. The "economic war" unleashed by Magufuli - merciless anti-corruption purges, the imposition of labor discipline, the promotion of national business and the fight against "predatory" foreign capital - was accompanied by breakthroughs in industry, communications and - importantly - in health care and wildlife conservation, in places - not without excesses.
However, as noted by the Zangaro Today telegram channel, the reverse side of magufulization most often falls into the field of view of world human rights organizations - disfigured nationalism, discrimination against Asians, persecution of homosexuals and all-round imposition of "morality," accompanied by the suspension of pregnant schoolgirls, the fight against adultery, extramarital sex, and the promotion of corporal punishment in schools. In this he is helped by a team - from the odious governor of Dar es Salaam Paul Maconda to Cardinal Polycarp Pengo, who became famous - among other things - for praising the merits of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.
In a word, Tanzania is a wonderful illustration of the metaphor of "complex lunch." On the one hand - a modern country in which it is not a shame to live and die, on the other - all this annoying man-made archaic.
2019
Floods in Kilimanjaro region killed more than ten people
A fourth-grade student at Kibacha High School in Same District in Kilimanjaro region was swept away by a water stream as she tried to cross a river that burst its banks as heavy rains hit Tanzania. As a result of the disaster, more than ten people died, many are missing. This is reported by the newspaper Mwananchi.
Kilimanjaro Police Chief Salyum Hamduni said the girl died on Friday, October 18 while returning home from school. According to the head of the Same district, Rosemary Senyamule, the girl's body was later discovered in the Kishaa region.
On the same day, a resident of the city of Mwanza, also located in northern Tanzania, carried away her three-year-old child by the waters of the overflowing Mirongo River. His search continues, but rescuers expect the worst case scenario.
According to Igogo District Administration official Shadraka Mboje, the child was swept away by the current when the mother no longer had the strength to hold her two children while trying to escape the house destroyed by the waters of the river.
 | "The mother had to try to save her life and the lives of her two children when their house was destroyed due to flooding, she carried the youngest child in her arms, and the eldest held her hand, but she lacked strength and the eldest was carried away by water flows," Mboje said, adding that the water rushed at great speed and the mother did not have time to save the child. |  |
In addition, due to flooding, many traders lost their goods, which were also washed away by the flows of the Mirongo River.
Tanzanian government moves from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma
Tanzanian President John Magufuli in October 2019 fulfilled his promise to move the government from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma by the end of 2019.
The city of Dodoma became the capital of Tanzania back in 1973. Its central location, compared to coastal Dar es Salaam, is considered optimal for the placement of government agencies.
Seven killed in floods
At least seven people have died and hundreds have been forced to flee their homes after heavy rain hit Kerogwe County on October 9, 2019.
Authorities evacuated the victims to safe areas.
57 people died in the explosion of a fuel truck
In August 2019, a fuel truck explosion in Tanzania killed 57 people and injured 65.
The reason for such a large number of victims is the same as in the past times in Niger and Nigeria - local residents who fled to the scene of the accident tried to drain more fuel.
1940: British East African colonies enter World War II
Main article: British Colonies of East Africa
1920: Tanganyika placed under British administration as a League of Nations mandate territory
Tanganyika, formerly a German colony, was placed under English administration as a League of Nations mandate territory in 1920.
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1913
1908
1900: Tanganyika as part of German East Africa
1896: Anglo-Zanzibar War
Sultan Hamad ibn Tuwaini, who actively collaborated with the British colonial administration, died on August 25, 1896. After that, his cousin Khalid ibn Bargash, who enjoyed German support, seized power in a coup. Since this was contrary to the plans of the British, who supported the candidacy of another cousin, Hamud ibn Muhammad, they demanded that Khalid ibn Bargash abandon claims to the throne of the Sultan. Khalid ibn Bargash refused to obey the requirements and managed to quickly assemble an army of about 2,800 people, which began to prepare the defense of the Sultan's palace.
On August 26, 1896, the British side issued an ultimatum, which expired on August 27 at 9:00 am, according to which the Zanzibars had to lay down their arms and lower the flag. The British squadron consisting of the 1st class armored cruiser St. George (St. George), the 3rd class armored cruiser Philomel (Philomel), the gunboats Thrush, Sparrow and the torpedo-gunboat Racoon lined up on the raid, surrounding the only "warship of the Zanzibar Fleet - Great Britain Glasgow armed with Glasgow Cartwell
The Zanzibars responded by placing all their coastal guns on British ships (a bronze cannon of the 17th century, several Maxim machine guns and two 12-pounder guns).
On August 27, at 8:00, the Sultan's envoy asked for a meeting with Basil Cave, the British representative in Zanzibar. Cave replied that the meeting can only be arranged if the Zanzibars agree to the conditions put forward. In response, at 8:30, Khalid ibn Bargash sent a notice with the next envoy informing him that he did not intend to yield and did not believe that the British would allow themselves to open fire. Cave replied, "we don't want to open fire, but if you don't meet our conditions, we will."
Exactly at the time appointed by the ultimatum, at 9:00, light British ships opened fire on the Sultan's palace. The very first shot of the gunboat "Drozd" hit the Zanzibar 12-pound gun, knocking it down from the carriage. Zanzibar troops on the shore (more than 3,000 people, including also palace servants and slaves) were concentrated in wooden buildings, and British high-explosive shells had a terrible destructive effect.
5 minutes later, at 9:05, the only Zanzibar ship, Glasgow, responded by shooting the British cruiser St. George with her small-caliber guns. The British cruiser immediately opened fire almost point blank from its heavy guns, instantly sinking its enemy. The Zanzibar sailors immediately lowered the flag and were soon rescued by British sailors in boats.
Some time after the start of the bombing, the palace complex was a flaming ruin and was left by both the troops and the sultan himself (who fled among the first). However, the Zanzibar flag continued to fly on the palace flagpole simply because there was no one to remove it. Considering this as an intention to continue the resistance, the British fleet resumed firing. Soon, one of the shells hit the flagpole of the palace and knocked down the flag. The commander of the British flotilla, Admiral Rawlings, regarded this as a sign of surrender and ordered a cease-fire and start landing, almost without resistance, which occupied the ruins of the palace.
In total, the British fired about 500 shells, 4100 machine gun and 1000 rifle cartridges during this short campaign.
The shelling lasted 38 minutes, a total of about 500 people died from the Zanzibar side, while one junior officer on the Drozd was slightly wounded from the British. This conflict went down in history as the shortest war.
Sultan Khalid ibn Bargash, who fled from the palace, took refuge in the German embassy. Since the new government of Zanzibar, immediately formed by the British, immediately approved his arrest, a detachment of the Royal Marines was on continuous duty at the embassy fence to arrest the former sultan at the moment when he left the embassy.
To evacuate the former sultan, the German side had to go for a trick. On October 2, 1896, the German cruiser Orlan (Seeadler) arrived at the port. The boat from the cruiser was delivered ashore, then on the shoulders of German sailors it was brought to the doors of the embassy, where Khalid ibn Bargash fit into it. After that, the boat was carried to the sea in the same way and delivered to the cruiser. Legally, according to the legal norms then in force, the boat was considered part of the ship to which it was assigned and, regardless of its location, was extraterritorial. Thus, the former sultan in the boat was formally continuously located on German territory.
After the war, the former sultan lived in Dar es Salaam until 1916, when he was captured by the British, who occupied all German colonies in Africa during the First World War. He was exiled to the Seychelles, then to St. Helena, then released, and died in 1927 in Mombasa.
In British historiography, this war, due to its brevity, is described in an ironic manner. From an African perspective, however, this colonial war, which killed 500 people from the Zanzibar side and wounded just one British officer, is of tragic importance.
1888
The journey of Russians Alexander Chikin and Pavel Shcherbov from Mombasa to Kilimanjaro
In 1888, one of the first expeditions to tropical Africa of travelers from Russia took place: the Russian traveler, artist and scientist Alexander Chikin and his comrade, cartoonist Pavel Shcherbov. When Alexander Chikin returned, his travel notes "A little bit of Africa. The description of the journey from Mombasa to Kilimanjaro, made in 1888, "was not even published. No one believed the author of the diary.
Ivory trade
Slave Trade Zone
200 BC: Bantu Tribes
350 BCE: Punt
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