2024 in Tanzania

Events of 2024 in Tanzania.

Incumbents

President: Samia SuluhuVice-President: Philip MpangoPrime Minister: Kassim MajaliwaChief Justice: Ibrahim Hamis Juma

13 January – At least 21 miners are killed and several others are trapped following a collapse at a gold mine in Simiyu Region.

10 March – Eight children and one adult on Zanzibar die from chelonitoxism after consuming sea turtle meat, a local delicacy. Another 78 people are hospitalized.

23 May – Eleven people are killed in an explosion at a sugar factory in Morogoro Region.

12 August – Freeman Mbowe and his deputy Tundu Lissu, who serve as the leaders of the opposition Chadema party, are arrested on the eve of a scheduled rally in Mbeya along with 467 other party members. They are released on bail the next day.

7 September – Ali Mohamed Kibao, a member of the Chadema secretariat, is found murdered a day after being abducted from a bus travelling from Dar-es-Salaam to Tanga.
23 September – Eight senior leaders of Chadema, including Freeman Mbowe and Tundu Lissu, are arrested amid calls by the party for protests.
30 September – A court in Dodoma sentences four people, including a soldier and a police officer, to life imprisonment for the gang-rape of a 17-year old girl in August that was published on video.

2 October – The Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority imposes a 30-day suspension on the online platforms of Mwananchi Communications for publishing material it claims harmed the country's image.

16 November –Twenty-nine people are killed in the collapse of a four-story building in Kariakoo, Dar es Salaam.
27 November – 2024 Tanzanian local elections.

13 February – Ibrahim Saidi Rashidi Msabaha, 72, politician.
29 February – Ali Hassan Mwinyi, 98, politician and the second President of Tanzania.