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    2017 in Tanzania

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    Events in the year 2017 in Tanzania.

    Incumbents

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    • President: John Magufuli
    • Vice-President: Samia Suluhu
    • Prime Minister: Kassim Majaliwa
    • Chief Justice: Mohamed Chande Othman (until 18 January), Ibrahim Hamis Juma (starting 18 January)

    Events

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    • April 25 - Tanzania expelled UNDP head Awa Dobo, possibly because of alleged criticisms of a controversial election in Zanzibar.[1]
    • May 6 - More than 30 people, almost all of whom were schoolchildren, were killed in a bus crash near the town of Karatu.[2]
    • July 17 - A Charismatic pastor was arrested after two worshippers drowned while being baptised by him in the Ungwasi river. The victims were overwhelmed by the river's current.[3]
    • September 7 - Tundu Lissu, an MP of the opposition party Chadema, survived being shot multiple times at his home after returning from a parliamentary session by unknown gunmen.[4][5]
    • November 8 - At least 6 schoolchildren were killed and 25 others were injured in an explosion, likely caused by a grenade, in the Kagera Region.[6]
    • November 21 - Disappearance of Azory Gwanda, a journalist for Mwananchi Communications Ltd in Dar es Salaam.[7]
    • December 9 - On Tanzania's 56th independence anniversary, President Magufuli pardoned 1828 convicts,[8] including musician "Nguza Viking" and his son, who were arrested in 2003 for raping 10 primary school girls.[9] The two were met by cheering crowds upon their release, local media claimed.[10]

    Deaths

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    Vinod Chohan
    • 4 January – Anna Senkoro, politician and medical doctor (b. 1962).[11]
    • 12 June – Vinod Chohan, scientist (b. 1949)

    References

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    1. ^ "Tanzania expels UNDP head Awa Dabo". BBC. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
    2. ^ "Tanzania school bus crash kills dozens". BBC. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
    3. ^ "Tanzania worshippers swept away in river baptism". BBC. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
    4. ^ "Tanzania's Tundu Lissu recovering after gun attack". Al Jazeera. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
    5. ^ "Tanzania's Tundu Lissu recovering after gun attack". Al Jazeera. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
    6. ^ "Six Tanzanian schoolchildren killed in 'grenade' explosion". BBC. 8 November 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
    7. ^ "Justice must be done for dead Tanzania journalist Azory Gwanda". Amnesty International. 2019-07-11. Retrieved 2025-04-25.
    8. ^ Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban (11 December 2017). "Tanzania's Magufuli slammed for releasing child rapists". Africanews. Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
    9. ^ Karen McVeigh (13 December 2017). "Tanzania pardons two child rapists and calls for arrest of pregnant schoolgirls". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
    10. ^ "Tanzanian President Magufuli pardons child rapists". BBC. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
    11. ^ Mwalimu, Saumu (4 January 2017). "Tanzania: First Female to Contest Presidency Senkoro Dies". The Citizen. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
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