Swahili language
Bantu language spoken mainly in East Africa
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| 2025 |
Tanzania
The government's goal is to increase electricity generation capacity to at least 10,000 megawatts.
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| January 21 2025 |
Tanzania
President Samia Suluhu Hassan confirmed a Marburg virus outbreak, expressing confidence in the country's ability to manage the situation and implementing measures to contain the virus's spread.
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| January 2025 |
Burundi
Burundi deployed thousands of soldiers to assist the Congolese army in South Kivu following the fall of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, amid rising tensions with Rwanda and concerns of a potential regional war.
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| 2024 |
Congo
Vinegar Syndrome announces a 4K Blu-ray release of Congo, remastered from original film elements, in preparation for the film's 30th anniversary.
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| 2024 |
Burundi
Burundi was ranked 127th in the Global Innovation Index.
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| 2024 |
Tanzania
Tanzania's ranking in the Global Innovation Index dropped to 120th, indicating challenges in innovation and technological development.
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| 2024 |
Tanzania
Tanzania ranked 65th in the Global Peace Index, indicating its relative stability and peaceful status in the international community.
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| 2023 |
Tanzania
Tanzania's economy grew 5.2 percent, demonstrating continued economic growth and development.
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| October 1 2023 | BBC Africa Eye published 'Predators on the Pitch', an investigation exposing sexual abuse of young footballers in Gabon and FIFA's alleged failure to take effective action. |
| February 20 2023 | BBC Africa Eye, in collaboration with Panorama, released 'Sex for Work', an investigation revealing widespread sexual abuse on Kenyan tea farms supplying major UK brands. |
| 2022 |
Tanzania
Tanzania's economy grew 4.6 percent, continuing its post-recession economic expansion driven by tourism, telecommunications, and banking sectors.
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| 2022 |
Tanzania
National census conducted, revealing Tanzania's population to be around 62 million, making it the most populous country located entirely south of the equator.
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| December 12 2022 | BBC Africa Eye produced 'Black Axe: Nigeria's Mafia Cult', an investigative documentary about one of the world's most powerful and secretive organized crime groups. |
| November 2022 |
Burundi
Despite challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Burundi's economic growth increased slightly to 3 percent, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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| July 2022 |
Burundi
The government announced a proposed territorial restructuring to reduce provinces from 18 to 5 and communes from 119 to 42.
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| January 17 2022 |
Tanzania
Tanzania ratifies and joins the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the largest free trade area in the world.
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| 2021 |
Burundi
Burundi had the tenth highest total fertility rate in the world, with an average of 5.10 children per woman.
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| December 2021 |
Burundi
A large prison fire occurred in the capital city of Gitega, resulting in multiple fatalities.
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| April 2021 | BBC Africa Eye collaborated with Bellingcat and Newsy to confirm the authenticity of footage documenting the Mahbere Dego massacres in Tigray, providing evidence of war crimes in the Tigray War. |
| March 17 2021 |
Tanzania
President John Magufuli dies in office. Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan becomes Tanzania's first female president.
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| February 7 2021 | BBC Africa Eye released 'Lady P and the Sex Work Sisterhood', a documentary exploring the challenges and rights of sex workers in Sierra Leone. |
| 2020 |
Burundi
Forest cover in Burundi increased to 279,640 hectares, with 166,670 hectares of naturally regenerating forest and 112,970 hectares of planted forest. 23% of the naturally regenerating forest was reported as primary forest, with approximately 41% located within protected areas.
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| 2020 |
Tanzania
Singeli becomes the newest mainstream music genre in Tanzania, originating from uswahilini communities in Dar es Salaam.
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| 2020 |
Tanzania
Tanzania achieved 97% primary education completion rate (98.4% females, 95.5% males), 28.3% secondary education completion rate (30% females, 27% males), and 8% tertiary education completion rate (7% females, 8.5% males).
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| 2020 |
Tanzania
Further reduction of Tanzania's poverty rate to 25.7%.
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| December 2020 |
Tanzania
In Zanzibar, ACT-Wazalendo joined a coalition government with Chama Cha Mapinduzi following disputed elections.
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| November 2020 |
Tanzania
Magufuli was re-elected as president, with the national electoral commission announcing he received 84% of votes amid allegations of election fraud.
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| November 15 2020 | BBC Africa Eye premiered 'The Baby Stealers', revealing baby trafficking in Kenyan hospitals. The documentary prompted a police investigation, leading to arrests and convictions of people involved in a child-trafficking syndicate. |
| November 5 2020 |
Jenga
Jenga is inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame.
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| October 2020 |
Tanzania
President John Magufuli wins re-election, with the opposition claiming the election was fraudulent.
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| October 7 2020 | Following BBC Africa Eye's earlier investigation, The Guardian confirmed UAE and Turkey's violation of the UN arms embargo in Libya. |
| July 2020 |
Tanzania
The Economist published two articles questioning Tanzania's official economic growth claims, suggesting potential government misreporting of economic data and pointing out discrepancies between reported growth and actual economic indicators.
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| July 9 2020 | Nigerian Senate passed the anti-sexual harassment bill, proposing up to 14 years jail term for offenders, following the 'Sex for Grades' documentary. |
| June 2020 |
Tanzania
Twiga reported an 8% increase in cement sales volume in the first six months of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019.
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| June 29 2020 | BBC Africa Eye produced 'Corona Quacks', an investigative report by Anas Aremeyaw Anas exposing fake coronavirus cure scams in Ghana during the pandemic. |
| June 18 2020 |
Burundi
Evariste Ndayishimiye was inaugurated as the new president of Burundi, following Pascal Nyabenda's interim leadership.
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| June 9 2020 |
Burundi
President Pierre Nkurunziza died of cardiac arrest at the age of 55, with some speculation about potential COVID-19 involvement.
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| May 20 2020 |
Burundi
Evariste Ndayishimiye, hand-picked by Nkurunziza, won the presidential election with 71.45% of the vote.
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| January 4 2020 | BBC Africa Eye and BBC Arabic Documentaries revealed a UAE-operated drone killed 26 unarmed young military cadets, mostly teenagers, at a military academy in Tripoli using a Chinese-made Wing Loong II drone with a Blue Arrow 7 missile. |
| 2019 | The 'Sweet Sweet Codeine' documentary was nominated for an International Emmy Award. |
| 2019 |
Burundi
Burundi's publication intensity in material sciences doubled from 0.6 to 1.2 articles per million inhabitants since 2012, placing it in the top 15 for sub-Saharan Africa.
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| 2019 |
Tanzania
Tanzania Breweries Limited (TBL) experienced a 5% fall in beer sales, which Tim Staermose argued was due to one-off circumstances, while the company's profits actually rose during this period.
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| 2019 |
Tanzania
Twiga, one of Tanzania's major cement producers, reported a 6% increase in cement sales volume compared to the previous year.
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| 2019 |
Tanzania
World Bank report highlighted the reduction of poverty in Tanzania over the previous decade.
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| 2019 |
Tanzania
Tanzania was ranked 97th in the Global Innovation Index.
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| 2019 |
Tanzania
Tanzania's GNI per capita increased to US$1,080, helping it transition from low income to lower middle income country status.
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| 2019 |
Jenga
Pokonobe Associates reports over 80 million Jenga games sold worldwide, equivalent to more than 4.3 billion Jenga blocks.
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| December 2019 |
Tanzania
Amnesty International reported that the Tanzanian government annulled the right of NGOs and individuals to directly file cases against the government at the African Court for Human and Peoples' Rights in Arusha, significantly restricting human rights legal recourse.
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| October 8 2019 | BBC Africa Eye premiered 'Sex for Grades', an investigative documentary by Kiki Mordi exposing sexual harassment by lecturers at University of Lagos and University of Ghana. The documentary led to suspensions of implicated lecturers and the re-introduction of an anti-sexual harassment bill in the Nigerian Senate. |
| October 7 2019 | BBC Africa Eye released 'Sex For Grades', an undercover investigation exposing sexual harassment in Nigerian and Ghanaian universities, revealing systemic abuse by lecturers and professors. |
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