Tanzania has seized ivory tusks equivalent to killing at least 117 elephants, its tourism minister says.

The British Council is active across the black continent where some of its activities may be indirectly contributing to armed conflict.

Flames ripped through a crowd that had gathered to siphon petrol from the tanker.

The Tanzanian Albino Society called on President John Magufuli to "intervene personally."

The death toll from a crowded ferry capsizing in Lake Victoria rises sharply to 207, as rescue workers find a lucky survivor.

More than 100 bodies have been retrieved after a ferry sank on Lake Victoria, Tanzanian state radio reported on Friday, and hundreds more were still feared missing.

President John Magufuli has urged Tanzanian women to "give up contraceptive methods," insisting his country needs more people.

Tanzanian police said Thursday it planned to arrest all the residents of a village in the country's south after water pipes were destroyed by a mob.

Tanzania has threatened to disband an opposition-led municipal council if it continued to defy the government and maintain membership in a global initiative aimed at creating more open government.

Uganda and Tanzania have laid the foundation stone for the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline.