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2020 In Tanzania
Events of 2020 in Tanzania. Incumbents * President: John Magufuli * Vice-President: Samia Suluhu * Prime Minister: Kassim Majaliwa * Chief Justice: Ibrahim Hamis Juma Events January * January 31 – U.S. President Donald Trump restricts certain types of visa for Tanzanian citizens. February *February 2 – At least 40 people are killed in a stampede at a church in Moshi, Tanzania. May *May 3 – COVID-19 pandemic: Tanzanian President John Magufuli questions coronavirus tests after samples from a goat, a pawpaw, and a sheep tested positive. Tanzania reports 480 cases of COVID-19 and 17 deaths. October *October 28 – 2020 Tanzanian general election: Incumbent John Magufuli is re-elected. November *November 13 – President Magufuli re-appoints Philip Mpango as finance minister. December *December 6 – The Alliance for Change and Transparency-Wazalendo party of Zanzibar announces it will join a national unity government with Chama Cha Mapinduzi party. Deat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID-19 lockdowns, worldwide lockdowns and the COVID-19 recession, largest economic recession since the Great Depression in the 1930s. ''Geospatial World'' also called 2020 "the worst year in terms of climate change" in part due to major climate disasters worldwide, including major bushfires in 2019–20 Australian bushfire season, Australia and 2020 California wildfires, the western United States, as well as 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, extreme tropical cyclone activity affecting large parts of North America. A United Nations progress report published in December 2020 indicated that none of the international Sustainable Development Goals for 2020 were achieved. Time (magazine), ''Time'' magazine used its fifth ever Time (magazine)#Red X cove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josephat Torner
Josephat Torner (1977/1978 – 12 April 2020) was a Tanzanian albino activist. He was featured in the documentary ''In the Shadow of the Sun''. Activism Torner was born in Ngwangwege, near Lake Victoria. Torner stated that his mother was told by the midwife to poison him, but did not do so, instead encouraging him to go to school. When he was twelve his mother died. Torner then came into contact with a pentecostal church and then followed his secondary education. Torner subsequently moved to Sweden and studied management for three years. Torner at one point worked as a teacher. Since 2004 Torner was an activist for albino rights. In 2006 he gave up his teaching job, to focus full time on his activism. Torner travelled around Tanzania and the world to educate on knowledge of albinism and on persecution of people with albinism. Torner worked for the Ukerewe Albino Association on Ukerewe Island. Torner worked together with director Harry Freeland on the documentary ''In the Shadow o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attorney General Of Tanzania
The Attorney General of Tanzania is the legal adviser to the Government of Tanzania and serves concurrently as an ex officio member of the Cabinet and Parliament. History English barrister Roland Brown succeeded J. S. R. Cole to serve as the first Attorney General of independent Tanganyika from 1961 to 1964; and as the first Attorney General of Tanzania following the merger of Tanganyika with the People's Republic of Zanzibar. Joseph Warioba concurrently served as Minister for Justice between 1983 and 1985; as did his successor Damian Lubuva during his tenure. List of attorneys general Controversies Andrew Chenge was criticised for his advice to the government which led to the approval of the purchase of an overpriced $40 million radar from BAE Systems. His lawyers admitted that he had given legal advice on some aspects of the deal but did not promote it. In April 2008, Chenge resigned as Infrastructure Minister following the discovery of more than $1 million in an off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Bomani
Judge Mark Bomani (2 January 1932 – 10 September 2020) served as the second Attorney General of Tanzania from 1965 to 1976. Later he was a judge and ran a private law practice. Political History Bomani was the Attorney General of Tanzania from 1965 to 1976 and was the first attorney general to be born in Tanzania. After serving in the government, he became a senior legal advisory in the United Nations between 1976 and 1990, working towards Namibian independence from South Africa and working to devise an independent legal system for the country. Bomani had great international negotiation experience and was also the chief aide to both Julius Nyerere and Nelson Mandela Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (; ; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African Internal resistance to apartheid, anti-apartheid activist who served as the President of South Africa, first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1 ... on peace negotiations during the first Burundian Civil War. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Routledge
Routledge () is a British multinational publisher. It was founded in 1836 by George Routledge, and specialises in providing academic books, journals and online resources in the fields of the humanities, behavioural science, education, law, and social science. The company publishes approximately 1,800 journals and 5,000 new books each year and their backlist encompasses over 70,000 titles. Routledge is claimed to be the largest global academic publisher within humanities and social sciences. In 1998, Routledge became a subdivision and imprint of its former rival, Taylor & Francis Group (T&F), as a result of a £90-million acquisition deal from Cinven, a venture capital group which had purchased it two years previously for £25 million. Following the merger of Informa and T&F in 2004, Routledge became a publishing unit and major imprint within the Informa "academic publishing" division. Routledge is headquartered in the main T&F office in Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Presidents Of Tanzania
This is a list of the heads of state of Tanzania, from the independence of Tanganyika in 1961 to the present day. From 1961 to 1962 the head of state under the Constitution of 1961 was the queen of Tanganyika, Elizabeth II, who was also the queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. The monarch was represented in Tanganyika by a governor-general. Tanganyika became a republic within the Commonwealth under the Constitution of 1962 and the monarch and governor-general were replaced by an executive president. After the Zanzibar Revolution, which overthrew the Sultanate of Zanzibar in January 1964, the People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba united with mainland Tanganyika to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, which was later renamed to the United Republic of Tanzania. Monarch (1961–1962) The succession to the throne was the same as the succession to the British throne. Governor-general The governor-general was the representative of the mona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Mkapa
Benjamin William Mkapa (12 November 193824 July 2020) was the third president of Tanzania, in office from 1995 to 2005. He was Chairman of the Revolutionary State Political Party (Chama Cha Mapinduzi, CCM). Early life Mkapa was born in Lupaso, near Masasi District, Masasi, Tanganyika, on 12 November 1938. He graduated from Makerere University in Uganda in 1962 with a Bachelor of Arts in English. He went on to study at Columbia University the following year, and earned a master's degree in International Affairs. Previous posts include being an administrative officer in Dodoma and the Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education. Mkapa was the head of the Tanzanian mission to Canada in 1982 and to the United States in 1983–84. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1977 to 1980 and again from 1984 to 1990, before meeting his best friend Edward Mwassaga. Presidency In 1995, Mkapa was elected as president based on a popular anti-corruption campaign and the strong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Permanent Representative Of Tanzania To The United Nations ...
This is a list of the Permanent Representatives of the United Republic of Tanzania to the United Nations. The current office holder is Modest Jonathan Mero. List See also *Foreign relations of Tanzania References {{Permanent Representatives to the United Nations Tanzania * United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of Foreign Affairs (Tanzania)
The Minister of Foreign Affairs is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation of the Government of Tanzania. List of Ministers The following have served the ministry: ; Parties References {{TZ Ministers * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustine Mahiga
Augustine Philip Mahiga (28 August 1945 – 1 May 2020) was a Tanzanian diplomat and Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs in 2019 and 2020. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2015 to 2019. He previously served as the Permanent Representative of Tanzania to the United Nations from 2003 to 2010 and as the UN Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Political Office for Somalia from 2010 to 2013. In December 2015, he was nominated as a Member of Parliament by President John Magufuli and thereafter appointed to the Cabinet as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Early life and education Mahiga was born in Tosamaganga, Iringa on August 28, 1945. He had his primary education between 1952 and 1955 at Tosamaganga primary school, between 1956 and 1959 at Tosamaganga middle school, between 1960 and 1963 at Tosamaganga secondary school and between 1964 and 1965 at Tosamaganga High School. In 1971, he earned a Bachelor of Arts (Education) at the University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Ndassa
Richard Mganga Ndassa (21 March 1959 – 29 April 2020) was a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Sumve Sumve, Tanzania is a ward located in the Kwimba District of the Mwanza Region, in Tanzania. Sumve's residents are predominantly from the Wasukuma tribe, the largest in Tanzania, but some of Sumve's institutions employ Wahaya, Wajita, Wak ... constituency from 2010 until his death in 2020 from COVID-19. References 1959 births 2020 deaths Chama Cha Mapinduzi MPs Tanzanian MPs 2010–2015 Tanzanian MPs 2015–2020 Tanzanian MPs 2020–2025 Buluba Secondary School alumni College of Business Education alumni Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Tanzania {{Tanzania-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustino Ramadhani
Augustino Steven Lawrence Ramadhani (28 December 1945 – 28 April 2020) was a Tanzanian jurist and Christian leader. He was Chief Justice of Tanzania from 2007 to 2010, and a Judge of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights from 2010 to 2016. From 2017 to 2018 he was episcopal vicar of the Diocese of Dar es Salaam. Family and early years Augustino Ramadhani was born in Kisima Majongoo, Zanzibar on 28 December 1945. His grandfather was the Reverend Cecil Majaliwa, first African priest of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa. His parents were Matthew Douglas Ramadhani and Bridget Ann Constance Masoud, both teachers. He was second in a family of four girls and four boys. His brother, John Ramadhani, became Bishop of Zanzibar from 1980 to 2002 and Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Tanzania from 1984 to 1998. His father was promoted to headmaster in 1952 and transferred to teach in Mpwapwa. Augustino Ramadhani attended primary school in Mpwapwa and finished sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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