Tanzania

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Violence in the news: 11 reports in the week to Oct 19, 2026 · ×1.7 · against the three weeks before; GDELT, not verified

Protests in the news: 1 reports in the week to Oct 19, 2026 · against the three weeks before; GDELT, not verified

Level, last 60 days

Deaths 30 d
0
UCDP up to 2026-08-31
Per million 90 d
–
last 90 days
Civilians
–
last 90 days
Incidents 30 d
0
Population
70.5 M
World Bank
Plants near violence
0 / 0
near violence / total; 0 nuclear

Why this level0

Nothing in the open sources stands out.

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Every monitored signal

The last 60 days, each on its own scale.

Natural hazards, 7 days
1
Travel advice level (FCDO)
1
Refugees who fled
4 369
Confirmed outages, places, 24 h
1

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Deaths in organised violence, per week

Tanzania, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.

The latest week may be incomplete.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Who the violence is between

Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.

State-based conflict · 0%
Non-state conflict · 0%
Against civilians · 0%

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Food, displacement, sanctions

People in food crisis (IPC 3+): –; 2026-09
Share in food crisis: –; 2026-09
Undernourishment: 19.1%; 2024
Refugees who fled: 4,369; 2025
Refugees hosted: 214,404; 2025
Internally displaced: –; 2025
Sanctions designations: 45; 2026-10-19
GDP per person: $1,319; 2025

FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions

People in crisis-level food insecurity

FEWS NET does not cover this country.

Latest incidents of organised violence1

Date	Place	Sides	Deaths	Civilians	Reported by
2026-02-12 – 2026-02-18	Arusha city	Government of Tanzania – Civilians	1	1	Crisis Group

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Conflicts, 90 days0

No organised violence recorded in the current data.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Natural hazards, 30 days12

WildfireForest fires in Tanzania · Oct 11, 2026
WildfireForest fires in Tanzania · Oct 7, 2026
WildfireForest fires in Tanzania · Oct 6, 2026
WildfireForest fires in Tanzania · Oct 5, 2026
WildfireForest fires in Tanzania · Oct 4, 2026
WildfireForest fires in Tanzania · Oct 2, 2026
WildfireForest fires in Tanzania · Oct 2, 2026
WildfireForest fires in Tanzania · Sep 30, 2026
WildfireForest fires in Tanzania · Sep 27, 2026
WildfireForest fires in Tanzania · Sep 27, 2026
WildfireForest fires in Tanzania · Sep 25, 2026
WildfireForest fires in Tanzania · Sep 21, 2026

GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET

Warnings and notices

UK FCDO: Tanzania: Avoid all but essential travel to parts

No severe weather warning in force.

UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS

Next 7 days in Dodoma

Day	°C	Rain	Gusts
Tue, Oct 20	17…34	0.0 mm	49 km/h
Wed, Oct 21	19…33	0.3 mm	45 km/h
Thu, Oct 22	20…34	0.0 mm	46 km/h
Fri, Oct 23	18…34	0.0 mm	49 km/h
Sat, Oct 24	18…33	0.0 mm	50 km/h
Sun, Oct 25	18…31	0.0 mm	56 km/h
Mon, Oct 26	18…31	0.0 mm	54 km/h

Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.

Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)

Food prices in markets14

Item	Price	USD	Year
Maize (white) / KG	1,158.5 TZS	0.49	+108%
Potatoes (Irish) / KG	1,085 TZS	0.46	+23%
Rice / KG	2,805 TZS	1.21	+57%
Oil (sunflower) / L	7,491.5 TZS	3.21	+7%
Beans (dry) / KG	2,949 TZS	1.27	+47%
Soybeans / KG	2,985 TZS	1.29	+49%
Lettuce / KG	931 TZS	0.40	+4%
Tomatoes (bitter) / KG	1,146 TZS	0.49	+13%
Wheat flour / KG	2,253 TZS	0.97	+21%
Maize flour (white) / KG	1,700 TZS	0.73	+57%
Sugar / KG	2,873 TZS	1.23	+1%
Beans (spotted) / KG	2,775 TZS	1.19	+39%
Cabbage / KG	521 TZS	0.22	+14%
Carrots / KG	1,238.5 TZS	0.53	+1%

Median retail price across markets in the latest month reported (2022-12); change against the same month a year before.

WFP · HDX (CC BY-IGO)

Disasters since 20003

DroughtsTropical cyclonesFloods

Drought in Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda · May 21, 2026 · Medium impact for agricultural drought in 270713 km2
Tropical Cyclone HIDAYA-24 · May 1, 2024 · Low (maximum wind speed of 148 km/h)
Flood in Tanzania · Mar 28, 2024 · Magnitude 0

GDACS (orange and red alerts since 2000)