United Republic of Tanzania (Tanzania) - Appeal Updates

The Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak presents significant challenges to the health systems in the Kagera Region and potentially neighbouring areas. Healthcare facilities, including faith-based...

JOINT SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS The United Republic of Tanzania comprises the mainland and the islands of Zanzibar. Extending from Lake Tanganyika in the west to the Indian Ocean in the east, Lake...

SITUATION OVERVIEW Since November 2023, Tanzania has been experiencing heavy rains caused by an intense El Niño and Indian Ocean dipole system. The resulting floods and landslides have claimed many...

What happened, where and when? On 16 March 2023, the ministry of health (MOH) of the Republic of Tanzania announced that seven cases and five deaths of an unknown disease had been reported in Kagera...

NATIONAL SOCIETY PLAN The Tanzania Red Cross National Society was established in 1962 through an Act of parliament, as a voluntary and independent humanitarian organization to act as an auxiliary to...

Overview of the Crisis COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic on 11 March 2020, and Tanzania registered its first case on 16 March. As of 8 May, when the last update was published, the country had...

Foreword As the Burundi refugee crisis approaches its sixth year, some 367,000 Burundian refugees are being generously hosted by the Governments and people of the Democratic Republic of Congo,...

Agriculture is the backbone of the economy in the United Republic of Tanzania. The sector contributes to about 30 percent of the gross domestic product, while supporting about 80 percent of rural...

Country Overview Background & Achievements The United Republic of Tanzania was host to 330,755 refugees and asylum-seekers by 31 October 2018, mainly from Burundi (245,9641 ) and the Democratic...

Foreword As the Burundi refugee crisis approaches its fifth year, some 390,000 Burundian refugees are being generously hosted by the Governments and people of the Democratic Republic of Congo,...

Regional Overview Introduction The political crisis and related security and humanitarian conditions in Burundi have led to the outflow since April 2015 of more than 400,000 Burundian refugees to...

Country update The United Republic of Tanzania was host to 348,019 refugees and asylum seekers by 30 June 2017, mainly from Burundi (276,692), making it the largest host of Burundian refugees in the...

Regional update The protection environments in host countries, as well as in Burundi, has substantially evolved since the 2017 Regional Refugee Response Plan was developed. While the projected target...

Country Overview Introduction At the end of June 2017, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) hosted 40,015 Burundian refugees, out of whom 38,133 reside in the province of South Kivu including...

279,672 Burundian Refugees 12,000 Burundians in Need of Return Assistance IOM APPEAL (USD) (07 September - 31 December 2017) TOTAL 3.715 M SITUATION OVERVIEW The United Republic of Tanzania is...

REGIONAL STRATEGIC OVERVIEW Introduction The outbreak of civil conflict, destabilization and deterioration of the economic situation in Burundi in April 2015 has led to refugee outflows to...

Nairobi, November 16 2016 Dear Colleagues, Now more than a year since Burundi’s current crisis began, more than 160,000 men, women and children remain in refugee camps in Tanzania and are unable to...

Introduction The civil unrest in Burundi has led to an outflow of over 210,000 refugees (as of 31 October 2015) to neighbouring countries of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda,...

Introduction In May 2015, the Constitutional Court of Burundi approved President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid for a third term, triggering weeks of protests mainly in the capital, Bujumbura. Ahead of the...

Total affected population: 280,000 Total affected children (under 18): 151,200 Total people to be reached in 2016: 165,120 Total children to be reached in 2016: 104,500 2016 programme targets ...