Baada ya picha na maelezo mengi mazuri tule pozi kwa kupata historia kwa kifupi..
CHRONOLOGY
1652 - Arabs from Oman invade Zanzibar
1840 - Sultan of Oman transfers his capital to Zanzibar
1885 - Tanganyika declared a German Protectorate
1890 - Zanzibar & Pemba islands become a British Protectorate
1905/6 - Maji Maji rebellion against German rule finally suppressed in South; resultant famine kills between 75,000 - 300,000
1920 - Tanganyika placed under League of Nations Mandate with United Kingdom as the administrating power
1929 - Formation of the Tanganyika African Association (TAA)
1946 - Tanganyika becomes a United Nations Trust Territory, still under British administration
1954 - Julius Nyerere, President of TAA, converts TAA into Tanganyika African National Union (TANU)
9/1958 - 2/1959 - First General Elections; TANU sweeps to victory
5/1960 - Tanganyika achieves internal self-government
9.12.1961 - Tanganyika gains full independence
12/1962 - Tanganyika becomes a Republic; Julius Nyerere becomes first President
12/1963 - Zanzibar becomes an independent Sultanate
1/1964 - Armed uprising in Zanzibar - Sultan overthrown; Zanzibar declared a Republic and Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP) takes power; Abeid Karume becomes Zanzibar's first African leader
4/1964 - Nyerere signs Act of Union with Government of Zanzibar; Zanzibar retains a separate administration; any opposition in Zanzibar ruthlessly suppressed
10/1964 - Union of Tanganyika & Zanzibar re-named United Republic of Tanzania
7/1965 - New Constitution provides for one-party state
9/1965 - Nyerere returned to power in first one-party elections
Early 1967 - TANU accepts programme of socialism & self-reliance known as "Arusha Declaration"; the age of 'Ujamaa' (community) is born
1967/1971 - On Zanzibar, Karume survives two assassination attempts
4/1972 - Karume assassinated; successor Aboud Jumbe reorganises Zanzibar Government; power of ASP extended
1973 - International relations with Burundi and Idi Amin's Uganda deteriorate
6/1975 - Fundamental principles of socialism incorporated into the Constitution
1977 - Collapse of East African Community (EAC) of Tanzania, Kenya & Uganda
2/1977 - TANU & ASP merge to form Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) with Nyerere as Chairman and Jumbe as Vice-Chairman
Late 1978 - Relations with Uganda worsen; fighting on border during 10/1978
1/1979 - Tanzania-based invasion force enters Uganda, leading to overthrow of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin
10/1979 - Zanzibar adopts separate Constitution
2/1982 - Hi-jacking of Air Tanzania flight to United Kingdom
1/1983 - Coup plot uncovered; 20 soldiers & 9 civilians detained
Early 1984 - Political crisis in Zanzibar amidst growing dissatisfaction with the Union; Jumbe & 3 Ministers resign
4/1984 - Ali Hassan Mwinyi elected President of Zanzibar; Mwinyi supports Union and sweeping changes made to Zanzibar Supreme Revolutionary Council
1/1985 - More liberal Constitution adopted in Zanzibar
11/1985 - Nyerere retires and is succeeded by Mwinyi who brings in fundamental changes in economic policy, viewed as a retreat from socialist policies
12/1985 - 9 people receive life imprisonment for their part in the 1983 coup plot (all those convicted receive Presidential pardons in October 1995)
1/1988 - Zanzibar Chief Minister, Seif Sharrif Hamad, dismissed along with 5 others
Late 1988 - Value to Zanzibar of Union increasingly called into question; two dissident movements - Movement for Democratic Alternative (MDA) and smaller religious-based group on Pemba, Bismillah Party - become active even before multipartyism
5/1989 - Hamad arrested for allegedly being in possession of secret Government documents and attending illegal meetings on Pemba
12/1989 - 4,000 troops sent to Zanzibar in response to reports of a coup
Early 1990 - Two opposition parties, Tanzania Democratic Forum - led by Oscar Kambona, and Tanzania Youth Democratic Movement (TYDM) - led by Moussa Membar, one of the 1982 hi-jackers, formed in United Kingdom
10/1990 - Dr Salmin Amour elected President of Zanzibar
2/1991 - An independent forum - led by Abdullah Fundikira - attempts to steer national opinion towards multi-party democratic system
3/1991 - President Mwinyi establishes Presidential Commission to look into electoral reforms
12/1991 - Commission publishes recommendation for establishment of plural political system
2/1992 - Constitutional amendments ratified to make way for multipartyism
1992 - Opposition party on Zanzibar, Kamati Ya Maguezi Huru (Kamahuru) merges with mainland Chama Cha Wanachi to form Civic United Front (CUF)
Mid 1992 - Several political organisations officially register but restrictions on opposition activities remain
7/1992 - 4 members of Democratic Party (DP), including leader Reverend Christopher Mtikila, are arrested and sentenced to 4 months imprisonment for holding illegal meeting
9/1992 - Mtikila and the others have their sentences quashed in High Court
12/1992 - Zanzibar Government arranges for islands to join Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC), an infringement of the 1964 Articles of the Union
1/1993 - Anti-Asian rhetoric of leader of the unregistered DP, Rev. Mtikila, provokes number of attacks on Asians and their businesses in Dar es Salaam; Mtikila detained for sedition; person killed on Pemba during opposition demonstration
2/1993 - Parliamentary Commission rules Zanzibar action regarding OIC membership unconstitutional
4/1993 - First multi-party by-election won by CCM; young Muslim radicals attack pork butcheries in Dar es Salaam; violent clashes between Islamic fundamentalists and security forces
8/1993 - Zanzibar withdraws from membership of OIC
10/1993 - Failed coup in Burundi prompts waves of refugees to enter Tanzania
2/1994 - High Court rules, in favour of opposition party CHADEMA, that CCM won 3rd by-election of multi-party era unfairly
4/1994 - Civil war in Rwanda results in mass influx of refugees to Tanzania
11/1994 - Foreign donors suspend aid in protest at official connivance in widespread tax evasion
2/1995 - Former CCM Home Minister Augustine Mrema defects to National Convention for Construction and Reform (NCCR-Mageuzi)
3/1995 - Further influx of refugees from Burundi and Rwanda; Tanzania closes border with Burundi
10/1995 - Multi-party Legislative and Presidential elections take place concurrently on both the mainland & Zanzibar; on Zanzibar the result gives CCM 26 seats and CUF 24; CUF refuses to accept results alleging ballot rigging; CUF delegates boycott House of Representatives; Salmin Amour (CCM) becomes President of Zanzibar; on mainland CCM win 186 out of 232 seats in the National Assembly (CUF wins 24, NCCR-Mageuzi 16, CHADEMA 3 & UDP 3)
11/1995 - Benjamin Mkapa (CCM) wins presidential election with 61.8% of vote
Early 1996 - Nyerere mediates peace talks with Burundi
1996 - Foreign donors suspend aid to Zanzibar in protest at alleged human rights abuses
2/1996 - Zanzibar authorities ban CUF demonstrations in south Pemba
3/1996 - East African Community re-established
6/96 - Mkapa elected CCM Chairman
30.6.1996 - Former Director of Intelligence & Security, Lt General Imran Kombe, shot dead after police mistake him for notorious car thief; five officers charged with murder
7/1996 - Economic sanctions imposed on Burundi in protest at overthrow of democratically elected government; relations with Burundi steadily worsen amid allegations that Tanzania supporting Burundi rebels in refugee camps near border
8/1996 - Government establishes Commission of Enquiry, chaired by former Prime Minister Joseph Warioba, to investigate corruption; allegedly corrupt Dar es Salaam City Council disbanded
9/1996 - Minister of Finance Simon Mbilinyi resigns amid allegations of corrupt practices by parliamentary select committee investigating bribery allegations
10/1996 - Former Presidential candidate Augustine Mrema wins by-election in Dar es Salaam
12/1996 - Warioba report on corruption published
1997 - Relations with Burundi worsen; several clashes on border
1/1997 - Mainland CUF recognises legitimacy of Amour's government on Zanzibar
3/1997 - Rev Mtikila joins CHADEMA; Tanzanian asks for international assistance to cope with remaining refugees after food shortages owing to drought
13.3.1997 - Former CCM Secretary General Horace Kolimba dies following intense questioning by CCM Central Committee about his criticism of party ideology
4/1997 - Economic sanctions against Burundi, on certain humanitarian goods, lifted
6/1997 - Police in Arusha charged with torturing 10 women, one of whom had a miscarriage
20.6.1997 - High Court cancels planned opposition party congress, amid fear of disturbances by opposing factions in NCCR-Mageuzi
30.7.1997 - Mkapa sacks officials for corruption in Mtwara region
1.8.1997 - Government investigates opposition groups said to be planning disorder; groups believed to be organised by opposition party leader
11.8.1997 - Government to investigate "abduction" of Zanzibar MP, Swaleh Mbaruk
13.8.1997 - CUF banned from holding public rallies in western Zanzibar
Late 8/1997 - Tensions begin to arise with Burundi; peace talks cancelled as Burundi Government refuses to participate
9.9.1997 - 500 refugees return to DRC (former Zaire)
10.9.1997 - Security tightened in Zanzibar after threats to burn government property
25.9.1997 - Splits emerge in NCCR-Mageuzi
10.11.1997 - President Mkapa opens CCM party congress; Mkapa announces dismissal of 1500 civil servants and employees of parastatals for corruption
12.11.1997 - Tanzanian troops deployed at border with Burundi as tensions rise
14.11.1997 - Mkapa re-elected CCM Chairman
15.11.1997 - Tanzania Union of Journalists launched; given 6 months to register
29.11.1997 - Six senior CUF members arrested on eve of Mkunazini by-election after CUF's final campaign rally
12/1997 - Six detainees die in detention in Morogoro
01.12.1997 - CUF wins Mkunazini by-election
03.12.1997 - Police arrest CUF Deputy Secretary-General
07.12.1997 - CUF holds rally in Zanzibar Town; Juma Haji, winner of by-election, speaks out against police harassment
09.12.1997 - Police detain more CUF officials including Seif Sharrif Hamad's personal assistant
10.12.1997 - Non-resident workers in Tanzania to be issued with ID cards alongside national ID cards to be introduced as Registration & Identification of Persons Act 1996 becomes effective; Mkapa pledges to fight corruption; Zanzibar court awards damages to ZEC Chairman in libel suit
20.12.1997 - 11,406 refugees voluntarily repatriated to DRC
22.12.1997 - 14 CUF members charged with treason; case to go to High Court
1/1998 - Two policemen convicted of a 1996 killing and sentenced to death; nine others convicted of murder in Arusha
10.01.1998 - Mkapa calls on Zanzibar Government and opposition to start dialogue
12.01.1998 - Zanzibar President states no political disagreement in Zanzibar but an external plot to destabilise the country
13.01.1998 - Commonwealth Secretary-General warns of prevailing political crisis in Zanzibar
22.01.1998 - Zanzibar denies reports by a Dar es Salaam journalist that it intends to secede from the Union
03.02.1998 - Three CUF MPs arrested on Zanzibar and charged with threatening to cause trouble
07.02.1998 - Members of CUF suspended from Zanzibar House of Representatives for 20 days after failing to attend House sessions for two consecutive days
2-3/1998 - Rioting outside mosque in Dar es Salaam - vehicles burned and shops looted; 3 killed and 5 seriously injured, over 50 arrests; two policemen dismissed for taking a bribe and improper arrest
4/1998 - Government distributes emergency food rations to overcrowded prisons; an opposition leader in Zanzibar sentenced to six months imprisonment for insulting Zanzibar's President
5/1998 - A prominent judge advises Government to stop intimidating journalists; James Mapalala launches new political party CHAUSTA (Justice & Development Party)
6/1998 - Government bans three newspapers for publishing abusive cartoons; Government issues clarification on how Radio Tanzania programmes may be utilised by all political parties; seven suspects including a policeman arrested in connection with killing of a senior pilot; Parliament suspends opposition MP Augustine Mrema for making allegations that Government was trying to kill him; Chief Justice of Court of Appeal denies Government's appeal against injunction granted to National Women's council, thereby permitting its continued operation
7/1998 - VAT introduced on mainland; High Court annuls result of 1995 Sengerema constituency election, stripping William Shija of his seat; Government forms special committee to gather public opinion on constitutional reform - opposition reform group called KAMAKA condemns the move; Seif Sharrif Hamad questioned in connection with treason investigation of 18 CUF suspects; Sexual Offences Special Provisions Act comes into force; border between Tanzania and Burundi closes
7.8.1998 - Terrorist bomb explodes at US Embassy in Dar es Salaam, minutes after similar explosion in Nairobi - 10 people killed and 70 injured; arrests made in aftermath; explosion linked to Saudi dissident Osama Bin Laden
8/1998 - CUF announces in official statement the end of its boycott of Parliament and recognises Salmin Amour as President of Zanzibar; 'Mtanzania' newspaper banned by Amour on Zanzibar; Minister Hassy Kitine resigns amid allegations of corruption
20/8/1998 - US launches air strike against Bin Laden's camp in Afghanistan and alleged chemical weapons factory in Sudan in retaliation for embassy bombings
10/1998 - William Shija regains Sengerema constituency in by-election; Augustine Mrema returns to parliament; lobby group formed from members of religious, women's and human rights groups to make public more aware of the case for constitutional reform; one of three newspapers banned in June 1998, Chombeza, has its ban lifted
11/1998 - Prosecution in trial of 18 members of CUF for treason given 60 days to complete their investigation; Law Reform Commission recommends formation of compensation fund for victims of sexual and domestic violence; Police ban demonstration by NCCR-Mageuzi
12/1998 - Government re-imposes ban on Chombeza newspaper after it continues to publish allegedly lewd material
1/1999 - Police arrest CUF's deputy director for defence and security, Othman Abdallah. CUF's Secretary-General announces that CUF will not engage in direct confrontation with CCM; High Court rejects appeal by four of the 18 CUF detainees concerning illegal arrest and denial of bail
25.2.1999 - Charges finally read against the 18 CUF detainees in Zanzibar
3.3.1999 - Trial of 18 CUF detainees resumes
25.4.1999 - Augustine Mrema leaves NCCR-Mageuzi to join TLP as its Chairman
9.6.1999 - CCM and CUF sign Commonwealth-brokered reconciliation pact in Zanzibar, ending 4-year political deadlock; CUF ends boycott of Zanzibar parliament; 2 new CUF appointees to Zanzibar parliament; pact aims to ensure elections in 2000 are transparent and credible
8/1999 - Use of child labour in mining industry banned; killings by sungusungu 'traditional guards' reported in Tabora district