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The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov · Compared with the world

Tanzania

The zeitgeist this week

What stands out in Tanzania’s attention is Big Tech and platforms (9.1%, 7.4× the world). The news sounds darker than usual.

Tanzania’s zeitgeist, by theme

Its Wikipedia reading this week, each page counted once, in its main theme · Select a theme to see what’s inside it · How it’s counted

Blind spots

Where attention and coverage don’t line up

  • Read more than coveredBig Tech and platforms29×
Reading and news · 20.6k · Indicative

Tanzania · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov

Seen from inside and outside

How the world sees this country this week: the news abroad, pictures and videos.

Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest, Kenya to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the east, Mozambique and Malawi to the south, Zambia to the southwest, and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. According to a 2024 estimate, Tanzania has a population of around 67.5 million, making it the most populous country located entirely south of the equator. Many important hominid fossils have been found in Tanzania.

From Wikipedia: Tanzania · CC BY-SA 4.0

Pictures

  • The slave market in Zanzibar, c. 1860
    The slave market in Zanzibar, c. 1860Émile Bayard · Public domain
  • A Tanzanian woman cooks Pilau rice dish wearing traditional Kanga.
    A Tanzanian woman cooks Pilau rice dish wearing traditional Kanga.Galkey · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Farmers using a rice harvester in Igunga District, Tanzania
    Farmers using a rice harvester in Igunga District, TanzaniaMichaelgoima · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Example of a World Food Programme parcel
    Example of a World Food Programme parcelKorzhiv1 · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Tea fields in Tukuyu
    Tea fields in TukuyuSara&Joachim · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Nkrumah Hall at the University of Dar es Salaam
    Nkrumah Hall at the University of Dar es SalaamXlandfair at English Wikipedia · Public domain

Photos from Wikipedia’s articles, on Wikimedia Commons

Tanzania · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov

Who’s in the news

The people and organizations named in the most news stories about this place this week.

People

  1. Ali Maher

    New

    33 stories

  2. Mohamed Salah

    10.0× last week

    30 stories

  3. Hossam Hassan

    New

    22 stories

  4. Victor Osimhen

    6.3× last week

    19 stories

  5. Isaya Yunge

    4.0× last week

    16 stories

  6. Ademola Lookman

    New

    15 stories

  7. Tundu Lissu

    14 stories

  8. Jordan Ayew

    New

    13 stories

  9. William Ruto

    12 stories

Organizations

  1. United Nations

    23 stories

  2. African Union

    20 stories

  3. European Union

    13 stories

  4. Country Club

    12 stories

  5. Foreign Affairs

    10 stories

Names found in the news by the GDELT Project

Tanzania

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