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Within minutes of one another, Al Qaeda truck bombs explode at the American
embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam. Eleven Tanzanians die in the attack,
with dozens more injured.
2000
Contentious elections for the Zanzibari Legislature boil over into street violence
and 22 people are shot by police during mass demonstrations protesting the res-
ults.
2005
Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), the party created from the union of TANU and
the Zanzibari Afro Shirazi Party in 1977, maintains its hold on government by
winning a majority.
2010
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete is re-elected president with about 62% of the votes in a
closely contested election with a surprisingly strong showing by opposition can-
didates.
May 2011
Tanzania's chronic power-supply woes plunge to a new low as the government
announces a week of 15-hour daily power cuts country-wide.
