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The Arusha Accords are signed between President Juvénal Habyarimana and leaders of the RPF in Arusha, Tanzania, ending the Rwandan Civil War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267491037#August", "title": "1993 in Rwanda", "revid": 1267491037, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1994, "year_label": "1994 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "Tens of thousands of Tutsi Rwandans flee to Zaire, Burundi and Tanzania.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1322141932#April_6", "title": "1994 in Rwanda", "revid": 1322141932, "section": "Events › April 6"}}, {"year": 1996, "year_label": "1996 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "May 21", "text": "May 21 – The MV Bukoba sinks in Tanzanian waters in Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1,000 people in one of Africa's worst maritime disasters.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371596794#May", "title": "1996", "revid": 1371596794, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1998, "year_label": "1998 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "United States embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed. Some 250 people were killed in the blasts and thousands more wounded. Osama bin Laden was the primary suspect.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371364314#August_7,_1998", "title": "1998 in Afghanistan", "revid": 1371364314, "section": "August 7, 1998"}}, {"year": 1998, "year_label": "1998 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 10", "text": "August 10 - Military experts from Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Tanzania are due in Kinshasa later this week to investigate allegations of Rwandan and Ugandan troops being sent across the border.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1311392275#August", "title": "1998 in Namibia", "revid": 1311392275, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 2016, "year_label": "2016 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "September 1", "text": "September 1 – An annular solar eclipse was visible from Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373421880#September", "title": "2016", "revid": 1373421880, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 2019, "year_label": "2019 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "August 10", "text": "August 10 – Morogoro tanker explosion: A fuel tanker truck explodes in Morogoro, Tanzania, killing at least 89 people and injuring dozens more.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373255188#August", "title": "2019", "revid": 1373255188, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 2022, "year_label": "2022 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "March 24", "text": "24 March – The World Health Organization announces that a polio vaccination campaign will begin in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1315159988#March", "title": "2022 in Malawi", "revid": 1315159988, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2022, "year_label": "2022 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "October 23", "text": "23 October – A fire, spread by strong winds, occurs on the slopes of Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368151133#Events", "title": "2022 in Tanzania", "revid": 1368151133, "section": "Events"}}]}