Tanzania's Lake Victoria plane crash death toll rises to 19

STORY: Tanzania's Lake Victoria plane crash death toll rises to 19 DATELINE: Nov. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): NURDIN PALLANGYO, Xinhua reporter 2. various of the crash site STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): NURDIN PALLANGYO, Xinhua reporter "A Tanzanian passenger plane reportedly carrying some 40 people crashed into the shores of Lake Victoria on Sunday morning, before a touchdown at an airport in Tanzania's western region of Kagera. Reports from Kagera region said the plane was flying from Dar es Salaam region to Bukoba airport in Kagera region, crashed into the shores of the lake after it was hit by a storm." Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa later visited the crash site. He said the death toll from the plane crash had risen to 19 by late Sunday afternoon. Majaliwa said it was likely that some passengers were still trapped in the plane's wreckage. Precision Air, owner of the plane, said in a separate statement there we

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-UNHCR-REFORESTATION PROGRAM

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-UNHCR-REFORESTATION PROGRAM

(220828) -- TANZANIA, Aug. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), speaks at a news conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Aug. 26, 2022. Tanzania and the UN refugee agency are in negotiations to launch a reforestation program in refugee-hosting regions of Kigoma and Kagera, the UN refugee agency chief said on Friday evening. (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua)

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-UNHCR-REFORESTATION PROGRAM

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-UNHCR-REFORESTATION PROGRAM

(220828) -- TANZANIA, Aug. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), speaks at a news conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Aug. 26, 2022. Tanzania and the UN refugee agency are in negotiations to launch a reforestation program in refugee-hosting regions of Kigoma and Kagera, the UN refugee agency chief said on Friday evening. (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua)