Tanzania News API

Get the live top headlines from Tanzania with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as JSON.

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This request returns the current top headlines from Tanzania. The response below is live: it was fetched when this page loaded. Every parameter is described in the Top Headlines endpoint documentation.

GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=general&country=tz&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=general" \
  --data-urlencode "country=tz" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "general", "country": "tz", "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "general",
    country: "tz",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

On the Free plan, browsers can only call the API from localhost: see Using the API in the FAQ.

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$params = http_build_query([
    "category" => "general",
    "country"  => "tz",
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $params);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=general&country=tz&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);

200 OK · Live JSON response

{
    "totalArticles": 50390,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "06fa5b97323b2c54ebd6d7d56da90e8f",
            "title": "Man Utd 3-2 Roma: Bruno Fernandes on Michael Carrick future after comeback win",
            "description": "Bruno Fernandes says \"a lot of lies\" have been reported about his relationship with Manchester United head coach Michael Carrick.",
            "content": "Bruno Fernandes says \"a lot of lies\" have been reported about his relationship with Manchester United head coach Michael Carrick in recent weeks.\nSpeaking after United's 3-2 win over Roma on Tuesday, it was the first time the 32-year-old had addresse... [1996 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cqkg5dgvygr1o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/60bc/live/f12e0680-d7d4-11f1-b441-2b33b063138f.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T22:37:49Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b86c6fe74d424ceb43ea976ee25af0db",
            "title": "Nelly Korda clinches 2026 LPGA Rolex Player of the Year honors",
            "description": "It's the second time Korda has claimed the honor, and it puts her on the cusp of earning a spot in the LPGA Hall of Fame",
            "content": "Nelly Korda is nearing the end of a two-month break from competitive golf, but she just clinched the 2026 Rolex Player of the Year award. By winning the award and the single LPGA Hall of Fame point that goes along with it, the 28-year-old is now just... [2481 chars]",
            "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/nelly-korda-clinches-2026-lpga-222511308.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/cad84036b2dc33de8d63badac68e36e71d95c2aad9471bef7e0a91d193811681/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w616_h411%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fgolf_digest_articles_737%2F55ec4df91b890a14f0d89874c7dd33e0.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T22:25:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1213ab3f5e360256b89d3b205e3e8e48",
                "name": "Yahoo Sports",
                "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5dea00a9c1f97c513a685646fb02ea17",
            "title": "Light-matter hybrids form supersolid quantum state at room temperature",
            "description": "Researchers from the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, the Military University of Technology (Poland), IBM Research Zurich and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) have observed a new quantum state of matter known as a supersolid in an exciton-polariton Bose-Einstein condensate. Remarkably, the phenomenon occurs not at temperatures close to absolute zero, but at room temperature. The results have been published in Science Advances.",
            "content": "Researchers from the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, the Military University of Technology (Poland), IBM Research Zurich and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) have observed a new quantum state of matter known a... [5085 chars]",
            "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-11-hybrids-supersolid-quantum-state-room.html",
            "image": "https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2026/a-new-quantum-state-of.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T22:20:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6063be7565dcd637bb5d2946ed6c5329",
                "name": "Phys.org",
                "url": "https://phys.org"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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