Embassy of the United States, Dar es Salaam

The Embassy of the United States of America in Dar es Salaam (Swahili: Ubalozi wa Marekani) is the diplomatic mission of the United States in Tanzania.[1]

Embassy of the United States,
Dar es Salaam
LocationMsasani, Dar es Salaam
Address686 Old Bagamoyo Road
AmbassadorInmi Patterson, Chargé d'Affaires a.i
Websitetz.usembassy.gov/embassy/

History

On 7 August 1998, this embassy, at its former address of 36 Laibon Road, along with the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, was the target of a bomb attack perpetrated by al-Qaeda. The bomb attack in Dar es Salaam killed 11 people.

On 24 January 2003, Regional Security Office at the Embassy was alerted to the possibility of further al-Qaeda terrorist plots against the US embassies in Kampala, Nairobi, and Dar es Salaam. The specific information, in addition to the identities and locations of 3 or 4 senior al-Qaeda members in Chechnya, were offered in exchange for $3 million dollars (equivalent to $4,772,000 in 2022).[2]

The new embassy compound was opened on March 4, 2003, in Dar es Salaam. The embassy is a twenty-two acre compound that houses two main structures; the Chancery and the USAID Building.[3]


See also

References
  1. "Embassy of the United States Dar es Salaam". U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on 8 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  2. Sullivan (2003-01-27), POSSIBLE THREAT TO US EMBASSIES IN EAST AFRICA, WikiLeaks, archived from the original on 2015-06-27, retrieved 2015-06-27
  3. "United States Embassy". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.


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