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Zanzibar ditches planned Chinese port at Mpiga Duri

A year ago, Tanzania confirmed two deep-water port concessions on the Zanzibar coast. But amid fraying relations between Dodoma and Beijing, one of them has been abandoned. [...]

Published on 31/01/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Suluhu changes tack on Bagamoyo port project to appease Kenya

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Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan.

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Tanzanian foreign minister Liberata Mulamula met with her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) held in Dakar on 29 and 30 November 2021.

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Tanzania
Zanzibar ditches planned Chinese port at Mpiga Duri

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Tanzanian bar association delivers scathing report on text of Dar port agreement

Tanzania, Zambia
Zambia, Tanzania and DRC prepare for tough negotiations on TAZARA train line

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China, Tanzania
Beijing back in business in Dar es-Salaam post-Magufuli

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