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Two Chinese companies have won the contract to build a $1.32bn railway line in Tanzania, the East African nation’s foreign minister said, extending more than a decade of Chinese involvement in the country. China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) and China Railway Construction will build the 341km link to connect the Lake Victoria port city of Mwanza in the north to the town of Isaka, on the way to the Indian Ocean port of Dar es Salaam. President John Magufuli, who was re-elected in October 2020, promised to continue implementing major projects as he seeks to build an industrialised nation. The Mwanza-Isaka line is part of a more than 2,561km railway network that Magufuli’s administration plans to build. Construction of the first and the second phases is being undertaken by Turkish construction compan
Two Chinese companies have won the contract to build a 3.0617 trillion shillings ($1.32 billion) modern rail line in Tanzania, the East African nation's foreign minister said, extending more than a decade of Chinese involvement in the country.
Construction project causing misery for livestock farmer
Elton Ryan says the plants his animals graze on are covered in cement dust
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A livestock farmer of more than 15 years says he is suffering huge losses in revenue as he tries to mitigate against the impact of an ongoing Chinese project in the North Sound area which he claims is threatening his livelihood.
Elton Ryan says he has already lost more than 50 sheep which strayed from his fenced 68-acre farm where they were grazing after someone allegedly cut an opening in the fence to gain entry. Days later he found the remains of his animals on a nearby farm.
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Tanzania on Friday signed a $1.3-billion (1-billion-euro) deal with two Chinese companies for building a section of a railway aimed at linking its main port to neighbouring countries.
President John Magufuli and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi oversaw the signing of the contract at an event broadcast live on state television.
The deal involves the fifth section in a 2,561-kilometre (1,600-mile) railway whose construction began in 2017.
The overall plan is to link the Indian Ocean port of Dar es Salaam to Mwanza on Lake Victoria, with eventual spurs to Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda.
The Chinese firms will build a 341-kilometre section between the port city of Mwanza on Lake Victoria and Isaka in the northwest, according to Tanzanian Transport Minister Leonard Chamuriho.
Two Chinese firms to build $1.32 billion Tanzanian rail line
01/07/2021 | 11:09am EDT
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DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Two Chinese companies have won the contract to build a 3.0617 trillion shillings ($1.32 billion) modern rail line in Tanzania, the East African nation s foreign minister said, extending more than a decade of Chinese involvement in the country.
China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation and China Railway Construction Limited will build the 341 km link to connect the Lake Victoria port city of Mwanza in the north to the town of Isaka, on the way to the Indian Ocean port of Dar es Salaam.