Tanzania asks China to write off debt, gives nod to rail deal
08 January 2021 - 15:13
Dar es Salaam — Tanzania asked Beijing for debt relief and signed a new multibillion-dollar railway deal during Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi’s Africa tour.
President John Magufuli asked for the cancellation of old debts totalling $167.7m, according to the East African nation’s presidency. Earlier on Friday, Tanzania signed a $1.32bn rail-development contract with China Civil Engineering Construction and China Railway Construction...
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