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Tanzania and Burundi to benefit from a 282 km SGR deal
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Tanzania and Burundi to benefit from a 282 km SGR deal

Tanzania and Burundi signed a multimillion-dollar deal to build a Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) linking Gitega, Burundi, to the Indian Ocean. According to a statement released by Tanzania’s Ministry of Finance and Planning, a 282 kilometre SGR railway line will run from Uvinza in Tanzania’s Kigoma region to Gitega in Burundi. Officials from both countries...

Mali’s ex-president dies at 76
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Mali’s ex-president dies at 76

Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, former Mali president, died on January 16, 2022, at his home in Bamako at 76. Keïta served as Mali’s president from 2013 until 2020, when the military overthrew him. “President IBK (Ibrahim Boubacar Keita) died this morning at 9 am (GMT and local) at his home in Bamako,” a family member told...

Ship carrying ‘nuclear waste’ to Tanzania detained in Mombasa: Officials still investigating
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Ship carrying ‘nuclear waste’ to Tanzania detained in Mombasa: Officials still investigating

The Kenya Nuclear Regulatory Authority (KNRA) confirmed it has secured the cargo ship MV Piraeus Voy in Mombasa heading to Tanzania carrying harmful radioactive. The cargo on board the MV Piraeus Voy was detained after Kenya’s Health ministry raised the alarm that it was carrying radioactive material disguised as padlocks and other hardware items. Officials...

Uganda uses drones for HIV medicine supply
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Uganda uses drones for HIV medicine supply

Poor infrastructures have long affected medical supplies to remote areas in Uganda, due to that conundrum, Uganda has finally opted to put on a trial customized drones to deliver HIV drugs to designated patients in rural hamlets in Bugala Island. This trial program gears toward improving the transportation of medicines in Uganda. The program is funded...