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  Nick Phillips, Dar and John Njoroge, Nairobi Tanzania is set to test its first, maiden, cheaper and very superior own funded electric train. The train will be Africa’s fastest at a speed of 160/h on the longest railway after Ethiopia’s 160/h, 750 km line train. Speaking at a historic event to launch the flash butt welding of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) exercise that took place at Soga in Coastal region outside Dar es Salaam, the Minister for Works, Transport and Communications, Eng. Isack  Kamwele said first trials for speedy electric train will be conducted in July this year to cover a section of the SGR. Tanzania’s SGR, upon completion of all planned lots, is set to be the longest line beating Kenya’s Nairobi-Mombasa (609 km) or Ethiopia’s 750 km line; also far beating South Africa’s 2010 built GauTrain metro (54 km), Egypt’s 42.5 km Cairo metro and Senegal’s 57km metro linking Dakar city centre with the new Blaise Diagne International Airport (A...

2019-04-12 16:01 , Jenni Evans     The Central Bank of eSwatini denied holding money from a former president of South Africa following reports that Jacob Zuma had stashed the late Muammar Gaddafi's money in that country. "The Central Bank of eSwatini wishes to inform the nation and the international community that it is not holding and has never held money from a former president of the Republic of South Africa as it has been alleged in recent media reports locally and abroad. "By law, and indeed in practice, the bank only holds money for the eSwatini Government and locally licensed commercial banks. "The Central Bank of eSwatini would like to apologise to His Majesty the King Mswati III, Her Majesty Indlovukazi, the entire Swazi nation at large and anyone adversely affected by these false allegations." The statement was signed by Majozi...

Harold Odhiambo and Caleb Kingwara 14th Apr 2019 12:01:58 GMT +0300 President Uhuru Kenyatta (right) and Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni during a meeting at State House in Mombasa. [Kelvin Karani, Standard] Siaya Senator James Orengo has now challenged President Uhuru Kenyatta to take the diplomatic tussle between Kenya and Uganda over Migingo Island to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Orengo who spoke in Migori on Saturday during a fundraiser at Pee Hills Secondary School decried the constant harassment that Kenyans have been going through at the hands of Ugandan officials. He noted that it is unacceptable that the country has allowed Uganda to claim ownership of Migingo even though it is part of Kenya.  “The question of the Island called Migingo which is in the territory of Kenya is undisputed as part of Kenya. That issues should be resolved and I am advising President Uhuru Kenyatta that the matter should be taken to the ICJ,” said Ore...

The two doctors were kidnapped on Friday from Mandera. By OJWANG JOE , KISUMU, Kenya Apr 14 – The Kenyan government has ruled out possibilities of paying a ransom to secure the release of two Cuban doctors abducted from Mandera by Al Shabaab terrorists on Friday. Owino said the government will professionally attempt to rescue the doctors without paying any sum of money for the release of the two doctors Assel Herera Correa and Landy Rodriguez. ADVERTISEMENT “We would not encourage payment of ransom to criminals as a matter of procedure because that would encourage kidnappings. We’ll use methods provided for in law while carrying out our duties,” he told a news conference in lake side city of Kisumu on Saturday, and welcomed an initiative by Somali elders both in Kenya and Somalia to try and negotiate for the release of the doctors. He said any negotiations by the elders will not stall a government multi-agency team working round the clock to release the kid...

The two doctors working for the Kenyan government were taken in the northeastern town Mandera, according to local media. 13 Apr 2019 Mandera has been the scene of frequent attacks in which dozens of civilians and security personnel have been killed [Reuters] Unidentified gunmen abducted two Cuban doctors and shot dead a police officer near Kenya's border with Somalia , Kenyan media reported on Friday. The Daily Nation said the attackers drove off with the doctors, who are employed by the Kenyan government, after the shooting in Mandera in the northeast of the country. KTN News said police suspected the doctors and their abductors, thought to be members of the al-Qaeda -linked al-Shabab group, had gone into Somalia.  Kenyan Citizen television footage showed police officers setting up a roadblock on a road leading to the border. Ali Roba, the governor of Mandera, said in a statement that the gunmen's vehicle blocked the do...

Le 09 Avril 2019 Par Desai Magobhe, Nairobi La TANZANIE est à nouveau sur les feux de la chaux alors que son secteur manufacturier continue à prospérer, devenant l'une des plus dynamiques du continent avec 26%. Selon le rapport Africa Economic Outlook 2019 publié le 4 avril 2019 par la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), ces réalisations découlent de la décision historique prise par la Tanzanie de relancer son secteur manufacturier en 2015; aujourd'hui, le secteur est devenu le principal contributeur au PIB parmi les 14 pays de la région de l'Afrique de l'Est. C’est une bonne nouvelle pour la Tanzanie, qui a lancé un ensemble de réformes, notamment l’industrialisation de l’économie après de nombreuses années de dépendance à l’exportation de produits agricoles non transformés. Le rapport annuel publié par la BAD est un clin d'œil aux réformes en cours en Tanzanie mises en œuvre par le Dr John Magufuli et son gouvernement depuis son acc...

Fumbuka , Ng'wanakilala   DAR ES SALAAM, April 13 (Reuters) - Tanzania has agreed a new $1.7 billion financing deal with the World Bank to fund various projects during fiscal year 2019/20, its finance ministry said on Saturday. The agreement, which is comprised of low-interest loans and grants, includes a $400m loan for education and $300m for a poverty reduction programme." “Part of the financing will also be used to fund various infrastructure projects, such as roads, water, information and communication technology...and energy,” the ministry said in the statement. Tanzania plans to raise its total spending in 2019-20 (July-June) slightly to 33.11 trillion shillings ($14.16 billion), with the funds going towards improving roads, railways and rural electricity supplies. The financing deal was reached during talks between Tanzania’s finance and planning minister Philip Mpango and the World Bank Vice President for Africa Hafez Ghalem in Washing...