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Zhang Junqiao is pictured while offering free medical consultations on Pemba Island, Tanzania, in December 2024. Photo: Xinhua
China-Africa relations

Tributes paid to hero Chinese doctor who drowned after saving woman in Tanzania

Foreign ministry in Beijing says Zhang Junqiao’s commitment and bravery embodied the spirit of Chinese medical teams in Africa.

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China travel

China’s thrill-seekers eye adventure tourism as social media lures them off-grid

Masterpieces

Into the blue: why brands from Dior to Chaumet are falling for tanzanite

Belt and Road Initiative

‘Game changer’: why Chinese rail contractors have East Africa in their sights

Business case is stacking up for the export-driven railway network that China’s companies are building with African finance.

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Chinese contractors are increasingly bidding for and winning rail projects in East Africa that are not funded by China’s banks. Photo: CGTN
Wellness

Hong Kong girl, 13, launches mentorship programme for girls in Africa

Climbing Africa’s highest peak inspired Emma Demopoulos, 13, to help Tanzania. She’s recruited international mentors for schoolgirls there.

China-Africa relations

China to bring Tanzania-Zambia railway back to full speed with US$1 billion boost

Beijing to refurbish 50-year-old African line as the US and EU bankroll their own rail project in the race for critical minerals.

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China-Africa relations

China’s joint drill in Africa shows ‘blended approach’ to military diplomacy

Beijing is strengthening its political ties with Tanzania and Mozambique as a trilateral counterterrorism drill begins.

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China, Tanzania and Mozambique are taking part in a joint military exercise in East Africa that is set to run until mid-August. Photo: Xinhua
China-Africa relations

China to spend US$1 billion to revamp Tanzania-Zambia railway to move minerals

The Tazara rail line connecting Zambian copper belt with port of Dar es Salaam will be updated through public-private partnership and compete with US- and EU-backed link between resource-rich areas and Angola’s Atlantic coast.

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Tourism

Mangroves’ climate change benefits in the spotlight at UN’s Cop28 summit

Mangroves were in focus for their role as a weapon against climate change at the UN’s Cop28 summit in Dubai – where experts talked about protecting them through eco-tourism and more.

Extreme weather

Death toll in Tanzania floods rises to 63, prime minister says

PM Kassim Majaliwa said on Monday: ‘We are here in front of bodies of our fellows. We have lost 63 loved ones. Of the total fellows we lost, 23 are men and 40 are women, My fellow Tanzanians, this is a tragedy.’

Members of the Tanzania Defence Forces and rescuers search for the bodies of people killed following flash floods and landslides near the slopes of Mount Hanang in the Manyara region, Tanzania on Monday. Photo: Reuters
Cricket Hong Kong

Hill and Miles guide Hong Kong to crushing win over Tanzania in T20 series

Hong Kong thrash opponents by 10 wickets day before two teams meet in final of women’s tournament at Hong Kong Cricket Club.

Mariko Hill shared in an unbeaten stand of 107 with Natasha Miles. Photo: ICC
Africa

Tanzanian ruling party women’s wing demands castration of homosexuals

The demand was made during celebrations marking two years in office of Samia Suluhu Hassan, the country’s first female president.

China-Africa relations

China-Tanzania trade ties prosper on firm diplomatic footing

Tanzania envoy Mbelwa Kairuki says bilateral trade was up by more than a fifth last year.

China-Africa relations

Chinese firms on track in Tanzania with US$2.2 billion railway contract

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan dismisses criticism the country is taking on too much debt.

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Phase 5 of Tanzania’s Standard Gauge Railway links Mwanza and the southern town of Isaka, 341km away. Photo: Twitter
Africa

At least 19 dead as Tanzania passenger plane crashes into Lake Victoria

Flight PW494, carrying 43 people, ‘crash-landed’ into the lake as it was approaching the lakeside city of Bukoba.

Rescuers search for survivors after a Precision Air flight plunged into Lake Victoria as it attempted to land in the lakeside town of Bukoba, Tanzania on Sunday. Photo: AFP
China-Africa relations

China-Tanzania ties sealed with 15 agreements during presidential visit

Deals include an upgrade for the Tazara railway, built by China 50 years ago and still its largest foreign aid project.

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China-Africa relations

Tanzania’s Hassan makes state visit to China with projects on her mind

Tanzanian president will be hoping for progress on US$10 billion mega-port and other stalled ventures in talks with Xi Jinping.

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China-Africa relations

China built Africa’s Freedom Railway, and will now bring it back to life

Landlocked Zambia’s vital link to Tanzanian seaport was backed with money and lives by China in the 1970s.

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The entrance to the Tazara Memorial Park in Chongwe, near Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. Photo: Xinhua
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