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Tarime — Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA) has handed over a water dam built at Gibaso and Karakatonga villages in Tarime District. TANAPA Outreach Programme Manager Ahmed Mbugi handed over the project on Wednesday. "When it is full of water this dam can help residents of the two villages to en . . .

Arusha — In response to Prime Minister, Kassim Majaliwa's directives, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority has kicked off a project to build a large enclosed, man-made lake, to provide water for the Maasai and their cattle in the precinct.   The large water trough, whose construct . . .

Plans are underway to upgrade the Mtwara airport including expansion of the runway to allow larger airplanes to land, a move aimed at further opening economic opportunities in the gas-rich region, Works, Transport and Communications Minister Makame Mbarawa, has revealed.   The upgrading of th . . .

China yesterday clarified that an agreement signed between Tanzania and Governor of Exim Bank of China was meant to facilitate a feasibility study, not an agreement for a loan from China to Tanzania for the construction of central line railway.   China has meantime commended Turkish and Portu . . .

Dar es Salaam — In its effort to decongest Dar es Salaam Port, the government will next month start constructing an inland container depot (ICD) worth Sh7.286 billion at Ruvu in Coast Region.   The minister of Works, Transport and Communications, Prof Makame Mbarawa, told reporters that . . .