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China to Rehabilitate Tanzania-Zambia Railway in $1 Billion Deal

  •  China signs agreement with Tanzania and Zambia to modernise a key railway link, boosting East Africa’s transport network
  • Move intensifies competition with the West for control of Africa’s critical minerals supply routes

China signed a memorandum of understanding with Tanzania and Zambia for the $1 billion rehabilitation of the railway connecting the two countries. The agreement was signed by Chinese President Xi Jinping, Tanzania’s President Samia Hassan, and Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema during a ceremony in Beijing on September 4, as part of the 5th summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.

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