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Half a century ago, the Tanzania-Zambia Railway (Tazara) stood out as a crucial symbol of Africa's struggle for independence. The 1,860km-long railway connects Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia with Dar es ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit held in Kazakh capital Astana BEIJING (Reuters) -China, Tanzania and Zambia signed an ...

The Tanzanian and Zambian governments have agreed to inject a further US$80 million in the TAZARA railway line, which is currently also receiving added support from China. The Tanzanian and Zambian ...

Once hailed as one of the modern age’s most groundbreaking railway development, the TAZARA railway linking the Tanzanian port city of Dar es Salaam with Zambia, has poor management, poor maintenance ...

July 1976: President Nyerere (right) watches as President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia greets Chinese Vice-Premier Sun Chien at the handing over ceremony of the Tanzania-Zambia railway. Photo by ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Mukololo Chanda still recalls the glory days of Africa’s “freedom railway”. Almost four decades ago, fresh from ...

TRAVELOGUE by ANDREW MITI – MORE than a railway, TAZARA remains a living corridor of memory, trade and survival — linking rural communities, border economies and generations shaped by its movement.

BEIJING (Reuters) -China, Tanzania and Zambia signed an initial agreement to rehabilitate a decades-old railway aimed at improving the rail-sea transportation in resource-rich East Africa, Chinese ...