Tanzania has begun assembling mainline gauge railway locomotives locally, becoming the first country in the East African region to undertake such work, officials said Saturday.

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 ...

When news broke of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) accident between Dar es Salaam and Morogoro, many feared the worst. A high-speed train derailed near Ruvu Station early in the morning, but by ...

Tanzania, like its neighbour Kenya, wants to profit from its long coastline and upgrade existing rickety railways and roads to serve growing economies in the heart of Africa. Tanzanian President John ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chinese rail contractors are consolidating their foothold in East Africa as part of a twin effort to improve the region's ...

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania has signed a $1.46 billion loan agreement with Standard Chartered Bank Tanzania to fund the construction of 550 km (341.75 miles) of standard gauge railway running ...

Tanzania signed a $2.15 billion deal with two Chinese firms to construct a railway linking its main port of Dar es Salaam to a nickel mine in neighboring Burundi. Tanzania Railways Corp. awarded the ...

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania has begun assembling Meter Gauge Railway (MGR) locomotives locally, becoming the first country in East Africa to undertake such an initiative.The move drawn praise from the ...

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 ...