Tanzania, Burundi plan for railway and refinery

Contractors lay railroad tie on the Dar es Salaam-Morogoro line. PHOTO | MWANANCHI | NMG

After last week’s maiden tour of Tanzania, where Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye met Tanzanian President John Magufuli in Kigoma, the two countries agreed to build a railway to transport minerals from Gitega.

Addressing the crowd in Kigoma, President Magufuli said that they agreed to build a narrow gauge railway that will help transport nickel from Burundi.