The East African nation of Tanzania has signed a contract with two Chinese firms for the design and construction of a 341-kilometer single-track electrified standard gauge railway line. The ...

Chinese rail contractors are consolidating their foothold in East Africa as part of a twin effort to improve the region's connectivity and tap into its abundant reserves of strategic minerals. Last ...

A train travels along the TAZARA Railway on November 19, 2025. Photo: Courtesy of CCECC. The preparatory work for 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 ...

Tanzania and Burundi have entered into an agreement with two Chinese companies to construct a railway line to transport metals, including nickel, to the port city of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. The ...

Nairobi — TANZANIA IS going ahead with privatisation of the Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) without Uganda and Kenya despite earlier plans to private the three East Africa railway firms as a ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. A train launched to operate on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line constructed by the ...

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan and her Zambian counterpart, Haikande Hichilema, have agreed to upgrade the cross-border railway connecting the two countries to speed up economic progress as ...

Nairobi — The government is seeking ways to recapitalise Tanzania Railways Ltd and inject more than $39.3 million to revamp the ailing Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority. Tanzania Railways was leased ...

A train launched to operate on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line constructed by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) arrives at the Nairobi Terminus on the outskirts of Kenya's capital, ...