Future infrastructure plans are underway to connect Tanzania to Burundi, leveraging Lake Tanganyika capacity and handling a large share of DRC cargo.

The entities involved

• Tanzania →

  country in East Africa

  • Jacqueline Mkindi was appointed CEO of TAHA in Tanzania.Mon 14:03
  • IIT Madras established its first international campus in Tanzania.Mon 11:29
• Burundi →

  sovereign state in Africa

  • The African Union is deploying peace operations in Somalia, the Central African Republic, Burundi, and Sudan, working with international partners.Mon 10:34
  • Pan Am Org, Burundi, Guyana, and Africa discuss health cooperation, pandemic preparedness, and calls for country-led action on health issues.Mon 07:41
• DRC →
  • The Ebola outbreak in the DRC is spreading to Uganda, with new cases reported in Ituri province.Mon 05:14
  • Involvement in the DRC war contributed to the economic collapse of Zimbabwe in 2010.Mon 00:51

Related events

• Dataworld Systems Limited, based in Nairobi, has been shipping equipment to Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, and South Sudan.Sep 8
• Border communities in Burundi and DRC rely on Lake Tanganyika for shared fishing grounds and cross-border movement.Jun 30
• Burundian citizens are operating within Kenya's informal economy, utilizing EAC travel documents.Sep 8
• Tanzania, Zambia, and Burundi are collaborating on research regarding fish abundance and fisheries management in Lake Tanganyika.Sep 3
• China provides development support to Burundi to aid its socio-economic transformation.Sep 17