Donors agree to release $44 million of aid to Tanzania

Donors agree to release $44 million of aid to Tanzania
Reuters
DAR ES SALAAM, March 12 (Reuters) - Donors have agreed to release part of the $500 million of promised budget support to Tanzania that was withheld after an energy sector graft scandal that led to three cabinet ministers resigning. The donor group ...

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Coastweek

13 Mar

Tanzania international donors agree to release US $44 million

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Tanzania international donors agree to release US $44 million
Coastweek
DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania (Xinhua) -- Tanzania's international donors have said that they have agreed to release a further 44 million U.S. dollars through the general budget support (GBS) as they were satisfied with steps taken over the energy graft scandal.
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Spyghana.Com

13 Mar

Tanzania's international donors agree to release $44 million

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Tanzania's international donors agree to release $44 million
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Tanzania's international donors said on Thursday that they have agreed to release a further 44 million U.S. dollars through the general budget support (GBS) as they were satisfied with steps taken over the energy graft scandal. dollars. The newly release ...
Tanzania international donors agree to release US $44 millionCoastweek
Government commissions study into Air Tanzania's revampch-aviation
Donors agree to...

 

10 years ago

Daily Mail

11 Oct

Donors delay some aid to Tanzania over graft claims

Donors delay some aid to Tanzania over graft claims
Daily Mail
DAR ES SALAAM, Oct 11 (Reuters) - A group of 12 international donors have delayed budget support for Tanzania until findings of an investigation into charges of corruption in the energy sector are released and appropriate action taken, a leading donor said ...

 

10 years ago

Bongo5

14 Oct

UK and international donors suspend Tanzania aid after corruption claims

International donors have suspended nearly $500m (£311m) in budget support to Tanzania in response to claims that senior government officials siphoned off funds from the country’s central bank under the guise of energy contracts. The chair of Tanzania’s public accounts committee, Zitto Kabwe, said several high-ranking officials colluded with corrupt businessmen to transfer $122m from […]

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

13 Mar

Donors to release Sh80bn of budget

>Tanzania’s Development Partners have agreed to release a further $44 million (about Sh80 billion) through the General Budget Support (GBS) after they were satisfied by measures taken over the Tegeta escrow account scam.

 

10 years ago

Annamiticus

11 Dec

Environmentalists Object to $450 Million 'Good Governance' Aid to Tanzania ...

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Environmentalists Object to $450 Million 'Good Governance' Aid to Tanzania ...
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“The MCC must require Tanzanian government action against the criminal syndicates behind the poached ivory trade or the same roads MCC funded could facilitate smuggling of ivory to China,” says Allan Thornton, President of EIA. Photo by Winky from ...
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Tanzanian police seize more than 200 elephant tusk...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

09 Jan

Donors release nearly Sh26bn in budget support

>Donors have released $15 million (Sh25.8 billion) of the $558 million (Sh959 billion) budget support they withheld over the Tegeta escrow account scam. The money was sent in December, according to a statement by the Development Partners Group Tanzania.

 

10 years ago

Vijimambo

14 Oct

UK and international donors suspend Tanzania aid after corruption claims Payments of $490m frozen following claims that high-ranking officials siphoned off funds from the country’s central bank.

Donors to Tanzania’s general budget support programme include the UK, Canada, Denmark, the European Commission, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Sweden and the World Bank. Photograph: Daniel Hayduk/AFPInternational donors have suspended nearly $500m (£311m) in budget support to Tanzania in response to claims that senior government officials siphoned off funds from the country’s central bank under the guise of energy contracts.
The chair of Tanzania’s public accounts committee, Zitto...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Oct

Donors now confirm withhold of Sh1tr aid

>It is now official. Development partners (DPs) have not released even a single dollar out of the $558 million (Sh937 billion), that had been pledged to boost Tanzania’s 2014/15 Budget.

 

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