The European Union releases Tshs 107 billion to the Tanzanian budget

The European Commission is releasing EUR 1.5 million to meet the immediate needs for assistance and protection of Burundi refugees in neighbouring countries. The funding is part of the EUR 47 million of total humanitarian aid foreseen for the Great Lakes region for 2015, and follows the increase in number of refugees from the country in the last weeks."Such sudden and massive displacement is a humanitarian tragedy and a serious challenge to neighbouring countries' capacities to accommodate...

Dar es Salaam: European Union (EU) observers have expressed reservations on the transparency of the Tanzanian elections. At a press conference, the observers said the National Electoral Commission (NEC) did not provide adequate transparency in its operations during the election process, and that the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party had used the power of incumbency to obliterate the

EU resumes budget support to Tanzania, releases aid funding
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DAR ES SALAAM - The European Union has released 53.26 million euros ($56.7 million) in aid to Tanzania as part of a budget support package that had been suspended over corruption allegations in the east African nation. Tanzania, one of Africa's biggest ...

European Union sends 60 more Election Observers in Tanzania
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ARUSHA, Tanzania (Xinhua) -- Sixty Short-Term Observers from the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) are expected to land in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam, to observe the General Elections October 25. According to a ...
Election observers deploy soonDaily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)

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>The European Union (EU) and East African Community (EAC) talks on the Economic Partnership Agreement (Epa) are on course and soon the two sides will reach consensus, the EU head of delegation in the country, Ambassador Filberto Sebregondi, has said.

19 March 2015, Dar-es-Salaam – To bring urgently needed assistance to the victims of the hail storms that hit Shinyanga region earlier this month, the European Commission is providing humanitarian funding through Tanzania Red Cross Society.
Up to 5,000 people were affected by the storms, 3,500 of whom have been uprooted from their damaged or destroyed houses. Strong winds ripped off roofs, killing 47 people and injuring 112, the majority of whom were children.
The people affected urgently...

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First batch of 34 European Union observers arrives ready for polls
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Thirty-four long-term observers from the European Union (EU) Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Tanzania have arrived in Dar es Salaam for the General Election scheduled for October 25. According to a statement availed to The Guardian yesterday ...
EU long-term election observers arriveDaily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)
Tanzania National Electoral Commission approve 23.7m...

European Commission president to attend meeting with African Union  Prensa Latina

A few weeks after President Kikwete announced to the international community that Tanzania was ready for military offensive to neutralise Hutu rebels in eastern Congo, European Union Foreign Affairs Council on Monday called for immediate action to that end.