Rais Samia Kuzuru nchini Burundi 16 Julai, 2021

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Chuo Kikuu cha Iringa.

Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania Mhe. Samia Suluhu Hassan, anatarajia kuwa na ziara ya kikazi nchini Burundi kesho tarehe 16, Julai 2021.

Ziara hiyo imekuja kama mwaliko wa Rais wa Taifa hilo Mh. Evariste Ndayishimiye.Taarifa iliyotolewa na Mkurungezi wa mawasiliano ya Rais ikulu Ndugu, Jaffar Haniu imebainisha kuwa Rais Samia akiwa nchini humo atashiriki shughuli mbali mbali ikiwemo kuhutubia mkutano wa jukwaa la wafanyabiashara wa Burundi na Tanzania.

"Mh. Rais Samia atafanya mazungumzo rasmi na mwenyeji wake Rais wa Jamhuri ya Burundi Mh. Rais Evariste Ndayishimiye, kisha atashuhudia utiaji saini wa hati za makubaliano na kungumza na vyombo vya Habari, Mh Rais Samia atahudhuria na kuhutubia Jukwaa la wafanyabiashara wa Burundi na Tanzania kwa lengo la kujadili fursa za biashara na uwekezaji zilizopo nchini Tanzania na Burundi" ilibainisha taarifa hiyo.

Aidha ziara hiyo itakayodumu kwa siku mbili, itakuwa ziara ya nne kwa Rais Samia kufanya nje ya nchi tangu alipo apishwa rasmi kuwa Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania.
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Warundi ni watu wema sana. Tuanze kwenda huko na kufanya nao biashara
 
Tanzania iende kibiashara kama enzi za ukoloni wa Belgium Burundi ilivyochagiza kutumia bandari za Tanganyika chini ya Muingereza za Kigoma na Dar es Salaam kwa tozo
nafuu ikiwemo uhakikisho wa kutumia reli ya kati ,maghala na gati yake kwa upendeleo.

Hii iliwezesha Burundi kutumia kwa uhakika miundo mbinu ya bandari na reli ya kati wakati huo wa Ukoloni na sasa 2021 tufufue uhusiano ya makubaliano ya nchi huru za Burundi na Tanzania ili kuchochea matumizi ya reli, bandari , customs, ajira n.k

Mkataba wa kikoloni 1921 ambao uliona mbali umuhimu wa mashiriakiano katika ya nchi zenye bandari na zile zisizo na bandari
By another convention signed in March 1921 Belgium obtained the right of transit of goods free of all custom duties over the railway from Kigoma (the lake terminus of the line) to Dar es Salaam, and in general by any other route adapted for transit, together with areas (on payment of nominal rent) at both ports for wharfs, bonded warehouses, etc. The districts which Belgium had temporarily administered but which fell within the British mandatory area were formally transferred to the British administration on March 22 1921.
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  • Existence: 1921 - 1995

Historical​

During the First World War, Belgian maritime bases were created on the Indian Ocean (in Mombasa and Dar-es-Salaam) to ensure the supply of troops.

After the war and the decision of the great powers to entrust the territories of Ruanda and Urundi to Belgium, Great Britain and Belgium signed, in 1921, the “Belbase Agreement” (Belgian base).

This agreement grants the Belgians several locations in the transit port of Dar-es-Salaam, and later in Kigoma with a lease in perpetuity. Born from this agreement, the Belbase company experienced its real beginnings in 1919 via SA Bunge, the Belgian maritime companies and the Compagnie centrale d'Outre-mer. Based in Dar-es-Salaam, it was then called the Belgian East African Commercial Agency.

In Kigoma, the concession is managed by the CFL (Compagnie des Chemins de Fer du Congo Supérieur aux Grands Lacs Africains) and the customs controller.

Following financial difficulties, two new shareholders are added to the base consortium: the International Plantation Company and the Intertropicale Comfina. The company obtains from the colony the management of the site leased to Belgium for a period of 25 years, and thus forms the Belgian concession of Dar-es-Salaam, or "Belbase".

In 1927, the International Maritime Agency AMI, based in Antwerp, took over the part of Intertropicale Comfina and eliminated Belbase's commercial activities in favor of the handling and transit of goods.

The name of the company therefore becomes “Belgian East African Agency”. During the crisis of the thirties and the Second World War, the Belbases suffered from a drop in traffic via the eastern route.

In 1931, the Kigoma and Dar-es-Salaam entities came under unified management. After the war, strong global economic growth forced the British and Belgian authorities to expand the facilities at the ports of Dar-es-Salaam and Kigoma.

In the 1950s, the perpetuity lease was replaced by a 99-year emphyteutic lease and a new 25-year management contract was signed between the colony and the Belbases with the approval of the British.

The period of independence at the beginning of the sixties coincides with a period of diplomatic immobility. Shortly after its independence in 1961, Tanganyika wanted the Belbases sites to be evacuated by the Belgians. But it is without knowing that the Congo, independent Rwanda and Burundi ensured the payment of the nominal rent as well as the work carried out at Belbases. Therefore, Tanganyika should have compensated its African neighbors for evacuating the sites.

Reluctant to attack its African compatriots, Tanganyika abandons the idea and the situation remains as such. In 1971, in order to resolve this diplomatic dispute, Tanganyika (which became Tanzania in 1964) asked the Agence Maritime Internationale (AMI), heir to the manager Belbase, to continue operating the sites, this time on behalf of the Tanzania.

In 1995, after almost 75 years of service, the manager of the AMI put an end to his port management activities to set up outside the port as commissioner-forwarder.
Sources: DARCIS L., “The Belbases: a little-known achievement of Belgian expansion in East Africa”, in: Bulletin of sessions, Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences, 2007, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 131-146.
Source :

Agence belge de l’Est africain. Belbase | AfricaMuseum - Archives
 

100 YEARS BELBASES​

A FORGOTTEN PAGE OF BELGIAN COLONIALISM IN AFRICA​

Belgian bases in East Africa​

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The Belgian colonial period ended with the independence of Burundi and Rwanda on July 1, 1962, but there is still a vestige of our colonial past: the Belbases (Belgium Bases) in Tanzania.

In 1919, during the negotiation of the Treaty of Versailles, Great Britain was able to seize almost all the German colonies in East Africa. Rwanda and Burundi have become areas of Belgian mandate.

But Belgium, which had also participated in the war effort in East Africa, was not satisfied, protested strongly.

It received in 1921 from the British a commercial gesture by way of consolation, the so-called Belbases (of "Belgian Bases"), sites in two ports of Tanganyika: Kigoma on Lake Tanganyika, and Dar es Salaam on the Indian Ocean , with free transit on the railway between these two ports.

This agreement was signed 100 years ago, on March 15, 1921.

Belgium receives a lease of the concession for a symbolic Franc per year, where it could build quays and warehouses, initially in perpetuity, from 1956 for 99 years.
Goods to and from Belgian colonies in Central Africa could pass tax free via rail.

The Belgian government entrusted the operation to a private company, the Belgian East African Agency, which later became the International Maritime Agency (AMI).
In 1956, the Belbases were transferred to the colonial government, which now funded the infrastructure. After the independence of the Congo, Burundi and Rwanda, the Belbases became the joint property of the former colonies.

The transit zone gradually lost its economic importance and, certainly after the riots of 1991 (Congo) and 1994 (Rwanda), traffic from Central Africa stopped. Between 1994 and 1995, the AIM (Agence Maritime Internationale) began discussions on an "honorable end" of the management agreement, in 1996 Tanzania took over the sites.

Source : Belbases - Une page oubliée du colonialisme Belge en Afrique

Even if they have not been used for 25 years, in theory these Belbases still exist, because the four countries (Tanzania, Burundi, Congo and Rwanda) have not yet been able to agree on compensation for the resumption of the installations.
 
Bujumbura, Burundi

RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE

A great hindrance to Burundi’s economic development is lack of adequate transportation. The country is landlocked and there are no railways (limiting trade and making exports more expensive). Burundi is dependent on Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and the DRC for its imports.

Through Bujumbura, Lake Tanganyika serves as a link with Kigoma in Tanzania for rail shipment to Dar es Salaam. Railway transport is the second most important mode of transport after road and critical for long distance freight along the main transport corridors.

The history of rail transport in Burundi is limited to a now closed industrial railway, and a number of proposed railway projects that, as of 2012, had not been implemented.

Why invest in Railway Infrastructure ?​

The Market​

Burundi does not possess any railway infrastructure. The history of rail transport in Burundi is limited to a now closed industrial railway. Through Bujumbura, Lake Tanganyika serves as a link with Kigoma in Tanzania for rail shipment to Dar es Salaam. A number of proposed railway projects have been put forward in Burundi as of 2012, had not been implemented. The East Africa Railway Master Plan, aims to connect Burundi with the rest of East Africa via rail for the first time. The plan proposes refurbishing and repairing railways in Tanzania
Source : Transport and Public Works – SEZ
 
GEOPOLITICS AND DIPLOMACY

July 14, 2021

End of the State Visit to Kinshasa: Burundi and the DRC committed to strengthening friendship and fighting together the forces that are rife in eastern DRC​

End of the State Visit to Kinshasa: Burundi and the DRC committed to strengthening friendship and fighting together the forces that are rife in eastern DRC

The President of the Republic of Burundi His Excellency Evariste Ndayishimiye returned home after a three-day State visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo where he had the opportunity to meet face-to-face with his counterpart and Brother SE Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo.

The Burundian Head of State was greeted at Melchior Ndadaye International Airport by Senior Officials of the State including Members of the Government and the High Command of the National Defense Force and Public Security.

During a lively press briefing when he got off the plane, President Ndayishimiye welcomed the success of his State Visit to the DRC, which is materialized by the signing of Agreements, MoUs and other instruments of cooperation between the two countries in certain essential areas, notably Peace and Security, Trade and Diplomacy.

"Burundi and the DRC maintain excellent relations of friendship and this state visit gave us the opportunity to discuss matters of common interest and it was more than necessary to strengthen these ties and revitalize the commercial exchanges. "

At the regional level, the two heads of state reiterated their unwavering and reciprocal support for Burundi's candidacy for SADC membership and for the DRCongo's candidacy for EAC membership.

At the security level, the Presidents of Burundi and the DRC have decided to activate with determination the concerted mechanisms and conduct joint operations aimed at eradicating the armed groups operating on Congolese territory and to closely monitor all questions relating to security. at the borders of the two neighboring countries.

They also agreed to set up a joint commission for the implementation of all agreements and memoranda signed and which will propose new initiatives for dynamic and multifaceted cooperation.
Source : Fin de la Visite d'État à Kinshasa : Le Burundi et la RDC engagés à renforcer l’amitié et à combattre ensemble les forces qui sévissent à l'Est de la RDC
 
Huyu hii tabia ya kiguu na njia nyakati hizi za hatari za gonjwa la COVID-19 mwishowe itakuja kumpiga.
 
16 July 2021

Hotuba ya Mh. Rais Samia Suluhu Hassan nchini Burundi

Mita mraba 10,000 katika bandari kavu ya Kwala mkoani Pwani nchini Tanzania zitakuwa rasmi kwa matumizi pekee ya Burundi kama ilivyoombwa na serikali ya Burundi.

Reli ya kati, bandari za Dar es Salaam na Kigoma nchini Tanzania kuimarishwa ili kuwezesha kuhudumia mizigo ya Burundi

 
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