March 30, 2023
The partnership between the United States and Tanzania is rooted in more than six decades of economic, development, health, and security cooperation. The United States and Tanzania stand together as friends and partners, based on the principle of mutual respect and aspirations for a more peaceful and prosperous future. The United States firmly supports Tanzania’s democratic reform agenda and shares Tanzania’s democratic values.
The Vice President’s travel to Tanzania affirms the partnership between our two countries and will advance cooperation on commercial engagement, digital connectivity, investing in women and youth, fostering democratic values, food security, marine conservation, and health. In support of the breadth and depth of our bilateral engagement, the Administration intends to provide $560 million in bilateral assistance in fiscal year (FY) 2024 for Tanzania.
As part of her visit to Dar es Salaam, the Vice President is announcing the following U.S. plans, working with Congress as appropriate. She will also highlight additional resources requested in the FY 2024 President’s Budget.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Audrey Hale struggled to cope with the death of a close friend in the months before the rampage that killed six people at a private Christian school, those who knew the school shooter said Wednesday.
The 28-year-old, who attacked The Covenant School on Monday, was devastated by the death in August of Sydney Shere Sims in a traffic accident, former classmate Samira Hardcastle said.
Hale and Sims attended Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the Arts and the Nashville School of the Arts.
"Audrey definitely admired Sydney," Hardcastle said.
One of Hale's former instructors at the Nossi College of Art & Design, Maria Colomy, said Sims' death took a great emotional toll on her former student.
"A lot of comments about 'you were all that mattered' [and] 'I’ll miss you forever,' etc.," Colomy said, paraphrasing what she saw of Hale's social media postings.
Sims' father declined to comment Wednesday.
By Erik Ortiz and David K. Li - Source, NBC NEWS
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• U.S. EXIM-Tanzania Memorandum of Understanding (MOU): The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) and the Government of Tanzania will sign an MOU to expand U.S.-Tanzania commercial engagement by empowering U.S. businesses to export quality, innovative goods and services to Tanzania. The MOU, which will facilitate up to $500 million in U.S. export financing to Tanzania, will support exports in a variety of sectors, particularly: infrastructure, transportation, digital technology, climate and energy security, and power generation and distribution projects. The MOU will support jobs in both Tanzania and the United States, and builds on EXIM’s Congressional mandate to increase U.S. exporters’ relationships in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Life Zone Metals Project: The United States, through the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII), the Administration’s signature G7+ effort to enable transformative infrastructure development, has helped facilitate a strategic partnership between Life Zone Metals and TechMet, a leading critical metals company part-owned by the U.S. Government through the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). Life Zone Metals entered into a Framework Agreement with the Tanzanian government to open a new multi-metals processing facility that will use innovative, low-emission technology to process nickel and other critical minerals mined in Tanzania, targeting delivery of battery grade nickel to the U.S. and the global market as soon as 2026. The partnership will also work to identify additional opportunities across the region for critical mineral inputs to the new facility. These efforts are aimed at building and expanding resilient, transparent supply chains for clean energy technology that are based on extensive local engagement, respect for the environment and conservation, and safe, high-integrity labor practices.
• Fiber Backbone and Access Network Expansion in East and Central Africa: The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) will support the expansion of affordable broadband access to thousands of people across East and Central Africa through a $1 million feasibility study grant to help develop new fiber backbone and access network infrastructure in Tanzania, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda
• Partnership on 5G Security and Cyber Cooperation: The United States and Tanzania signed an MOU on March 27 establishing a partnership to build capacity and collaborate on 5G, cybersecurity, and related regulatory policies and frameworks. During their April 2022 bilateral meeting, President Samia and Vice President Harris committed to focus on strengthening the U.S.-Tanzania partnership on cybersecurity and information and communications technology (ICT). Since then, the United States has worked closely with the Government of Tanzania to conduct a regional workshop on ICT; provided technical assistance on 5G, cybersecurity, and combatting cybercrime; and facilitated greater U.S. investment in Tanzania’s ICT sector.
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