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The United States pledged $407 million aid to Tanzania on Monday, months after cancelling a similar payment due to an election that it said had violated the country's commitment to democracy. The U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) cancelled a $473 million aid package in March after elections in the Zanzibar archipelago that it said were not free and fair. Haji Semboja, an economics professor at the University of Dar es Salaam, told Reuters the new assistance implied that Washington was satisfied with ongoing government reforms. "Although the MCC initiative and this new funding are two separate programmes, this new aid commitment is a sign that Tanzania is heading in the right direction," he said. ...
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