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President Samia Suluhu Hassan Inaugurates Tanzania’s New Chinese-Financed/Built National Defense College

by Eric Olander

China’s campaign to build critical government infrastructure in Africa (aka “Building Diplomacy”) marked another accomplishment on Sunday when Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who also happens to be the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, commissioned the new National Defense College in Dar es Salaam.

The $24 million building was paid for by the Chinese government and built by Chinese contractors.

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