Tanzania: Row over water contract could mean continued shortages

Hundreds of thousands of Dar es Salaam residents could continue to experience acute water shortages if a row between the Tanzanian government and a private international water company remains unresolved. The government announced on Friday it had terminated a 10-year contract with City Water, for what it described as "poor performance". The firm had been contracted to provide water to the estimated three million residents of the city and its neighbouring districts of Kibaha and Bagamoyo.