Conference cancelled due to Tanzania Port Authority’s sackings

The Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa (PMAESA) has cancelled its annual conference set to take place in Tanzania in February 2016 following the country’s newly elected President’s decision to sack top figures of Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA).

The conference, which was to be hosted by TPA and PMAESA in Dar es Salaam on February 15-17, 2016, was originally set to take place in November 2015.

George Sunguh, PMAESA’s communications officer, told CM that the conference was postponed to February 2016 as the presidential elections were taking place last year and “the organisers feared there could be violence which could be risky for the delegates”.