Even before Kenya completes building a border wall to control the activities of extremist groups, East African nation, Tanzania has already built a huge wall in the north of the country not for terrorism purposes but to control illegal mining. The Great Mirerani Wall, inaugurated last Friday by President John Magufuli was built to put a stop to the theft of tanzanite, a rare gemstone, the BBC reports. The president subsequently ordered the military to build the 24kn-long wall to control the illegal practices. The wall, which will have security cameras and checkpoints, is the first of its kind in the country. He said the money would help him in several ways, including meeting treatment expenses of Ngoma who is now half paralyzed.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 08, 2018 06:56 UTC