Tanzania, June 13 -- Dodoma. The government has said the long-awaited Msalato International Airport in Dodoma is expected to be completed and become operational in September this year, a move expected to strengthen air transport services and reinforce the capital city's status as the country's administrative headquarters.

Speaking after inspecting progress on the project, Finance Minister Ambassador Khamis Mussa Omar said construction had entered its final stages, with major infrastructure, including the runway and aircraft parking apron, largely completed.

He said the project, which began in 2022 through a partnership between the government, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Africa Growing Together Fund (AGTF), was designed t...