Tanzania grants visa-free travel to Angolan citizens
Tanzania has officially waived tourist visa requirements for Angolan citizens, President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced during her state visit to Angola on Monday.
Speaking alongside Angolan President João Lourenço in Luanda, President Hassan emphasized the importance of regional solidarity and people-to-people ties, calling the visa waiver a step toward greater cooperation and mutual prosperity, the Citizen reports.
“I am pleased to announce the waiver of tourist visa requirements for Angolan citizens wishing to visit Tanzania,” President Hassan said.
President Hassan also paid tribute to the historical friendship between the two nations, forged by Tanzania’s founding father Mwalimu Julius Nyerere and Angola’s first president, António Agostinho Neto.
As part of her official visit, President Hassan is set to address the Angolan Parliament, becoming the first female African Head of State to do so.
The visa waiver is expected to boost tourism, trade, and cultural exchange between the two nations, which established formal diplomatic relations on August 25, 1981. Both Tanzania and Angola are active members of the African Union and (Southern African Development Community (SADC).
