” “"The enhancement of the infrastructure and connections across Africa is one of the priorities of the EU-Africa strategy that has been adopted by the EU Council in December 2005": Barroso’s Commission explains the political framework within which today he decided to allocate another 30 million euros to "a far-ranging plan for the modernisation" of roads in Tanzania. The funding is indirectly aimed at economic and social cooperation: "These works will improve connections between Dar es-Salaam and Mwanza, the country’s second largest city explains a release from Brussels -. It will reduce the cost of transport in the central corridor of Eastern Africa, so that more people will be able to have access to the region’s markets and trade". This allocation adds to the investments that have been made so far (170 million euros) by the EU in road infrastructure alone, "which benefits several countries, such as Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Kenya". The EU-Africa partnership covers future actions for railways, the building of wells and waterworks, energy and telecommunication. In addition, the EU commission explained that "without the support of the EU, the local authorities would have probably had to find these funds to the detriment of other basic plans in the area of education or health".” “
