Tanzania: Insecurity Scares Coffee Buyers in Tarime

Tarime — Some coffee buying agents are abandoning the business, citing growing insecurity in Tarime District in Mara Region.

"Some buyers have already closed down and I will also be forced to close my stations any time from now because there is no security and armed bandits have been hunting us," a prominent coffee buyer who wished to remain anonymous told this newspaper in Tarime yesterday morning.

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