Current affairs

The Covid-19 virus has now also landed in Tanzania. The situation seems to be under control, but unfortunately, we cannot exclude worse developments in the future. Our most vital task now is to support Finnish citizens in Tanzania.

More than 30 African countries have reported coronavirus infections. The matter has been addressed without delay, but Finland’s missions in Tanzania and Mozambique estimate that countering the epidemic may be difficult and Africa will need outside support.

Owing to the coronavirus outbreak, Finland, in line with the rest of the Schengen countries, has suspended the reception of normal visa applications in Finland’s missions with immediate effect from 19 March until further notice.

We are sorry to inform you that due to the worldwide Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation we are not able to organize ThisisFINLAND’s Foreign Correspondents’ programme in June, 2020 as planned. Application process has been stopped. This is a precautionary measure aimed to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Finland’s Missions are monitoring the impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in cooperation with the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), and they are in constant contact with key actors with regard to the situational picture and any necessary measures.

Minister Ville Skinnari will visit Tanzania on 23–25 February and Mozambique on 26–28 February. During the visit, the Minister will learn about Finland's development cooperation in the two countries and have meetings with their political leadership. The visit will also promote commercial cooperation between Finland and these countries.

Finland's Embassy in Lusaka, Zambia, will be responsible for all consular matters relating to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DCR), including consular assistance and crises, reception of residence permits, and legalisation of documents.

The evaluation covers the design and performance of three Institutional Cooperation Instrument (ICI) projects that were implemented in Tanzania during the years 2015-2018.