Tanzania dispatches aid and doctors to quake-hit region

A house damaged following an earthquake measured 5.7 magnitude which struck the country’s Lake Zone. (Photo: AFP)

Dar es Salaam: The Tanzanian government and aid agencies have dispatched medical workers, food and shelter materials to the northwest region where an earthquake at the weekend killed 16.

The quake, which struck the Kagera region on the shores of Lake Victoria on Saturday, measured 5.7 and injured more than 250 people, local authorities said.