Tanzania
Museveni expected to commission first oil at Hoima pump station on 15 December
President Museveni is expected to commission first oil on 15 December at Pump Station One in Hoima, a source says. The government has not confirmed
Why East African countries should rethink their nuclear power ambitions
Costs of building, maintaining, and later decommissioning a nuclear power plant make it one of the most expensive forms of electricity generation
The stark choices facing Tanzania’s new president
The sudden death of Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli has thrown the East African nation into a period of political uncertainty. Vice-president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, has been sworn in as his successor, making her Tanzania’s first woman president. The transition is all the more challenging given the major rupture — both political and economic —