Halima Athumani is a digital and television journalist from Kampala.
 
She began working as a reporter on politics, health, human rights and social issues in 2010.Before that, she hosted a news broadcast on 93.3 KFM in Kampala. Her work appears on Voice of America, The Washington Post, Al-Jazeera, the BBC, NPR and SciDev.Net. Athumani graduated with a degree in mass communication from the Islamic University of Uganda, Kampala Campus.

Basic information

Name
Halima Athumani
Expertise
politiek, gezondheid, mensen rechten en sociale zaken
Country
Uganda
City
Kampala

Supported projects

A neocolonial oil pipeline through Uganda and Tanzania

  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Industry

KAMPALA/DAR ES SALAAM - In 2006, British company Tullow Oil discovered oil reserves in the Albertine region in northwestern Uganda. In early 2022, Total signed an agreement with Tanzania and Uganda and Chinese state-owned CNOOC to begin construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). The project will create the largest oil-heated pipeline with a length of 1,443 kilometers between Hoima in Uganda and Tanga in Tanzania, from where crude oil will be exported. But not without consequences.

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Total's EACOP: The Oil Megaproject Threatening East Africa

  • Climate
  • Environment
  • Industry

KIMINA - In 2006, the British company Tullow Oil discovered oil reserves in the Albertine Region of northwestern Uganda, with 6.5 billion recoverable barrels. At the beginning of 2022, the French oil company Total secured an agreement with the governments of Tanzania and Uganda and the Chinese state company CNOOC to start constructing the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). The project will create the largest oil heated pipeline covering 1,443 kilometres between Hoima in Uganda and Tanga in Tanzania, from where the crude oil will be exported.

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The biggest pipeline of the century

  • Energy
  • Environment

UGANDA/TANZANIA - In 2006, British company Tullow Oil discovered oil reserves of 6.5 billion recoverable barrels in the Albertine region of north-western Uganda. In early 2022, French oil company Total signed an agreement with the governments of Tanzania and Uganda and Chinese state-owned CNOOC to begin construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). The project will build the world's largest pipeline at 1,443 kilometres between Hoima in Uganda and Tanga in Tanzania, from where crude oil will be exported.

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