David Soler Crespo is a Spanish freelance journalist.

In 2019, he founded Africa Mundi, the first digital media site in Spanish to exclusively cover African news. For the past five years, he has reported on the sub-Saharan African region for media outlets such as El País, El Confidencial and Diari Ara. He is part of the Foreign Press Association Africa and holds a degree in Journalism from the University of Navarra and an MSc in Politics of Africa from SOAS University of London.

David Soler Crespo

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Name
David Soler Crespo
Title
Journalist
Expertise
Sub-Sahara Afrika
Country
Spain
City
Valencia
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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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