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.

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

Supported projects

A neocolonial oil pipeline through Uganda and Tanzania

  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Human Rights

KIMINA - 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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The biggest pipeline of the century

  • Energy
  • Environment

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

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