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

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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