Halima Athumani

Halima Athumani is a digital and broadcast journalist based in Kampala.

She began working as a reporter covering politics, health, human rights and social affairs in 2010. Previously, she anchored a newscast 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 in Uganda, Kampala Campus.

Basic information

Name

Halima Athumani

Title

Digital and broadcast journalist

Expertise

politics, health, human rights and social affairs

Country

Uganda

City

Kampala

Twitter

@Navilani

Supported projects

EACOP, the megaproject of the oil company Total that threatens East Africa

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.

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.