Curse or blessing? In Uganda, oil project gets mixed reviews

Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (AFP) Feb 27, 2023

On the teeming savannah of northwest Uganda, antelopes gaze beyond a metal fence as a giant rig is raised above cleared tracts of grasslands to make way for oil drilling. Wide tarmac roads have replaced dirt tracks, a modern airstrip has been laid, and fancy hotels and shops have sprung up around the national wildlife park where the Tilenga mega-project is well under way. Oil is coming t