Tanzania, Uganda leaders agree to fast-track crude oil pipeline project

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni ( L, front) and Tanzanian President John Magufuli (R, front) sign an agreement in Chato, Tanzania, on Sept. 13, 2020. Tanzanian President John Magufuli and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni have signed an agreement for the construction of a 3.5 billion-U.S.-dollar crude oil pipeline. The agreement paved the way for the progress of the 1,445 km pipeline running from Uganda's oilfields in Hoima to Tanzania's Tanga port. (Tanzania State House/Handout via Xinhua)