The New York Times published on 14 March 2023 a feature article titled "An Oil Rush Threatens National Splendors Across East Africa" by Abdi Latif Dahir with numerous photographs by Arlette Bashizi.
A multibillion-dollar oil drilling and pipeline project is displacing thousands of people in Uganda and Tanzania, and ravaging wildlife habitat. The oil drilling, which is already underway, occurs along Lake Albert in Uganda. The pipeline will go south from Lake Albert through Uganda and then continue the length of Tanzania through game parks to the Indian Ocean port of Tanga. France's TotalEnergies and China National Offshore Oil Corporation are managing the project.
