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by mhogomchungu
3286 days ago
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Tanzanian here and i am surprised find my country in the front page of hacker news. Summary of what is going on. 17 years ago, Tanzania signed a "bad" contract with acacia mining company[1]. The person who signed the contract on Tanzania side is Jakawa Mrisho Kikwete when he was a minister for energy, water and minerals and Benjamin William Mkapa was Tanzania's president at that time. Mr. Kikwete became Tanzania's president after Mkapa finished his second term. The currently president is running an investigation and is completely side stepping these two individuals who are at the center of it and does not want them to even be mentioned and thats what is going on. If he chooses not to talk about them then thats his prerogative but, the citizens of Tanzania should be allowed to and there is plenty of stuff to talk about. [1] http://www.acaciamining.com/ |
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