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Uganda
End of Road for Bujagali

The announcement by AES that it was pulling out of the Bujagali dam project which it had been promoting since 1994 sounded the death knell of the program in its present form. [...]

Published on 03/09/2003 at 11:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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End of Road for Bujagali

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Uganda
Seeking a New Deal on Bujagali

Rwanda
The Government's Shopping List

Uganda
Talks on Bujagali

Spotlight | Africa
How Eskom Tightens its Grip on Continent

Uganda
Government Cancels Sell-Off

Mozambique
QUESTION MARK OVER MEPANDA

Tanzania
TANESCO HIT BY INDECISION

Zaire
CHINESE MISSION

Spotlight | South Africa
ENERGY WEEK

Benin, Nigeria
ELECTRICITY-GAS STUDY UNDERWAY

East Africa
SITUATION OF WORLD BANK PROJECTS

Madagascar
ACCORD WITH WORLD BANK

Nigeria
WAITING FOR INVESTMENTS

Zimbabwe
SYNTHETIC DIESEL OIL PROJECT

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Uganda Seeking a New Deal on Bujagali

Rwanda The Government's Shopping List

Uganda Talks on Bujagali

Spotlight | Africa How Eskom Tightens its Grip on Continent

Uganda Government Cancels Sell-Off

Mozambique QUESTION MARK OVER MEPANDA

Tanzania TANESCO HIT BY INDECISION

Zaire CHINESE MISSION

Spotlight | South Africa ENERGY WEEK

Benin, Nigeria ELECTRICITY-GAS STUDY UNDERWAY

East Africa SITUATION OF WORLD BANK PROJECTS

Madagascar ACCORD WITH WORLD BANK

Nigeria WAITING FOR INVESTMENTS

Zimbabwe SYNTHETIC DIESEL OIL PROJECT

SHAKE-UP IN ARMS EXPORT

About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Uganda
End of Road for Bujagali

Uganda
Seeking a New Deal on Bujagali

Rwanda
The Government's Shopping List

Uganda
Talks on Bujagali

Spotlight | Africa
How Eskom Tightens its Grip on Continent

Uganda
Government Cancels Sell-Off

Mozambique
QUESTION MARK OVER MEPANDA

Tanzania
TANESCO HIT BY INDECISION

Zaire
CHINESE MISSION

Spotlight | South Africa
ENERGY WEEK

Benin, Nigeria
ELECTRICITY-GAS STUDY UNDERWAY

East Africa
SITUATION OF WORLD BANK PROJECTS

Madagascar
ACCORD WITH WORLD BANK

Nigeria
WAITING FOR INVESTMENTS

Zimbabwe
SYNTHETIC DIESEL OIL PROJECT