Should Tanzania make own way on coal?

What you need to know:

  • Is Tanzania on the wrong side of climate change by digging new coal mines and using the stuff to make electricity?
  • The country sits on potential coal reserves of a staggering five billion tons — the largest in East Africa — mostly in the south with the main deposit near Njombe in the south west, close to Malawi.
  • Yet only 250 000 tons are mined annually.