The West’s green agenda is abandoning Africa to China

In the remote Ludewa district of southern Tanzania, villagers scratch out a meagre living in harsh conditions. The roads are barely passable, clean water is hard to come by, and families live in rudimentary homes made from mud bricks. Preventable diseases like malaria, cholera, and dysentery plague the region, and health infrastructure is almost non-existent. Electricity, for most of Ludewa’s residents, is a distant dream. Yet beneath this harsh land lies enough coal to power all of Tanzania for over a century and to lift it out of poverty altogether.

The region’s coal reserve at Mchuchuma has been estimated to contain as much as 428 million tons. In conjunction with the neighbouring Liganga iron ore mine, it could fuel Tanzania’s energy grid, reduce reliance on costly imports, and spark the industrialisation of the country.