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Tough choices for minister Muhongo

University professor Sospeter Muhongo, who was recently named Tanzania's energy minister, is going to have a lot of sensitive issues to settle in weeks to come. He will first have to find a solution to the seemingly endless financial squabble [...] (644 words)

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