Founding Regional Director of ICSU Regional Office for Africa Appointed Minister

His excellency President, Jakaya Kikwete of the Republic of Tanzania recently appointed the founding and former Director of ICSU Regional Office for Africa Prof Sospeter Muhongo, as the Countrty's Minister of Energy and Minirals. At the time of his appointment, Prof Muhongo was a full Professor in Geology at the University of Dar es Salaam, Editor-in Chief of the Journal of Africa Earth Sciences, which specialises in the search for natural resources in Africa and the Middle East, Vice President of the Commission for Geological Map of the World, Honorary Fellow of the Geological Society of London and Honorary Research Fellow of the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences.