Mizengo Pinda, Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania, speaks during the Millennium Development Goals Summit at United Nations headquarters in New York September 20, 2010. REUTERS/Chip East
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania's prime minister on Thursday sidestepped calls from a parliamentary committee to resign over accusations that he had approved illegal payments to a private power company.
Tanzania has discovered massive gas reserves off its coast, but the energy sector has long been dogged by allegations of graft, causing delays in disbursement of aid by donors.
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