Tanzania, May 16 -- Dar es Salaam. President Samia Suluhu Hassan has held talks with Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote at the State House in Dar es Salaam amid ongoing regional debate over the location of a proposed multi-billion-dollar oil refinery in East Africa.

Although the State House has not, by 13:00 East African time, disclosed details of the meeting, photographs released during the meeting show the two sides engage in discussions.

Mr Dangote's visit comes at a time when there is debate in East Africa on which country would host the proposed $15 billion to $17 billion oil refinery with a planned capacity of 650,000 barrels per day.

The debate intensified after Kenyan President William Ruto revealed in Nairobi that the refinery...