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Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Ugandan authorities of harassing, arresting and beating activists and demonstrators protesting a major East African oil project led by French giant TotalEnergies.
A huge oil development project in Uganda is meeting stiff resistance from a number of NGOs. The country wants to produce 1.4 billion barrels in the next two decades, part of which would be shipped abroad through a pipeline connecting Uganda and Tanzania -- that project is also in the works. FRANCE 24's Camille Knight tells us more.
Authorities in Nigeria and Shell’s local subsidiary are investigating the cause of a spill on the Trans Niger pipeline. The spill was detected earlier this month on June 11 – a few days later Shell confirmed it in a statement. Environmental activists say nothing was done to contain the oil spill for over a week.
Pope Francis condemns the "brutal attack" on a Ugandan school on June 16, where at least 41 people, mostly students, were hacked, shot and burned to death while others remain missing.
A huge fossil fuel project in East Africa has sparked fierce push back .The East african crude oil pipe line or eacop will transport oil along a 1,443km heated pipeline operated by France's Total Energy and spanning from Uganda to the Tanzanian coast. The first exports are slated for 2025 but the financing of the project is still up in the air. A string of banks and insurers have refused their bavking. Environmental groups warn the project's a global warming, ecological and human rights disaster. Supporters say its key to Uganda's plans to capitalise on untapped oil reserves. For more, FRANCE 24 is joined by Baraka Lenga, a Tanzanian Climate change scientist who's fiercly opposed to Eacop.
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