World Bank’s Back Door Support for East African Oil Pipeline Imperils the Planet, Complaint Alleges

(Kampala) — Three organizations representing thousands of people in Uganda today filed a complaint against the World Bank for indirectly backing one of the world’s largest and riskiest oil developments. The planned East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) and Kabaale refinery, along with the associated development of oil fields on the shores of Lake Albert, […]

Uganda: Release human rights defender arrested while investigating impacts of Total’s oil projects

Maxwell Atuhura, a field worker for our partner organization AFIEGO (Africa Institute for Energy Governance) and fellow member of the global #StopEACOP Alliance dedicated to stopping the development of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, was arrested along with Italian journalist Federica Marsi yesterday in Buliisa, Uganda’s oil region.  The arrest occurred as they were […]