Campaigners Take Tanzanian and Ugandan Governments to Court to Stop Total’s Oil Pipeline

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An oil pipeline planned in East Africa backed by French fossil fuel giant Total is facing a new lawsuit seeking to stop its construction.

Campaigners in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania are pleading with the East African Court of Justice to nullify an agreement for construction of the 1,443 kilometres East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).