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African youth activists in French National Assembly over Total's oil pipeline in East Africa

Climate Justice activist Vanessa Nakate speaks during a plenary session at the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow on November 11, 2021. AFP - PAUL ELLIS

Ugandan environmental activists hit out at a mega oil project by TotalEnergies in East Africa. Four leading youth activists were received by the French National Assembly yesterday (Wednesday) to pressure the government to take a stance on the project. Vanessa Nakate, nicknamed the “African Greta Thunberg”, was among them.

Nakate is a Ugandan climate activist and author of the book A Bigger Picture. She talked to RFI’s Christina Okello and told her that she had come to France to ask the government to make it clear what its position on the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, (EACOP).

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