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French court dismisses case against TotalEnergies E. Africa oil project

TotalEnergies employees work on an oil well pad inside Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda.

PARIS - A French court on Tuesday dismissed a landmark case against TotalEnergies for a massive oil project in Uganda and Tanzania after several NGOs filed a suit to suspend the controversial project.

It was the first case of its kind in France, and activists had hoped it would set a legal precedent to halt projects deemed harmful to the environment and human rights.

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