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TotalEnergies accused of abuses linked to €10bn East African oil pipeline

Police apprehend a Ugandan activist during a protest against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) plans in Kampala, Uganda, on 15 September, 2023. © Abubaker Lubowa/Reuters

Rights groups have accused France's TotalEnergies and Chinese oil company CNOOC of human rights violations and environmental damage linked to a €10 billion oil project in Uganda and Tanzania.

The project includes drilling for oil in Lake Albert in northwestern Uganda and constructing a 1,443-kilometre heated pipeline to transport crude oil to the Tanzanian port of Tanga.

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