Suit in France against TotalEnegies on Uganda oil project flops
TotalEnergies' central processing facility under construction in Buliisa, Uganda on February 20, 2023. A French court on February 28, 2023 dismissed a lawsuit against oil company TotalEnergies over its controversial oil projects in Uganda and Tanzania. PHOTO | BADRU KATUMBA | AFP
A court in Paris on Tuesday dismissed a case filed by six French and Ugandan environmental and human rights groups seeking to halt construction of the 1,443km East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Eacop) from Uganda to Tanzania.
The activists had accused French oil major TotalEnergies, the lead investor in the $5 billion Eacop, of doing little to protect the environment and people.
