French Court Throws Out Case Against East African Oil Project in Uganda nilepostnews: Uganda
In the case filed in 2019, six French and Ugandan NGOs accused TotalEnergies of not doing enough to protect people and the environment from the Tilenga oil development and the $3.5 billion East African Crude Oil Pipeline.
However, on Tuesday, a French court ruled that the six NGOs from France and Uganda didn't follow the right procedures in their case against TotalEnergies.Campaigners against Uganda's oil project have in the past suffered several defeats in the move to stop the project.
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