Ugandan Farmers Sue to Block $5 Billion East Africa Oil Pipeline

A group of Ugandan farmers on Tuesday filed a case in the UK High Court against the developer of a $5-billion oil pipeline in East Africa, seeking to stop the nearly completed project on environmental grounds.

The $5 billion East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), which will transport crude from Uganda’s Albertine Graben to Tanzania’s Tanga port, is nearly completed, after years of delays and controversies surrounding the project.

The development of EACOP is being led by French supermajor TotalEnergies.

However, EACOP has drawn environmental…