Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Appellate Division of the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) will, on February 24, 2025, hear an appeal filed by four East African civil society organisations (CSOs) seeking to reverse a judgment made by the First Instance Division of the EACJ. The case …
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Arusha, Tazania | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Court Of Justice has asked activist groups to file a written submission in an appeal seeking to overturn a ruling that sought to block the construction of the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project. The regional court sitting in Arusha in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) has handed down a judgment in the case filed by a number of civil society actors that sought to challenge the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline. The actors including the Africa Institute for Energy …
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‘It’s engagement with the EU, not insults that will unlockUganda Oil project’ Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | As the fallout from the “emergency resolution” passed on Sept.15 by the European Parliament continues to rattle sections of Ugandans, one of the local civil society organisations that track developments in Uganda’s …
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Why Pope Francis met two young Ugandan women activists determined to stop it Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Groundwork on keystone oil and gas infrastructure projects is beginning to take shape in western Uganda after TotalEnergies and CNOOC in February signed off the necessary Final Investment Decision (FID). But …
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Why environmentalists fear fumes but want the oil Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda’s contribution of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere—one of the gases that are infamous for the global climate change crisis—is at the moment insignificant. Uganda accounts for only 0.01% of the total global carbon emissions …
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Beehive of activity expected says PAU boss Rubondo Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The level of investments in Uganda’s oil and gas project is exciting, says Ernest Rubondo, the executive director of the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU). And in 2022, Rubondo says, the government expects close to Shs11 …
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Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 1,000 people affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline in Kyotera and Lwengo districts have petitioned Total Energies E&P Uganda, for an intervention to address grievances stemming from the land acquisition process. The 1,443km East African Crude Oil Pipeline will transport Uganda’s …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO) director, Dickens Kamugisha says they are being targeted for their work on land rights and environment. He says while the organization is operating within the law, some individuals in government are working hard to silence it from raising …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six staff of Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO) are currently detained at Kira Police Station. They include Dickens Kamugisha, the Chief Executive Officer, Rachael Amongin, the Assistant Communications Officer and Catherine Twongyeirwe, Finance and AdminIstration Assistant. Also Mercy Nuwamanya, a Front desk officer, …
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