Addressing Social and Environmental (in)Justice along the EACOP Project - Haki Defenders Foundation
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Kampala, Uganda – 1/04/2025 – Haki Defenders Foundation (HDF), led by Executive Director Leah Munokoh, in collaboration with the Urban Institute at the University of Sheffield, has released a critical new report on the thoughtful social and environmental impacts of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). This $5 billion project, which stretches from Uganda

More than 3,600 households displaced from their homes alongside the site of an oil pipeline under construction in Uganda have rightfully complained of being inadequately rehoused or compensated, a report published by Haki Defenders Foundation, a Kampala, Uganda-based rights group, and the University of Sheffield in the UK, has found.

The EACOP project is a joint venture between the governments of Uganda and Tanzania with French oil company TotalEnergies, and China National Offshore Oil Corporation.

While the project has been touted by project owners as important for the region’s economy, the Haki Defenders Foundation, led by Executive Director Leah Munokoh, and the Urban Institute at the University of Sheffield, say the $5 billion project, has raised significant concerns due to community displacement, environmental damage, and human rights violations.

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