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StopEACOP: Uganda drops charges against protesting students, activists reiterate calls

Charges have been dropped against nine Ugandan students and youth activists who faced arrest and have been in and out of court for over...

Campaigners frown as Total drills for oil in Uganda‘s Murchison Falls National Park

StopEACOP, a group focused on putting a stop to the controversial East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project, says it is deeply disturbed and...

Ahead of commencement of oil production in 2025, Uganda explores avenue to prevent gas flaring

The Ugandan National Government says it has drawn lessons from Nigeria and other African countries by enacting anti-venting law which prevents gas flaring. Mrs Ruth...

Campaigners to pressurise US insurance firm to withdraw from Ugandan oil pipeline project

Stop EACOP campaigners will on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, hold coordinated online and offline actions in London, Paris, New York, Brussels, Madrid, Tokyo and...

Floods, landslide kill over 136 people in Rwanda, Uganda

Over 130 people have lost their lives following floods and landslides caused by heavy rainfall in northern, southern and western parts of Rwanda. Six reportedly died...

Standard Chartered opts out of financing controversial $5bn Ugandan oil pipeline

Standard Chartered Plc has announced that it will not finance the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project. The decision, which follows mounting pressure...

CSOs, aggrieved persons seek withdrawal of Barclays Bank’s research paper on EACOP

Over 42 civil society organisations (CSOs) and a network of aggrieved people in Uganda whose land is being compulsorily acquired for the East African...

Financial, reputational risks of EACOP pile up amidst growing opposition to project

A new publication, the fourth Finance Risk Update on the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, by BankTrack, Insure our Future, Inclusive Development International (IDI) and...

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Women in Energy congratulates Tinubu on NNPC Board appointment, seeks gender balance

The Women in Energy Network (WIEN) has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his recent appointment of a new...
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NAEC welcomes Bayo Ojulari’s appointment, congratulates new Board of NNPC Ltd

Highest body of journalists in the Nigeria's energy sector, Association of Energy Correspondents of Nigeria (NAEC), has officially congratulated...

MRV: Stakeholders demand transparency to help local communities address climate change

As Nigeria enters the second stage of creating its measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) framework, experts have reiterated the...

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Women in Energy congratulates Tinubu on NNPC Board appointment, seeks gender balance

The Women in Energy Network (WIEN) has congratulated President...

NAEC welcomes Bayo Ojulari’s appointment, congratulates new Board of NNPC Ltd

Highest body of journalists in the Nigeria's energy sector,...