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President Yoweri Museveni condemned what he described as a “cowardly act” and vowed the assailants would pay with their lives. President Yoweri Museveni condemned what he described as a “cowardly act” and vowed the assailants would pay with their lives. (Photo by John Ochieng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
BIODIVERSITY

Uganda launches disputed oil programme

Uganda’s oil is expected to flow in 2025, two decades after reserves were discovered in one of the world’s most biodiverse regions

  • Agence France Presse
2 min read
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline will make Uganda and Tanzania billions of dollars of much-needed revenue, but this fossil fuel project is rushing headlong into the complexities and the paradoxes of global climate politics.
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Europe’s opposition to controversial oil pipeline angers Uganda’s government

But will the eight in 10 people without power go on the grid and the ruling elite not pocket profits?

  • Assad Mugenyi
4 min read