Oil & Gas

Editor’s Review Uganda’s President Museveni is facing criticism over a massive oil project led by TotalEnergies and CNOOC, which has caused environmental damage and human rights abuses. The $10 billion project involves drilling 400+ wells and building a pipeline from Lake Albert to Tanzania. Human rights groups report forced evictions, …

A week before the COP29 climate talks began in Azerbaijan, TotalEnergies unveiled a new public electric vehicle charging station in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, announcing plans to expand the network nationwide. The French oil giant framed this move as part of a larger effort to promote electric mobility and meet the …

Uganda has achieved a major milestone in its oil export ambitions with the arrival of the first batch of coated line pipes for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project. Delivered by nine trucks from a coating plant in Nzega, Tanzania, the insulated pipes were transported to the main …

Nothing beats seeing your work transform lives and communities. You’ve probably witnessed communities or strangers being disrespected—perhaps you’ve even been a victim yourself. Defenders risk their lives, sacrifice precious moments, and endure being labeled as development saboteurs, foreign agents, and other derogatory names. Lawyers abandon their dreams of legal careers …