A local court said no to a request to stop building a $4bn (£3. 1bn) oil pipeline from Uganda to Tanzania. The pipeline is causing a lot of disagreement.
The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) said the case was filed too late and it’s not within its jurisdiction to handle it.
The East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (Eacop) is a 1,443km (896-mile) pipeline being built by the Ugandan and Tanzanian governments, TotalEnergies, and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC). However, local communities and rights and environmental groups are opposing its construction.
The groups are saying that the project is forcing people out of their homes, damaging burial sites along the pipeline path, and harming the environment.
Natural Justice, a group of everyday people, said that this decision shows that rich countries and African government institutions are not paying attention to how oil and gas are harming the environment and the climate.
Natural Justice and three other groups that filed the case in 2020 are going to ask for a review of the decision.
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Court dismisses objections to pipeline from Uganda to Tanzania
