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Le projet EACOP de TotalEnergies consiste à creuser des forages pétroliers dans une zone protégée d'Ouganda et de Tanzanie en Afrique de l'est. L'objectif : créer l’un des plus grands oléoducs chauffés du monde. Problème : pour que le projet voie le jour, de nombreuses populations devraient être déplacées. Face à cette réalité, le Parlement européen a adopté à main levée aujourd'hui une résolution d'urgence dénonçant « les violations des droits humains et les risques majeurs pour l'environnement et le climat causés par les projets Tilenga et EACOP, développés par Total en Ouganda et en Tanzanie. »
Les députés européens auraient estimé que le projet engendrerait le déplacement de plus de 100 000 personnes, et ce sans garanties suffisantes de compensations. Par cette décision, les députés condamnent les violations des droits humains en Ouganda et en Tanzanie en cours. « Le Parlement exprime sa profonde préoccupation face aux arrestations, aux actes d’intimidation et au harcèlement judiciaire contre les défenseurs des droits humains et les organisations non gouvernementales qui travaillent dans le secteur du gaz et du pétrole en Ouganda, et appelle les autorités à relâcher immédiatement tous ceux qui ont été arbitrairement arrêtés », peut-on lire dans le communiqué de presse du Parlement européen.
Plus tôt dans le mois, Total communiquait sur son programme « RéHabitat », projet visant à relocaliser la faune affectée par l'oléoduc d'Afrique de l'Est : « Conformément aux principes "Éviter – Réduire – Compenser" qui sous-tendent sa Politique Biodiversité, TotalEnergies annonce le lancement de RéHabitat, un programme innovant de protection des espèces animales impactées par le projet d'extraction pétrolière de Tilenga et le projet d'oléoducs de pétrole brut (EACOP) en cours en Ouganda et en Tanzanie. »…Cela n'aura visiblement pas suffi à convaincre les députés...
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Total a renforcé la transparence autour de ses projets pétroliers en Ouganda et en Tanzanie, mais les ONG soulignent que ceux-ci posent toujours des risques majeurs en matière de droits humains
A Kenyan Catholic environmentalist has described as “scary” the silence of leaders in East Africa over growing concerns about the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), which is currently under construction between Uganda and Tanzania.
Germany's Union Investment has dropped French oil major TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA) from its sustainability funds and called for an independent human rights audit following fresh allegations of abuses at a $15 billion project in East Africa.
Activist delivers a letter to the bank’s CEO, Georges Elhedery, urging him to stop financing the expansion of oil, gas and coal projects and harmful industrial agribusiness, and to stop providing money to companies that forcibly remove people from their homes to make way for such infrastructure.
Heads of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project and oil companies operating in Uganda have been urged to increase transparency and make information about their operations readily accessible to the public to reduce tensions and protests.
Over 70 civil society organisations (CSOs) from Uganda, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and beyond have published an open letter urging the Government of Oman to refrain from providing financial or diplomatic support for the controversial East African Crude Oil Pipeline
The governments of Uganda and Tanzania have jointly requested the Appellate Division of the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) to dismiss a petition filed by four civil society organisations (CSOs) from Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, aiming to halt the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).
In February 2025, the East African Court of Justice held an appeal hearing in Kigali in the case brought by several NGOs contesting the agreement between the Ugandan and Tanzanian governments on the EACOP project. This colossal project, led by TotalEnergies, involves the construction of the longest heated oil pipeline in the world, connecting the oil reserves around Lake Albert in Uganda to the Tanzanian port of Tanga. After the dismissal of their case in the first instance for technical reasons, this hearing is the last chance for these organisations to obtain a judgment on the merits.
New engagement and policy analysis from BankTrack covering the 50 largest European banks shows a dwindling number of European bank candidates are prepared to finance the project.
Climate activists protested at AIG's New York office, demanding the insurance giant join 25 other insurers in refusing coverage for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), which campaigners say has led to displacement, human rights violations, and harassment of environmental activists in Uganda and Tanzania.
Farmers displaced by the EACOP project along the serene coastline of Chongoleani are concerned that the compensation paid to them by the project is inadequate.
Civil society organizations and activists protested at Chinese embassies in 10 countries, calling on Chinese state-owned financial institutions to reject financing for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project due to concerns over potential human rights abuses and environmental damage.
A Ugandan activist campaigning to stop the development of a $5 billion crude oil pipeline in East Africa by France's TotalEnergies and others has been detained by Uganda's military according to the group he works.
Stephen Kwikiriza from the Ugandan environmental pressure group Environment Governance Institute (EGI) has been campaigning to halt the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Eacop).
The 1,445-km pipeline is to carry crude from oilfields in Uganda's west through Tanzania to a port on Tanzania's coast.
Uganda is expected to start building the US$5 billion East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) in January after the first shipment of pipes arrived from China, as opposition to the massive project intensifies.
A court in Uganda on Friday dismissed claims by dozens of families who felt they had been wronged when they were compensated for the use of land used to develop a TotalEnergies oil megaproject, an activist and a plaintiff said.
The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) handed down a judgment in the case that challenges the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) by TotalEnergies, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and the Ugandan and Tanzanian governments.
Despite public disavowals of the EACOP project due to its adverse impacts, leading financial institutions are indirectly investing significant amounts through Chinese state-owned oil firm CNOOC, a shareholder and developer of the pipeline.
The construction of the East African crude oil pipeline has been delayed by the complexities and grievances regarding the resettlement of project-affected persons.
The East African Legislative Assembly (Eala) has strongly castigated opponents of the Hoima-Tanga crude oil pipeline. Ms Mary Mugyenyi (Uganda) said her country and Tanzania were united against the critics of EACOP and would go ahead with its implementation. “We should also identify their local collaborators and crush them”
International oil major TotalEnergies will on October 10 answer to charges of environmental and human rights abuse before the European Union parliament in Brussels in a new threat to the actualisation of its East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Eacop) and related upstream oil projects in Uganda’s Lake Albert region.
The French oil and gas company TotalEnergies has worked to cultivate a green reputation with climate goals and plans to ramp up renewable power, but a massive east African oil project is casting a shadow over that messaging campaign.
Activists argue that the EACOP project poses different environmental and human rights risks to the communities located along the pipeline corridor in Uganda and Tanzania.
263 civil society organisations (CSOs) have urged banks not to participate in a $2.5 billion project finance loan for the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project.
Financial institutions continue to withdraw from their participation in the proposed East African Crude Oil Pipeline due to concerns about its potential impact on climate.
The fate of a planned line from Uganda to Tanzania will be the first test of whether anyone was listening to António Guterres’ call to end fossil fuels
A lawyer is seeking to stop the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project, citing violation of arrangements that provide for Ugandans to be involved in the procurement process.
Residents from the eight regions where the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project will pass, expressed concerns yesterday about the emerging bureaucracy that may see many missing out on opportunities rleated to the pipeline in their area.
Critics of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project say it will spell doom for the environment on a continent with an abundance of potential for non-polluting renewable energy.
Three French banks – BNP Paribas, Société Générale and Crédit Agricole have reportedly opted not to finance the East African Crude Oil Pipeline due to alleged human rights and environmental concerns
Activists have accused French and Chinese oil firms of ignoring huge environmental risks after the signing of accords on the controversial construction of a £2.5bn oil pipeline.
263 non-governmental organisations have urged 25 banks listed as potential financiers of the $3.5 billion development not to participate in the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Eacop) project citing environmental and social risks.
South Africa’s Standard Bank, which was to have been a financier of the $3.5bn East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Eacop), has announced that it is suspending support while it waits for the outcome of an environmental and social impact study.
Friends of the Earth France and Survie have published a new report on Total's activities in Uganda and Tanzania, reporting that the human rights violations denounced over a year ago are still ongoing and have multiplied, now impacting about 100,000 people.
A coalition of NGOs is challenging the construction of the East Africa oil pipeline in the East African Court of Justice to stop its development due to social and environmental concerns.