Stripped of Land, Denied Justice: The Wait for Compensation Continues
From the very beginning, the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) has been a project built on the backs of the vulnerable. What was promoted as a promise of...
EACOP’s Marginalization of Local Workers
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) was launched under a banner of hope. Spearheaded by TotalEnergies and regional governments, the project was sold as a beacon of economic...
Courts of Repression: A Dangerous Pattern in Uganda’s War on Activism
It started with a letter. On April 27, 2025, eleven young Ugandans walked into KCB Bank’s offices in Kampala with nothing more than a petition and a plea: stop...
A Pipeline of Death: The Heartbreaking Story of Agaaba Franco and the Injustice of EACOP
On the evening of May 11, 2025, tragedy struck quietly. Agaaba Franco, a young Ugandan working on the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), was found lifeless in his...