TotalEnergies back in court over Uganda oil project
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A Paris court has held a key hearing in campaigners' push for accountability from the energy multinational TotalEnergies over its controversial oil project in Uganda. The EACOP is set to be the longest project of its kind in the world, stretching almost 1,500 kilometres through East Africa.
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