Kampala, Uganda – April 24, 2025. Eleven STOPEACOP activists were arrested yesterday, 23 April 2025, in Kampala while attempting to peacefully deliver a letter to KCB Bank demanding the bank to withdraw its financial support for the destructive East African Crude Oil Pipepline (EACOP). The demonstrators were detained by police in yet another show of force aimed at silencing legitimate dissent.
Kampala, Uganda – The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) faces more challenges as Chubb, one of the world’s largest fossil fuel insurers, confirmed it will not provide insurance coverage for the controversial project. This decision follows Chubb’s updated conservation policy from April 2024.
Yesterday (March 26, 2025), the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Company informed the public that five banks are set to provide the first tranche of financing needed for the EACOP project.
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, calls have been made for continuing analyses of its impacts on and dynamics among the world’s most of the groups at heightened risk for COVID 19 and its many adverse socio-economic and other impacts. This brief summarizes emerging evidence on the Gaps, impact and responses related to COVID-19 among Indigenous Batwa in the Bwindi gorilla Conservation area
Climate change presents a considerable threat women’s Land rights and Livelihoods. Women’s vulnerability to climate change has implications on agro based livelihoods, especially the rural populace like Amuru. Evidently Climate change affects women land rights and livelihoods and they are further affected because of their social roles, discrimination and poverty.
The Ugandan government, alongside TotalEnergies (U) B.V. and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) (U) Ltd announced the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the Lake Albert oil project yesterday on February 1, 2022.
The Lake Albert project consists of the Tilenga and Kingfisher oil fields as well as the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). The EACOP will run from Hoima in Western Uganda to the port of Tanga at the Indian Ocean in Tanzania.
Men verses Women: Climate Change Deepening Gender Inequality in Amuru
Climate change effects are creating pressure on human livelihoods and more so on women and
children who are bearing the consequences to a higher degree than men.
Background: Over the years there has been asystematic changing weather conditions in the wider northern Uganda, which has culminated in an adverse climatic situation. These changes have come with crippling effects all over the north but more so in Amuru district particularly.
1. Introduction
Recently, government agencies led by the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) have published media articles through which they have made a case for Uganda’s oil and gas exploitation efforts.
Amidst warnings from scientists that no new investments in oil, gas, and coal must take place if the world is to meet the goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, PAU and others have argued as follows:
Dear Mr. President,
CSO OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT: YOUR TELEGRAPH ARTICLE UNDERMINES THE CLIMATE CHANGE FIGHT AND ENDANGERS UGANDANS
1. Your Excellency, on May 2, 2022, you published a newspaper article titled, “Africa can
help solve the energy crisis” in the UK’s Telegraph. In the article, you noted that being a friendly country, Uganda, which is seeking to commercialise its oil and gas finds through the Lake Albert oil project, can play a crucial role in helping the West to enjoy energy security.
