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TotalEnergies construction work to prepare a drilling site in Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda (Photo: Thomas Bart)

'Human rights disaster' at France's TotalEnergies Uganda project

A major oil project in Uganda co-owned by French group TotalEnergies and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has been linked to "serious and widespread" reports of sexual violence, environmental destruction and forced evictions.

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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

TotalEnergies construction work to prepare a drilling site in Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda (Photo: Thomas Bart)

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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

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