Ugandan Farmers Sue in UK Court to Halt $5.6 Billion Oil Pipeline

Africa · Eastern Key Facts —The project. The East African Crude Oil Pipeline is a 1,443-kilometre heated pipeline valued at roughly $5.6 billion. —The plaintiffs. Four Ugandan smallholder farmers filed the case in London, backed by over 40,000 crowdfunding contributors through Avaaz. —The defendant. EACOP Ltd, a special-purpose company incorporated in England and Wales in…