East African Crude Oil Pipeline

Four Ugandan smallholder farmers are suing in a UK court to block the $5.6 billion East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), a 1,443-kilometre heated pipeline. The case is supported by over 40,000 crowdfunding contributors through Avaaz, with EACOP Ltd—the project's special-purpose company incorporated in England and Wales—named as the defendant.

Four Ugandan farmers filed a case against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) at the UK's High Court, seeking to enforce Ugandan constitutional, environmental, and climate law on EACOP Ltd, the UK-registered company funding the project.

A record 800 incidents of harassment and violence against environmental defenders were documented in 2025, with the energy sector responsible for most cases. The East African Crude Oil Pipeline project led by TotalEnergies was the single largest source of incidents, followed by mining operations tied to the clean energy transition.