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EACOP: Court to Determine Fate of Oil Pipeline Project by Chinese, Other Shareholders

by Njenga Hakeenah
A map showing the EACOP project from Hoima in the west of Uganda to Tanzania’s city of Tanga on the Indian Ocean coast.

Just days after Lloyd’s Cincinnati confirmed that it will not insure the controversial East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), the project faces another hurdle at the East African Court of Justice (EACJ).

The EACJ is expected to rule in the case challenging the construction of EACOP filed by Natural Justice, the Centre for Strategic Litigation, the Centre for Food and Adequate Living Rights (CEFROHT) Limited, and the Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO).

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