Crackdown on #EACOP protesters intensifies: 35 Activists arrested in just four months... #StopEACOP StopEACOP NCHRDs-UG GreenFaith Africa Coalition for Human Rights in Development 🌎 Front Line Defenders Read more: witnessradio.org/crackdown-on-e…

#EACOP promised jobs for the youth, yet thousands remain unemployed. We call on Government of Uganda to invest in agriculture, tourism and clean energy to create meaningful jobs for young people and promote environmental sustainability. #StopEacop Don't Gas Africa Coalition for Human Rights in Development 🌎

On April 29, 2025, IGENEastAfrica hosted a radio talkshow on Voice Of Toro (VOT) in Fort Portal City. The talkshow aimed at sensitizing communities on the role of clean energy in forestry conservation & mitigation of climate change impacts, among others

😱MUST-READ: April 2025 updates from oil-affected communities ⏩EACOP access road triggers flash floods in Kyotera district ⏩Oil workers accused of impregnating young girls 📘Read & repost to circulate widely! CNOOC Uganda Limited Fridays For Future Uganda AIFE

Africa has contributed the least to global greenhouse gas emissions, yet bears the brunt of the devastating impact of the climate crisis. This legal initiative is about securing justice, protection, and dignity for millions of Africans said Alfred Brownell monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/na…

📢 Asian Development Bank, Asia needs a truly JUST energy transition! ✅ Community-led ✅ Human rights first 🚫No fossil fuels ⚠️ No more false solutions—it's time for real action & accountability! #StopFundingFossils #ADBAnnualMeeting

📢Our April Newsletter is Out! What's inside? ✊Stories of youth activists and community resistance against harmful oil projects. ⚖Legal victories for arrested #Environmental defenders. 🏡Community action on human-wildlife conflict in Buliisa. Read more: ygcug.org/download/ygc-a…

Natural Justice and The Green Connection are in court 22 in the Cape Town High Court today for a 3-day hearing regarding the granting of environmental authorisation provided to TotalEnergies to explore for oil & gas off the W Cape Coast #notooilandgas #block567

⚖️This week, the Western Cape High Court in South Africa hears a landmark case as The Green Connection and Natural Justice challenge the environmental authorisation granted to TotalEnergies and Shell for offshore exploration between Cape Town and Cape Agulhas. Coastal communities

At the 83rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (#ACHPR83), we're spotlighting #civicspace trends, supporting defenders, and pushing for accountability on rights violations across Africa. 🔎 Read more: web.civicus.org/ACHPR83 #ACHPR830S

We stand in solidarity with South African coastal communities resisting oil activities. We fully support The Green Connection and @NaturalJustice in their judicial review challenging TotalEnergies' oil drilling permits from Cape Town to the Cape of Agulhas coastline.

Solidarity was on full display yesterday! ✊🏾 As a key court session kicked off in the Western Cape High Court - until Wednesday - protests outside inspired solidarity actions in Johannesburg and Gqeberha. Across South Africa, communities are saying: NO TO OIL AND GAS!

“Our government should be standing with us, defending our rights, and our connection to the land and sea. Instead, they’re the ones giving exploration rights and permits to big corporations and capitalists,”dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-0…

“We will talk to HSBC and ask them to stop financing fossil fuels that are driving the climate crisis,” said Nabukalu. “By continuing to finance TotalEnergies they are destroying our future.” #StopEACOP! theguardian.com/global-develop…

It is Day 3 of the #TotalEnergies court case in which NJ & The Green Connection are challenging the environ authorisation given to Total to drill for oil and gas in #block567 off southern coast of South Africa. A complex case with many factors at play.

“Over 40 banks globally have ruled out finance for the controversial Uganda-Tanzania pipeline, including 28 European banks, WHY KCB Bank, Stanbic Bank Uganda, and Standard Chartered South Africa. #StopEACOP Youth For Green Communities (YGC). Don't Gas Africa

Update! Today at 9:00am the brave 11 youth activists return to court after weeks on remand to seek for freedom. These activists were brutally arrested and incarcerated for peaceful delivery a petition to KCB Uganda to express their dissatisfaction for its interest to finance

We are deeply ashamed that KCB, an African institution, has chosen to fund a project that threatens the very lifeblood of our region, #StopEACOP Youth For Green Communities (YGC).

"Bridge the consumer protection gap in the green economy" Government of Uganda should enact the consumer protection law to safeguard farmers, consumers of solar products from substandard products, inflated pricing, and others Read more:monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/le…

Check out my latest piece. TotalEnergies claims it can make up for the biodiversity impacts of drilling in Uganda’s largest national park by preserving biodiversity elsewhere, but local advocates aren’t buying it.@AfieUg StopEACOP EGI Uganda Extractives Uncovered Africa Youth Concern on Environment &Development