Resident issues warning as officials push forward on massive pipeline project: 'We've seen this before'

Resident issues warning as officials push forward on massive pipeline project: 'We've seen this before'

As fossil fuel projects continue across Africa, activists warn that we may see the repetition of a familiar cycle — one in which local communities bear the costs while profits flow abroad. Among those pushing back is Ugandan activist Hilda Nakabuye, who told EUobserver, "We've seen this before."  Nakabuye's warning centers on the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, or EACOP. It's a 1,443-kilometer (or 897-mile) project led by France's TotalEnergies…