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Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine objects to oil pipeline

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Bobi Wine is the most prominent Ugandan to object to the East African Crude Oil Pipeline. Campaigners say the 897-mile (1,443-kilometer) heated pipeline violates the spirit of the Paris climate accord. Wine says forced displacement of villagers to make way for the pipeline would mirror his own mistreatment as a political activist.

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The Independent

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine objects to oil pipeline

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine says that a planned pipeline to export oil is likely to entrench the long rule of President Yoweri Museveni

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine objects to oil pipeline

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine says that a planned pipeline to export oil is likely to entrench the long rule of President Yoweri Museveni. In an interview with The Associated Press, Wine voiced his opposition to the project that’s increasingly…

1 year ago·United States

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Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine objects to oil pipeline

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine says that a planned pipeline to export oil is likely to entrench the long rule of President Yoweri Museveni

1 year ago·United States

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Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine objects to oil pipeline

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated PressKAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine says that a planned pipeline to export oil is likely to entrench the long rule of President Yoweri Museveni. In an interview with The Associated Press, Wine voiced his opposition to the project that’s increasingly controversial over environmental concerns. Wine, 40, a singer and former lawmaker who ran for president in 2021, is the most prominent Uganda…

1 year ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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MY Northwest

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine objects to oil pipeline

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A planned pipeline to export oil from Uganda is likely to entrench the long rule of President Yoweri Museveni, opposition figure Bobi Wine said Tuesday, voicing his opposition to a project that’s increasingly controversial over environmental concerns. Wine, a singer and former lawmaker who ran for president in 2021, is the most prominent Ugandan to object to the East African Crude Oil Pipeline that has run into headwinds a…

1 year ago·Tacoma, United States

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