Kenya
The last-ditch legal attempt to stop EACOP
Ugandan and Tanzanian campaigners are preparing to go to court next week in a last-ditch attempt to block a massive polluting oil pipeline running through their countries, while activists face jail for protesting against the project.
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) has been in development for years as
The unique character of African climate litigation
Jonah Gbemre and his family have farmed and fished in Delta State, Nigeria, for generations. It is also where Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary (SPDC) has long been extracting oil and burning off the methane by-products, a practice known as flaring.
In 2005, acting for himself and on behalf of his