Uganda’s Planned Pipeline Threatens Communities, Oxfam Says

  • Oxfam wants issues addressed ahead of pipeline development
  • Project will affect over 12,000 families in Uganda, Tanzania

Cattle walk along the road where an oil pipe line is to be constructed near Biso in western Uganda.

Photographer: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images

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Uganda’s planned oil pipeline will result in more than 12,000 families losing their land and the development threatens sensitive ecosystems, according to research by Oxfam International.