october 11, 2022

Podcast

France Culture: International Issues

Thanks to Total, Uganda dreams of becoming an oil-producing nation – but at what cost?

Summary

Total Energies is once again in court in Paris over its drilling and pipeline project in Uganda. The company is being accused by six NGOs of acting outside the legal framework in the country. What exactly is this Ugandan mega-project? And what are the specific legal violations?

Featuring

Virginie Tallio (Anthropologist, research associate at the Center for International Studies at the University of Lisbon, and member of the RIFT Interdisciplinary Research Group on the East African Rift).

Listen to the podcast

https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/les-enjeux-internationaux/grace-a-total-l-ouganda-se-reve-en-nation-petroliere-a-quel-prix-2161616