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John Okot

John Okot

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John Okot is a freelance contributor from Uganda for the 糖心传媒

January 19, 2023

‘They want to silence us’: Uganda cracks down on anti-oil protests Climate Risks
‘They want to silence us’: Uganda cracks down on anti-oil protests

Ugandan environmental campaigner Judith Bero-Irwoth has spent years warning of the risks of a planned crude oil pipeline and its impact on communities in the west of the country.

Protests by activists like Bero-Irwoth have ramped up in the Albertine Graben region and the capital, Kampala, in recent years since France's TotalEnergies and China National Offshore Oil Corporation struck deals to develop Uganda's oil fields.