Uganda

The government of Uganda through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has approved the Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project. This approval...

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development in Uganda is set to begin mineral mapping in Karamoja sub-region next week following the arrival of two survey helicopters. According to the...

The construction of the US $3.5bn East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) is expected to begin this month. According to Foreign Affairs minister Palamagamba Kabudi, Total Oil Company director for...

The NGOs say more than 50,000 people living in the project site and facing eviction have not been properly compensated for their expropriated homes and farmland. By William Niba A...

Despite its uses, farmers in sub-Saharan Africa burn a lot of crop residues in fields because recycling the waste involves time, labour and machinery that they can’t afford. By Dries Roobroeck Farmers...

Russia first signed a memorandum of understanding with Kampala in this area in 2017, ahead of Beijing, which signed a similar agreement in 2018. By Daily Monitor Kampala — Russia...

Gold miners in Uganda officially declared only 16.3kgs despite exporting at least 8,691kgs declared, civil society organisations, the Anti-Corruption Coalition (ACCU) and Transparency International Uganda (TIU) have said. Marlon Agaba,...

By Halima Abdallah Will finding a new investor solve the $185 million question? This is the emerging issue after the collapse of a farmdown deal between Tullow and joint venture...

The country’s second oil and gas licensing round for the exploration of five blocks in the Albertine Graben, Uganda, aims to increase international investment into Uganda’s oil-rich energy sector, with...

By Halima Abdallah The final investment decision on Uganda's oil remains uncertain as the oil companies and the government haggle over the tax treatment in Tullow Oil's farm-down deal. This...