East Africa: Global Protests Call on China to Reject Destructive East African Crude Oil Pipeline

[#StopEACOP] Kampala, Uganda -- Hundreds of environmental and community activists staged peaceful protests at the corporate headquarters of some Chinese banks and insurance firms, as well as Chinese embassies across Africa, Europe and North America today, demanding those institutions commit not to support further development of the controversial East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). Actions have been organized by local civil society and community-based organizations working alongside people who have been or will be

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