A group of Ugandans have started a lawsuit in Paris against the French oil giant, TotalEnergies, over two huge extraction projects in their country.
They allege human rights violations and want reparations for the denial of access to their lands.
TotalEnergies is leading a consortium that is drilling hundreds of exploratory wells and building a 1,500km (932 mile)-long oil pipeline that will cross several nature reserves in Uganda.
Meanwhile, British police have arrested 27 climate change activists protesting against the Ugandan projects who daubed paint on TotalEnergies’ London headquarters.