French, Chinese oil firms agree controversial pipeline deal with Uganda,Tanzania
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Small fishing boats seen on Lake Albert, near Uganda. (illustration) AFP/Marco Longari
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The Ugandan and Tanzanian governments have signed a series of agreements with oil companies Total of France and the Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation. The deal paves the way for the construction of a pipeline to carry crude oil from Uganda to a Tanzanian port on the Indian Ocean. French and Ugandan environmental action groups have confirmed they will continue legal action against the project which they claim will cause major human and environmental problems.