Soraya Aybar

Soraya Aybar is a journalist and political scientist based in Madrid, Spain.

For the past three years, she has focused her specialization and interests on African politics, human rights and social issues. She is currently editor of Africa Mundi, a digital Spanish medium about the African continent.She previously worked for other media such as El Español. Aybar also holds a Master's degree in Communication and International Relations from Camilo Jose Cela University.

Basic information

Name

Soraya Aybar

Expertise

Afrikaanse politiek, mensenrechten en sociale zaken

Country

Spain

City

Madrid

Supported projects

A neocolonial oil pipeline through Uganda and Tanzania

Energy
Environment
Industry

KAMPALA/DAR ES SALAAM - In 2006, British company Tullow Oil discovered oil reserves in the Albertine region in northwestern Uganda. In early 2022, Total signed an agreement with Tanzania and Uganda and Chinese state-owned CNOOC to begin construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). The project will create the largest oil-heated pipeline with a length of 1,443 kilometers between Hoima in Uganda and Tanga in Tanzania, from where crude oil will be exported. But not without consequences.

Total's EACOP: The Oil Megaproject Threatening East Africa

Climate
Environment
Industry

KIMINA - In 2006, the British company Tullow Oil discovered oil reserves in the Albertine Region of northwestern Uganda, with 6.5 billion recoverable barrels. At the beginning of 2022, the French oil company Total secured an agreement with the governments of Tanzania and Uganda and the Chinese state company CNOOC to start constructing the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). The project will create the largest oil heated pipeline covering 1,443 kilometres between Hoima in Uganda and Tanga in Tanzania, from where the crude oil will be exported.

The biggest pipeline of the century

Energy
Environment

UGANDA/TANZANIA - In 2006, British company Tullow Oil discovered oil reserves of 6.5 billion recoverable barrels in the Albertine region of north-western Uganda. In early 2022, French oil company Total signed an agreement with the governments of Tanzania and Uganda and Chinese state-owned CNOOC to begin construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). The project will build the world's largest pipeline at 1,443 kilometres between Hoima in Uganda and Tanga in Tanzania, from where crude oil will be exported.