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.

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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
  • Human Rights

KIMINA - 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.

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The biggest pipeline of the century

  • Energy
  • Environment

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

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