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World Service,4 mins

Families uprooted after Uganda's oil discovery

Focus on Africa

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Commercially viable oil was discovered in Uganda's Bunyoro region in 2006, prompting ambitions plans to exploit it. In 2012, the Ugandan government acquired the land needed to build an oil refinery. Families living in the area were promised compensation, and many subsistence farmers are now moving to a modern housing estate. The Âé¶¹Éçs Patience Atuhaire visits their new accommodation. (Photo: Empty, half-built empty houses in Bunyoro, Uganda. Credit: Patience Atuhaire, Âé¶¹Éç Africa.)

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