Crisis in Caracas should provide impetus for Africa to lead the renewables revolution and shield itself from the chaos of fossil fuel geopolitics
Voluntarism is not enough to ensure that transnational companies such as Shell consult people likely to be affected by their proposed activities
Exploration has brought income inequality and poverty to people in Mauritius, Mozambique and Nigeria.
The murder of Fikile Ntshangase in KwaZulu-Natal was not an isolated incident. Around the globe, from Nigeria to Brazil, environmental activists are similarly being silenced, and…
The Avengers are not superheroes, but rather militants left in the cold by Nigeria’s amnesty programme.
President Buhari’s initial announcement to wind down an earlier amnesty deal by 2018 is said to have contributed to the re-emergence of militancy.
Petroleum companies in the Niger Delta seek alternatives to the destructive and costly business.
Ken Saro-Wiwa spoke out against the devastation of Niger Delta by oil companies and the corrupt Nigerian government. He was executed on a school day.
Niger Delta insurgents say they’re ready to take up arms again if President Goodluck Jonathan doesn’t win Saturday’s elections.
Niger Delta community members walked out during talks, saying the company’s offer did not equate to the amount of income they lost.
Shell has begun talks with Nigeria’s Bodo community on compensation and a cleanup after the largest loss of a mangrove habitat caused by oil spills.
Nigerian security authorities were informed of an imminent attack before the 2010 terrorist bombings in Abuja that left 12 people dead and 36 injured.
Amnesty International has reported that Shell lied about the magnitude of an oil spill in the Niger Delta.
Nigeria’s Movement for the Emancipaton of the Niger Delta has claimed responsibility for the attack on an oil pipeline owned by Italian firm Eni.
Latest Shell oil spill is comparable to the Exxon Mobil spill of 1998, say authorities as emergency measures are put in place to protect the coast.
The landscape of banana trees and a pineapple farm where some Ogoni live looks bleak, stained with oil, in air filled with dark smoke.
Royal Dutch Shell has awarded Saipem a $101-million contract to build a petrol pipeline system in Nigeria which it hopes will reduce flaring.
Royal Dutch Shell has shortlisted bidders for four Nigerian onshore oil blocks it has put up for sale but financing challenges could yet undo plans.
A militant faction in Nigeria’s restive Niger Delta said on Monday it had ruptured an oil pipeline in Delta state.
Five workers were kidnapped and two others injured on Monday at an oil rig just off the coast of Nigeria’s troubled southern delta.
