Exploration has brought income inequality and poverty to people in Mauritius, Mozambique and Nigeria.
An environment group says its application is a ‘watershed’ case for stopping deep sea exploration
The causes include commercial fishing near their colonies and a scarcity of sardines and anchovies
Despite dozens of appeals, the South African government is determined to give Sasol and its partners the go-ahead. But activists will not stop the fight
A disastrous oil and chemical spill at Willowton Oils in Pietermaritzburg has devastated the Msunduzi and Umgeni and harmed those who depend on it
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.
BP’s "every dollar counts" culture led to the fatal Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
Conservationists warn that the last stronghold of the endangered birds has been threatened by offshore oil and gas exploration near Port Elizabeth.
Forty distressed African penguins have been caught up in a political row over who should take the blame for the oil-spill disaster in Cape Town.
Fifteen penguins have been captured on Robben Island and treated after being covered with oil following a spill on the Cape Town coastline.
BP sought to spread the blame for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster on Wednesday, setting off a battle of oil-industry giants.
Tropical Storm Bonnie threatened efforts on Friday to plug BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil leak for good.
BP crews on Wednesday made hasty preparations to protect the damaged Gulf of Mexico oil well from a looming storm.
BP bosses weathered a week of anger in Washington but the energy giant’s financial outlook faces renewed scrutiny from investors.
BP chief executive Tony Hayward faced the wrath of US lawmakers on Thursday as he appeared before a hearing to apologise for the oil spill.
This was bound to be a difficult time for the company long known as British Petroleum, writes <b>Jonathan Mann</b>.
President Barack Obama, seeking to counter an image of detached leadership, will demand on Wednesday that BP set aside billions to pay for the spill.
Using tubes to funnel polluted water into his small boat, Nigerian teenager Daniel Muukor helps to "mop up" the latest oil spill in the Niger Delta.
BP’s US chief faces accusations in Congress that the energy giant caused the worst oil spill in US history with a calculated strategy to cut costs.
Obama’s leadership of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill faces key tests this week as the US president gives his first national address on the disaster.
US President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he wanted to know "whose ass to kick" over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
The White House has warned BP that it faces "many billions of dollars" in fines for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster.
BP faces another difficult week of tough questions from investors and US lawmakers despite making progress in capturing an increasing amount of oil.
The latest effort to siphon oil and gas gushing from a ruptured deep-sea wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico is working well so far.
BP began capturing some oil spewing from its ruptured well on Friday as Barack Obama warned the company against skimping on compensation.
A cap placed over a ruptured well deep in the Gulf of Mexico should capture the "vast majority" of the oil gushing out, BP said on Friday.
Robot submarines wielding powerful cutting tools went to work on BP’s latest bid to curtail the flow of oil spewing from its ruptured wellhead.
US government and BP officials are warning that the blown-out oil well causing a disaster on the Gulf Coast may not be stopped until August.
BP’s "top kill" oil well plug failed on Saturday, practically killing any optimism among residents that the spill fouling their coast will end soon.
The oil spill hits its 40th day on Saturday with Gulf residents clinging to one hope: that BP’s complicated "top kill" operation will plug the well.
Barack Obama has warned that BP will ‘pay’ for the environmental damage caused by the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico.
The oil spill off the south coast of the US now reaches practically all the way to the White House — and President Barack Obama is being soiled.