What’s been happening on the continent this week?
Spills and pollution would harm the Okavango Delta and the Tsodilo Hills world heritage sites
Farmers and the rights groups have called for an in-depth evaluation of the effects on people’s lives and the environment
The bank has received praise for setting a more ambitious climate policy than other major local banks, targeting zero fossil fuel exposure by 2045
San leaders decry Canadian “climate-wrecking” oil and gas project in Namibia, Botswana
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
The oil, gas and mining industries will benefit from the extractive industries transparency initiative in 2021
AN OCCRP investigation reveals that Gunvor and Semlex brokered weapons-for-oil deals in early 2011 when Côte d’Ivoire was in crisis, despite a UN arms embargo
Analysis of Nasa data shows that although SO₂ emissions around the world have fallen by about 6%, the levels are high enough to harm the health of billions of people.
The sale of South Africa’s crude oil reserves is now facing a criminal investigation by the Hawks
Two kinds of virus, one biological and the other digital, have spread around the world, changing society and creating social elites
In this moment where those corporations are “stepping up” to the Covid-19 challenge, let’s not forget their true character and where and how they have made their money
Saudi’s Aramco is planning an oil refinery in South Africa, but experts say the magaproject is risky
The Saudi-owned company aims to list 5% of its shares on the Riyadh-based bourse in December
The most visible winner from the closure is the Nigerian treasury, which has benefited from the falling cost of petrol subsidies
It is the first time Donald Trump has hinted at a potential American military response to drone attacks, which slashed Saudi oil production by half
The eight-year war has seen the capital lose control of major oil fields, making the country lose billions of dollars
Germany and China lead the way, and now South Africa is starting to see that renewable energy could be its ‘saviour’
‘Offshore rigs have made some countries rich. They have also proven to be the feeding ground for corrupt elites’
OPEC members and other oil-producing countries gather in Vienna on Thursday to discuss cutting output to prop up prices
The decision was ‘technical and strategic’ and had ‘nothing to do with the ‘blockade’, says Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi
Angola was badly hit by the oil-price plunge in 2014
French energy giant Total has officially quit its multi-billion-dollar gas project in Iran, says Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh
Rising oil prices can push up inflation, but first, they translate into rising revenues and profits for energy majors and producer nations
The Benghazi-based authorities made a similar attempt to bypass the Tripoli government in 2016 but their planned sale was stopped
Top-down regulatory measures come to naught, so the battle must be fought from the bottom up
Energy Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has allegedly put investigations into the controversial sale of barrels of the country’s fuel reserve on ice
The Avengers are not superheroes, but rather militants left in the cold by Nigeria’s amnesty programme.
The West is riding on the hope that the Nigerian leader will defeat Boko Haram and end corruption.
The more inclusive the consensus on how to manage oil resources in truly democratic
ways, the better for investors’ profit in the long term.
Savvy energy industry executives have made a mint out of the current climate of volatility.
President Jacob Zuma’s nephew, Khulubuse, has responded to news that he has been named in the leaked Panama Papers.