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Court orders Shell to halt Wild Coast seismic blasting
Shell will have to call a halt to its seismic survey along the ecologically sensitive Wild Coast after the high court in Makhanda today interdicted it from proceeding. Judge Gerald Bloem on Tuesday morning interdicted Shell from continuing with the survey which kicked...
A Second Gas-to-Power Environmental Authorisation is refused for Richards Bay
KwaZulu Natal: A second floating gas-to-power plant has been refused its Environmental Authorisation (EA) in the Port of Richards Bay. Much like the refusal of the EA for the Karpowerships on 24th June this year, the 6500MW Nseleni Independent Floating Plant (NIFPP)...
Africa Caught in the Fossil Trap
Before the rise of fossil resources extraction in Africa, most countries operated agrarian economies as their primary source of exchange. Other economies depended on mining while some others had a mix of mining and agriculture. The economic impact of oil discovery...
Report: USD 1.4 trillion fossil fuel buildout jeopardizes Africa’s economies, climate, and communities
Analysis details why a just energy transition in Africa requires an end to new oil, gas, and coal extraction projects Download the full report: priceofoil.org/the-skys-limit-africa Read the Executive Summary of the report in Swahili (Kiswahili), French (en...
Karpowerships NERSA Public Hearings
On 19th August the National Energy Regulator (NERSA) held an online public hearing on the Karpowership’s electricity generation license application for Saldanha, Ngqura and Richard’s Bay. The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) submitted written comments on...
Hotspots of Conflicts
There is literally no African nation without one viable resource or the other and this has made Africa a centre of attraction for exploiters and speculators. Consequently, the quest for these natural resources has made Africa a highly exploited continent in the world...
Coalition praises Dutch Court Ruling against Shell
… Encourages more groups to sue oil companies The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) have hailed yesterday’s...
Oilwatch Africa (OWA) calls for the termination of the operations of the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) & Release of an Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO) Officer
On the 10th of April 2021, the governments of Uganda and Tanzania, alongside the French multinational Total and the state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), signed the final agreements that will kickstart the construction of a controversial $3.5...
Triumph for Farmers and Fisherfolks: The Hague Court of Appeal finds Shell Liable for Oil Spills in Nigeria
by Eddy Wifa and Titilayo Adebola – On 29 January 2021, thirteen years after four Nigerian farmers and fisherfolks, Chief Fidelis Oguru, Mr Alali Efanga, Chief Barizaa Dooh and Elder Friday Alfred Akpan, instituted lawsuits in the Netherlands with...
Oilwatch Africa Coordinator – Job Opening
Oilwatch Africa (OWA) seeks the services of a Coordinator, in order to efficiently meet its objective of building solidarity, supporting resistance and promoting a common identity in the peoples of the global south who seek to stop the expansion of fossil fuel...
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Oilwatch Africa is a network of resistance to the negative impacts of the oil and gas industry on peoples and their environments. It is the African unit of Oilwatch International.