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Court orders Shell to halt Wild Coast seismic blasting

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...

Africa Caught in the Fossil Trap

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...

Karpowerships NERSA Public Hearings

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

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

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 Coordinator – Job Opening

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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