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Hope Alive as Grunter Gully re-opens.
The South Durban Community Environmental Alliance hosted a Grand Opening for a fishing spot that has been closed for years. The Grunter Gully Grand Opening marked the beginning of a new journey for the Subsistence Fisherfolks in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) in South...
Niger Deltans Demand Socio-Ecological Justice
On April 25, 2023, frontline civil society organisations, socio-cultural groups, academics, traditional rulers, and individuals drawn from the Niger Delta states of Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo, and Rivers assembled in the city of Port...
Announcing the Niger Delta Alternatives Convergence 2023
… restoring the environment and reclaiming the dignity of a people In 2022, the Niger Delta Alternatives Convergence (NDAC) was envisioned as a pan-Niger Delta forum for discussion, strategic decision-making, and action plan development. The NDAC's strategy is to...
Oilwatch Africa and Others condemn the Assassination of Thulani Maseko
The gruesome assassination of Thulani Maseko, a highly decorated human rights lawyer, on Saturday 21 January 2023 marked a dastardly low in the attacks meted to human and democracy rights in Swaziland. Oilwatch Africa and other civil society organisations in Africa...
COP: Damaged and Lost
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Conference of Parties (COP) have studiously avoided naming fossil fuels as the Primary source of greenhouse gases driving climate change. The United Nations estimates that fossil fuels account...
Drilling and Draining Africa: Fossil Fuels Hotspots in Africa
This document highlights the growing infringement on the rights of community people by extractivecompanies across Africa. It depicts the growing importance of the struggles by community people.The report highlights selected fossil fuel hotspots across Africa. It...
Offloading Climate Responsibility on the Victims of Climate Change
Editor’s note: This interview has been edited for clarity and length from the author’s conversation with Nnimmo Bassey on October 7, 2022. For access to the full interview’s audio and transcript, you can stream this episode on Breaking Green’s website or...
Congratulatory Message
Oilwatch Africa heartily congratulates one of her members AFIEGO https://www.afiego.org/ as she is named one of the winners of the prestigious Right Livelihood Awards 2022. This award comes as no surprise to us seeing that we are witnesses to your dedication,...
Oilwatch Africa pays Solidarity visit to AFIEGO and other partner CSOs in Uganda
We the undersigned members of Oilwatch Africa paid a courtesy visit to Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO) and other Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) working to protect the environment and communities’ land and human rights within the oil and gas regions...
Grants for Environmental and Climate Justice Action
Oilwatch is pleased to announce a call for proposals for small grants of up to USD $5,000 but not more than USD $10,000 to support grassroots groups and movements working on projects aligned with its principles and focused on addressing the issues of fossil...
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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.