September 18
Africa: Our Gender Pay Gap 2024, and Why NGOs Should Opt to Report
The gender pay gap continues to shrink at Global Witness, but there is always more work to be done. On International Equal Pay Day, we're calling on other organisations to join us… Read more »
August 20
Africa: Global Witness Condemns Escalating Arrests of Climate Campaigners in Uganda
A total of 96 cases of people being detained or arrested for opposing the controversial East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) have been reported in the past nine months, with the… Read more »
June 20
Africa: Crisis in the Congo
DRC's efforts to combat illegal logging reversed within months Read more »
June 05
Africa: Ban Fossil Fuel 'Godfathers of Climate Chaos' From Politics
5Responding to comments from the UN Secretary General that countries and companies should ban fossil fuel advertising, Louis Wilson, Head of Fossil Fuel Investigations at Global… Read more »
April 18
Tanzania: Concern Grows for Tanzanian Communities Opposing TotalEnergies' Oil Pipeline
Global Witness is growing increasingly concerned for the safety of communities and campaigners challenging the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) - set to run through Uganda… Read more »
April 16
Africa: Online Dangers to Freedom of Expression and Climate Communication - Unesco World Press Freedom Day Event
Together with Access Now and IPANDETEC, we're hosting a side event at the UNESCO 2024 World Press Freedom Day Conference on the online dangers to freedom of expression in Latin… Read more »
January 29
Africa: European Demand Driving $1 Trillion Spending On Gas Production Worldwide This Decade #AfricaClimateCrisis
$223 billion of this to be spent on new gas production to supply Europe Read more »
January 05
Africa: Bad Case of Déjà Vu As Former Oil Executive to Lead COP29 Climate Negotiations in Azerbaijan
This week, it was announced that Azeri Ecology Minister Mukhtar Babayev, who spent over 20 years at Azerbaijan's state-owned oil and gas company SOCAR, has been appointed as… Read more »
December 05, 2023
Africa: Record Number of Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Granted Access to COP28 Climate Talks #AfricaClimateCrisis
London, 4th December 2023 - At least 2456 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the COP28 summit in Dubai, signalling an unprecedented presence at crucial climate talks… Read more »
November 28, 2023
Africa: EU Commission Unveils Subsidy Plans for Hydrogen Infrastructure, Opening Up Europe to Fossil Gas Lock-in
Brussels, November 28 - The European Commission today opened the door to subsidies for a pipeline to transport blue hydrogen from Norway to Germany, which lead to more fossil gas… Read more »
November 22, 2023
Africa: Equinor, Shell and RWE's Plans to Flood Europe With Fossil Hydrogen May Receive EU Taxpayer Support #AfricaClimateCrisis
A pipeline to export fossil hydrogen from Norway to Germany is in the running for EU subsidies, and would rely on new hydrogen plants which would burn more fossil gas than Denmark,… Read more »
October 09, 2023
Africa: The Climate Law the Fossil Fuel Industry Doesn't Want #AfricaClimateHope
Europe's biggest polluters - Shell, BP, TotalEnergies and ENI - are fighting to stop a law that would force them to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Our governments cannot… Read more »
October 04, 2023
Africa: COP28 Oil Company Adnoc Emissions Heading in Exact Opposite Way for Climate Goal
The oil company ran by COP28 chief Sultan al-Jaber is on course to increase the emissions from its oil and gas operations by more than 40 percent by 2030 compared to 2023 - almost… Read more »
September 04, 2023
Africa: COP28 Oil Company to Spend $1 Bn a Month On Fossil Fuels This Decade Despite 'Green' Claims
The oil and gas firm ran by the president of COP28 climate talks is set to spend more than $1 billion every month this decade on fossil fuels, despite its claims to be a leading… Read more »
August 11, 2023
Africa: COP28 President's 'Hypocritical' Oil Firm Failing to Acknowledge Full Extent of Their Carbon Footprint
The fossil fuel giant run by the president of the forthcoming UN climate summit - Sultan Al-Jaber - this week reported only a fraction of its carbon pollution, despite him saying… Read more »
July 27, 2023
Africa: TotalEnergies Announces €4.5 Billion Quarterly Profits While Remaining a Top Buyer of Russian Liquified Gas #AfricaClimateCrisis
27 July 2023, London - French energy giant TotalEnergies today announced €10.4 billion ($11.5 billion) in profits so far in 2023, and the company continues its trade buying… Read more »
Africa: As Shell Reports £3.9 Billion in Q2 Profits Amidst Deadly Heatwave, Its Oil and Gas Investment Is Forecast to Increase By 10% #AfricaClimateCrisis
London, July 27th 2023 - As Shell reports profits of £11.6 billion ($14.8 billion) for the first half of this year, new analysis shows that the company is set to increase its… Read more »
July 31, 2023
Africa: UK Government's Announcement On New Oil & Gas Licences Is 'Morally Depraved' #AfricaClimateCrisis
Statement on UK Government's announcement to award new North Sea oil and gas licences Read more »
June 26, 2023
Africa: UK Government Quashes New Law That Would Shut Off Money Pipeline to Deforesting Businesses #AfricaClimateCrisis
27th June 2023, London - The UK government has rejected a key amendment to the Financial Services and Markets Bill that would force financial institutions to carry out mandatory… Read more »
January 12, 2023
Africa: Appointment of Oil Company CEO As Climate Talks President a 'Blatant Conflict of Interest' #AfricaClimateCrisis
12th January 2023, London - News today that Sultan Al Jaber, CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, has been appointed president of this year's UN climate talks, is a harsh blow to… Read more »
November 21, 2022
Africa: Our Verdict On COP27 - a Polluters' Parade
Despite some progress on loss and damage, world leaders at the UN climate summit fail (once again) to agree to phase out fossil fuels. Read more »
March 01, 2017
Africa: Guinea's Bribery Saga Reaches New Peaks
Lurid bribery revelations led the government of Guinea to confiscate world-beating iron ore reserves from junior mining company BSG Resources in 2014. So when bitter rival Rio… Read more »
December 17, 2013
Guinea: Global Witness to Resist Attempt to Stifle Public-Interest Reporting
Officials of the companies Beny Steinmetz Group Resources and Onyx Financial Advisers have filed a claim in the UK High Court against Global Witness under the Data Protection Act.… Read more »
April 19, 2013
Guinea: Proof Company Was Lying in Mining Scandal?
Beny Steinmetz Group Resources says there was no corrupt behaviour in its acquisition of licences to one of the world's largest iron ore concessions, in the West African nation of… Read more »