Nigeria: London High Court Probes Shell Over Niger Delta Pollution Claims

The High Court in London commenced a hearing to address allegations that the oil company Shell has polluted vast areas of the Niger Delta in Nigeria, particularly in regions… Read more »

Nigeria: Death Toll in Nigeria Tanker Truck Blast Rises to 86

A total of 86 people have died after a petrol tanker truck overturned and exploded in Niger state. Most of the victims were impoverished local residents who had rushed to scoop up… Read more »

East Africa: TotalEnergies Accused of Abuses Linked to €10bn East African Oil Pipeline

Rights groups have accused France's TotalEnergies and Chinese oil company CNOOC of human rights violations and environmental damage linked to a €10 billion oil project in… Read more »

Equatorial Guinea: Equatorial Guinea and Gabon Face Off At the ICJ Over Oil-Rich Islands

Equatorial Guinea asked judges at the International Court of Justice to reject Gabon's claim to several islands in potentially oil-rich waters in the Gulf of Guinea. Read more »

Senegal: Senegal Begins Review of Oil and Gas Contracts in Bid to Reclaim Resources

Senegal has launched a major effort to reclaim control over its oil and gas resources, setting up a commission to review and renegotiate contracts with foreign companies that… Read more »

Uganda: TotalEnergies Oil Project 'Devastating' for Ugandan National Park, NGO Says

Production has yet to begin, but TotalEnergies' controversial East African oil project is already taking a dire environmental toll in Uganda's largest national parks, a leading… Read more »

Senegal: Senegal Joins Oil-Producing Nations With Launch of First Offshore Field

Senegal has joined the ranks of oil-producing nations with Australian company Woodside Energy on Tuesday announcing the start of production in the West African country's first… Read more »

Senegal: Senegal's New Leader Announces Audit of Oil, Gas and Mining Sectors

In his first speech to the nation since his election as president of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye said one of his first policy moves would be to audit the country's oil, gas and… Read more »

East Africa: Environmental Groups Sue TotalEnergies Over 'Devastating' East Africa Oil Pipeline

Four environmental groups have filed a law suit against the French group TotalEnergies and its EACOP oil project in Tanzania and Uganda. They maintain that it threatens the… Read more »

Uganda: France's TotalEnergies Starts Drilling for Oil

French oil giant TotalEnergies has started drilling oil wells in Uganda as part of the massive East African Crude Oil Pipeline project that has been opposed by environmental and… Read more »