February 20
Africa: The First Oil Shock - February 1974 and the Making of Our Times
Triggered by the 1973 Yom Kippur war, an unprecedented surge in global oil prices took hold the following year. Spiralling inflation forced workers, students and soldiers onto the… Read more »
Uganda: 'We're Surrounded By Oil' - Activist Gardening in a Shadow of EACOP
Ugandans displaced by the mega oil pipeline are turning to African keyhole gardening for both survival and a way to channel their climate activism. Read more »
July 19, 2023
West Africa: How Nigeria's Fuel Subsidy Shock Jolted Cameroon's Economy
In Cameroon, the unintended consequences of Nigeria's fuel subsidy withdrawal ripple across the beleaguered Anglophone region. Read more »
June 15, 2023
Nigeria: Will Dangote's Refinery Turn Nigeria's Expensive Oil Habit Into a Blessing?
The opening of the Refinery is the biggest good news story in decades. Is there reason to be nervous about another Dangote monopoly? Read more »
March 14, 2023
Africa: Why France EACOP Case Might Embolden, Not Discourage, Activists
Though the legal claim against TotalEnergies was dismissed on technicalities, it set some bold precedents. Read more »
February 03, 2023
Nigeria: Oligarchs, Oil and Obi-Dients - the Battle for the Soul of Nigeria
The end of the oil-fuelled patronage system may pose the greatest threat to the nation since the Civil War. Therein may lie its salvation. Read more »
August 23, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Congo's Oil Auction - Foiling Climate Colonialism or Filling the Coffers?
The DRC has two main goals in selling oil blocks that overlap with the world's second largest rainforest. Neither involves developing oil. Read more »
June 22, 2022
East Africa: The Bold Campaign to Defund the East African Crude Oil Pipeline
Activists have convinced 20 big banks not to finance the controversial oil project leaving its fate in the balance. Read more »