Oil

Climate activists oppose oil exploration, call for a Fossil Free Virunga in new film

Climate activists oppose oil exploration, call for a Fossil Free Virunga in new film

Climate activists in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have expressed strong opposition to plans for oil exploration in the Virunga National Park. In a short film dubbed ‘Fossil Free Virunga’, that was released by 350Africa.org worldwide today, the activists raised concerns with the environmental impacts, as well as the impact to local communities’ livelihoods. The…

Giraffe on savanna

100+ civil society organisations to the African Development Bank: Don’t finance the East African Crude Oil Pipeline

100+ civil society organisations to the African Development Bank: Don’t finance the East African Crude Oil Pipeline More than 100 civil society organizations have written to the President of the African Development Bank, Mr. Akinwumi Adesina, warning the bank against financing the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, which they call “an exceptionally high-risk project.”  The proposed 1,445-kilometer…

Local and international organisations call on Ugandan and DRC presidents to protect sensitive ecosystems in new oil licensing round

Local and international organisations call on Ugandan and DRC presidents to protect sensitive ecosystems in new oil licensing round

Kampala and Goma – Nearly 50 civil society organizations (CSOs) from Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and their partners have written to the presidents of Uganda and the DRC calling on them to avoid sensitive ecosystems in the planned and ongoing oil exploration licensing round in the Albertine Graben. The CSOs made the…