We don’t have to create another example in Africa of extractive industries causing conflicts and social instability Cabo Delgado, the northernmost province of Mozambique, is suffering. The invasion of the transnational gas industry, attacks by extremist groups and military deployment from a government that seems to hate its people, are all creating a frightening breeding…

Outcomes of the ‘lobby tour’ organised in Europe showcase the need for a Binding Treaty to stop corporate human rights abuses Mozambique is rapidly becoming one of the Liquified natural gas (LNG) giants of the world. With little international media coverage, oil and gas monsters such as Exxon, Eni, Chevron, Shell and BP are rubbing…

WASHINGTON DC (US) 27 April 2006 — Communities from Nigeria will file today a formal claim on the West African Gas Pipeline with the inspection panel of the World Bank in Washington. The twelve Nigerian communities claim that the World Bank’s ‘due diligence’ on the pipeline project, led by oil giants Chevron ,Texaco and Shell,…

ACCRA (GHANA) September 9, 2005 – Civil society groups from West Africa met in Accra today, just two weeks after the construction of the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) began off the Ghanaian coast. Media Advisory Friends of the Earth International The groups warned that the pipeline project and the so-called WAGP Treaty seriously undermine…

April 5, 2001 – Tens of thousands of angry citizens from all over the world have ‘flooded’ the White House with e-mails, as a part of a Friends of the Earth protest over Bush’s climbdown on the UN climate treaty, called the Kyoto Protocol. The action is stretching the Friends of the Earth e-mail server…

Mozambique Internationalist solidarity with people facing dirty energy projects in Mozambique HomeSearch results for 'oil and gas giants' The gas industry is ravaging Cabo Delgado in northern Mozambique, fuelling human rights abuses, poverty, corruption, violence and social injustice. We stand in solidarity with communities in Cabo Delgado who have been displaced by dirty energy projects…

In Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, thousands of people are being forced from their land to make way for gas exploration by fossil fuel giants Shell, Eni, Exxonmobil, Anadarko, Total and others. Not only do gas, oil and coal contribute to climate change, they bring poverty, conflict, debt and pollution, especially in Africa. We must resist, confront, educate,…

LAGOS, NIGERIA, 9 NOVEMBER 2015 – Led by Nigerian activists, social justice campaigners from around the world will commemorate on 10 November the 20th anniversary of the execution of Ken Saro Wiwa and eight more Ogonis at the hands of the Nigerian dictatorship of Sani Abacha. Known around the world for his struggle with oil…

ATLANTA, USA, October 2, 2015 — Trade ministers from 12 countries negotiating the gigantic ‘Trans Pacific Partnership’, which will set the economic rules for 40 percent of the world economy, are concluding today a secret meeting to finalise this trade deal which threatens global sustainable development. Last week, global leaders from around the world committed…

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