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Communities, civil society across Africa stage protests against TotalEnergies operations

Activists, CSOs and frontline communities across the continent came together under the umbrella body, KickTotalOutOfAfrica, and engaged in a coordinated protest dubbed Africa Week of Action...

TICAD9: AfDB, Japan strengthen ties, target $5.5bn for Africa’s private sector

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have agreed to inaugurate the sixth phase of the Enhanced Private Sector...

Africa’s $100bn refining opportunity unlocks as new capacity surges toward 2030

Africa is set to add 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd) of new refining capacity by 2030, marking one of the fastest downstream expansions...

Environmental destruction in Africa: People’s Tribunal to hold TotalEnergies accountable

Communities and climate justice movements across the continent have mobilised under the Kick Total Out of Africa Week of Action, highlighting the extensive harm allegedly caused...

Africa could become ‘renewable superpower’, says Guterres

Africa has everything it takes to become a "renewable superpower", UN head Antonio Guterres said on Thursday, August 21, 2025, as he called for...

Heirs Energies CEO wants Africa to shape energy future

Chief Executive Officer of Heirs Energies, Mr. Osa Igiehon, has urged Africa to define its energy future by leveraging its hydrocarbons and renewable resources. In...

Campaigners, communities want TotalEnergies out of Africa

A continent-wide mobilisation to demand that TotalEnergies end its operations in Africa, pay reparations, and make way for a just energy transition commenced on...

COP30: Why Africa’s NDCs must align with LT-LEDS, devpt plans – SPP

The Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP) has released a scoping paper titled “On the Road to COP30 and Beyond: Developing an Effective NDCs-LT-LEDS...

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Where is harmattan? – Nigeria’s vanishing cold season and questions it raises

For generations, December, January and February have meant one thing across much of Nigeria: harmattan. It was the season...
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Alleged extortion: I won’t compromise standard, says Ogun waste management boss

The Managing Director, Ogun State Waste Management Agency (OGWAMA), Mr. Abayomi Hunye, has stated that he will not compromise...

Nasarawa distributes 60 electric vehicles to cooperatives, institutions

The Nasarawa State Government on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, distributed another tranche of 50 tricycles and 10 cars to...

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Where is harmattan? – Nigeria’s vanishing cold season and questions it raises

For generations, December, January and February have meant one...

Alleged extortion: I won’t compromise standard, says Ogun waste management boss

The Managing Director, Ogun State Waste Management Agency (OGWAMA),...
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