fossil Politics
This track investigates our massive dependence on fossil fuels and builds from the power of the communities who subsidise this perverse industry and who suffer gross despoliation. We believe that a transition from fossil fuels must be rapid and urgent and devoid of distractions by way of fixes that depend on the status quo.
Africa caught in the Fossil Trap
Before the rise of fossil resources extraction in Africa, most countries operated agrarian economies as their primary source of exchange. Other economies depended on mining while some others had a mix of mining and agriculture. The economic impact of oil discovery...
5th International Rights of Nature Tribunal Official Verdicts
The 5th International Rights of Nature Tribunal took place on Wednesday, November 3rd, and Thursday, November 4th at 4 pm (GMT) in Glasgow, alongside the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26). Due to COVID and traveling restrictions, this Tribunal was a...
Exoneration, not a Pardon for Ken Saro-Wiwa and 8 Other Ogonis Murdered in 1995
On the 22nd of October 2021, a selected group of Ogoni leaders attended a parley at State House with President Muhammadu Buhari, among other issues, the President stated that the ‘federal government will consider the request for the grant of pardon to finally close...
living in fear
Juan Lopez Villar
This book explores the general relation between wars, conflicts and natural resources, focusing in particular on two African countries: Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Sudan.
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