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ReconAfricas company’s drilling activity has sparked controversy because it flows into an environmentally sensitive area in Namibia.

Alleged environmental pollution, human rights violations and attempts to silence critics are detailed in a new complaint filed with a federal corporate watchdog against Canadian fossil fuel company ReconAfrica.

Poor management of the oil and gas sector can drive corruption and inequality that in turn will fuel social tensions and threaten political stability, Tom Alweendo.

(Bloomberg) -- It’s touted by some as possibly the world’s biggest-ever deep-water oil find. Most Read from BloombergVegas’ Newest Resort Is a $3.7 Billion Palace, 23 Years in the MakingF-35 Debris Found After a $100 Million Fighter Jet Went MissingTrudeau’s Murder Claim Risks Upending US Courtship of IndiaIndia, Canada Trade Diplomatic Blows Over Murder AllegationsThe discovery off the shores of Namibia last year by TotalEnergies SE and Shell Plc of an estimated 11 b...

Corruption, inequality, & instability are pressing concerns, as critics argue that ordinary Namibians may not benefit from the oil windfall.

A coalition of civil society groups from Canada, the USA, and Namibia, has today called on the Toronto Stock Exchange Venture Exchange TSXV to deny regulatory approval to a new share listing by ReconAfrica.

Canadian driller ReconAfrica, facing lawsuits and investigations, has left angry communities and fractured landscapes in the wildlife-rich Okavango Delta watershed.

“Our continent cannot keep supplying the Global North. We can't.” —INA-MARIA SHIKONGO, Fridays For Future Windhoek

Will Africa Be the Last Oil Frontier? A major struggle over resources is unfolding in southern Africa. In the wildlife preserves of the Okavango Delta—home to 200,000 people and spanning parts of Namibia and Botswana—a Canadian oil company is drilling for oil over the fierce opposition of indigenous people, activists and environmental experts. The company, Reconnaissance Energy Africa—known as ReconAfrica—has a plan objectionable to virtually everyone except its investors and Namibian a...

Okavango goes international with ReconAfrica under fire Opposition to Reconnaissance Energy Africa’s work in northern Namibia is growing, with a petition handed in to the Namibian consul general in South Africa and Leonardo diCaprio tweeting against the drilling plans. Updated: 15/02/2021, 11:34 am A protest in South Africa against ReconAfricas drilling in Namibia Register here for the Energy Voice daily newsletter, bringing you key news and insight from across the global energy landscape. Th...