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ReconAfrica

Canadian company exploring for oil in Namibia in credibility battle

Africa

Canadian company exploring for oil in Namibia in credibility battle

By Timo Shihepo and Sam Sole for amaBhungane

SA environmentalist to cycle across Africa to protest against fossil fuel extraction

Africa

SA environmentalist to cycle across Africa to protest against fossil fuel extraction

By Tembile Sgqolana

Canadian firm ReconAfrica’s quest for Namibian oil and gas poses seismic risk to elephant behaviour

Africa

Canadian firm ReconAfrica’s quest for Namibian oil and gas poses seismic risk to elephant behaviour

By Annette Hübschle and Sophie Rathmell

Bob Scholes’ last warning on the Kavango Basin: ‘The wildcatters are coming’

Africa

Bob Scholes’ last warning on the Kavango Basin: ‘The wildcatters are coming’

By Elana Azrai

$Paradise is closing down: The ghastly spectre of oil drilling and fracking in fragile Okavango Delta$

Africa

Paradise is closing down: The ghastly spectre of oil drilling and fracking in fragile Okavango Delta

By Andreas Wilson-Spath

$Threat of fracking looms large over Okavango Delta and other conservation areas$

Africa

Threat of fracking looms large over Okavango Delta and other conservation areas

By Geoff Davies

Mining licence for Namibia's sensitive Kavango region goes underground

Our Burning Planet

Mining licence for Namibia's sensitive Kavango region goes underground

By Jeffrey Barbee with editing by Kerry Nash