Case brought under new French vigilance law seeks to hold domestic companies accountable for their actions abroad. SOPHIE NEIMANJanuary 28, 2020 A group of six French and Ugandan NGOs has banded together to challenge France’s largest company, Total. The plaintiffs have accused the oil giant, which operates in 130 countries across 5 continents, of human rights
Angola reports 253 billion Kwanzas in oil export earnings for May
Angola recorded export earnings amounting to 253.3 billion Kwanzas (about 1.06 billion US dollars) from the sale of 49.8 million barrels of crude oil in May this year, according to the latest statistics issued by the Ministry of Finance. During the month, the oil exports, which account for the large bulk of the country’s export