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Congo Equatorial Guinea European Union Guinea Guyana Honduras Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos Liberia Libya Madagascar Malaysia Myanmar Nicaragua Nigeria Papua New Guinea Peru Russia South Sudan Sudan The Philippines Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Zimbabwe | Aug. 19, 2014 Oil, Gas & Mining Afghanistan Gaps in new Afghan mining law pose a threat to stability Afghanistan’s new mining law has serious weaknesses, warns Global Witness, as President Hamid Karzai signed the bill onto the statute books. The gaps in the law increase the risk that the country’s mineral wealth will fuel conflict and corruption instead of development, the campaigning group adds. | Aug. 4, 2014 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining Angola BP and partners’ US$350 million payments in corruption-prone Angola show need for U.S. transparency rule As African leaders meet Barack Obama, campaigners ask where has the money gone? As Heads of African governments gather in Washington D.C. for the U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit tomorrow, there is a crucial issue that must get attention: where does the money from natural resource deals go – including US$350 million being paid by U.S.-listed companies for a mysterious research center in Angola? | Aug. 1, 2014 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining Open Letter to President Obama from African Civil Society African civil society leaders of the Publish What You Pay coalition send an open letter to Obama on the eve of the U.S. - Africa Leaders’ Summit, calling on the U.S. to end secret payments. | July 4, 2014 Oil, Gas & Mining Nigeria Italian authorities raid ENI in fresh investigation into billion dollar Nigerian oil scandal | July 1, 2014 Responsible Minerals Oil, Gas & Mining South Sudan 全球见证组织告诫:南苏丹必须立即停止签发新石油合约 English version 计划于本周在亚的斯亚贝巴重开的和平谈判再一次延期。与此同时,全球见证组织(Global Witness)在今天发表的一份简讯中告诫,南苏丹政府必须立刻下令,暂停签发任何新的石油合约。 世界各国领导人正竭尽全力,以试图找到方法以平息南苏丹这个世界上最年轻的国家中所发生的暴力事件。与此同时,全球见证组织也向这些领导人发出呼吁,希望他们能够共同要求南苏丹领导层停止批准任何新的石油交易,暂停正在进行的所有相关磋商。 “过去五个月,南苏丹的普通民众亲眼目睹了自己的国家在战争中四分五裂,”全球见证南苏丹项目官员艾玛·维克斯说道,“如果基尔总统领导下的政府想要确保人民的未来不会也被出卖,就必须发布这份中止令。” 南苏丹是世界上石油依存度最高的国家。2011年该国独立时, 98%的政府收益来自石油销售。政府将这些收入用于发展经济和基础设施。 | June 13, 2014 Oil, Gas & Mining D.R. Congo British oil company’s back-tracking on World Heritage Site looks like a ruse Soco’s announcement indicating a pull-out from an iconic African park leaves too much wiggle-room Spirit of statement immediately undermined by Deputy CEO’s comments in the Times Soco must fully answer serious questions over corruption, arrests and violence Soco International said this week that it would finish its current round of oil exploration in an internationally important African park but would not commission further work there unless Unesco and the Congolese government “agree that such activities are not incompatible with | June 5, 2014 Oil, Gas & Mining Nigeria UK Crown Prosecution Service fails to block proceeds of corrupt Nigerian oil deal Campaigners demand explanation from Crown Prosecution Service The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has failed to prevent more than US$110 million from a corrupt Nigerian oil deal leaving the UK, even though it had powers to do so, say Global Witness and Re: Common. The anti-corruption watchdogs warn that by allowing such funds to pass through the UK unconstrained, London is acting as a conduit for corrupt money diverted from the citizens of Nigeria. | June 4, 2014 Responsible Minerals Oil, Gas & Mining South Sudan South Sudan must urgently halt the issuing of new oil contracts, warns Global Witness 简体中文 Read the briefing, South Sudan: the call for a moratorium on new oil contracts, click here. | May 20, 2014 Oil, Gas & Mining Global Witness response to Royal Dutch Shell comments at its AGM today The company has again failed to answer some fundamental questions about the OPL 245 deal and its continued lobby to keep payments to governments secret. We welcome Shell’s invitation to discuss the OPL 245 deal further. However, Shell’s disclosure at the AGM that it has lobbied the Prime Ministers of both the Netherlands and the UK about the EU transparency legislation is concerning, given that Shell is pushing to weaken the laws. The directives are law and are not for negotiation. | May 19, 2014 Oil, Gas & Mining Shell’s Nigeria investments at risk from corruption scandal, investors warned Campaigners call on Shell to stop lobbying against new transparency laws Royal Dutch Shell’s involvement in a deal which saw $1.1bn diverted into the hands of a former Nigerian oil minister could see the company lose a valuable oil block, says Global Witness. The deal for oil block OPL 245 off the coast of West Africa is being investigated by authorities in the UK, Italy and Nigeria.[1] Show Previous 10 Show Next 10