Africa
Arab Revolution hits Sudan
Street clashes continued in the Sudanese capital Khartoum for a second day after massive protests broke out over the regime's move to cut fuel subsidies.
Tag: control of oil
Greater Middle East
Did climate change spark Syria crisis?
A jet stream blockage related to climate change caused the Russian wheat crop to fail in 2010, halting exports to Syria and the Arab world, and fueling unrest and revolt.
The Andes
Colombia: students, workers join peasant strike
Tens of thousands have taken to the streets across Colombia, as workers and students joined the strike launched by campesinos in the north of the country.
Greater Middle East
‘Anti-war’ movement still betraying Syrian people
Anti-war voices in the US raise nonsensical slogans like "No war in Syria!"—blind to two million refugees, 100,000 dead, bombs falling on schools, and acts of genocide.
Planet Watch
Nez Perce block tar-sands ‘megaload’
A 225-foot “megaload” of oil equipment hauled along US Highway 12 through Idaho and Montana, bound for a tar-sands site in Canada, was repeatedly blocked by protesters.
North Africa
Libya: workers shut down oil terminals
Libyan oil production this month fell below 400,000 barrels per day—from 1.65 million bpd a year ago—as striking workers shut down export terminals.
The Amazon
Ecuador opens Yasuni reserve to oil interests
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa announced that he is abandoning plans for an ambitious internationally funded conservation program at Yasuni National Park in the Amazon.
North Africa
Libya: protesters mob Muslim Brotherhood offices
Libyan protesters attacked offices of the Muslim Brotherhood's political party in Tripoli and Benghazi following the assassination of secular activist Abdelsalam al-Mismari.
Iraq
Iraq: oil boom amid sectarian war
Iraq unveiled an ambitious energy strategy to ramp up oil production to 4.5 million barrels per day by the end of next year—as sectarian violence escalates.
The Amazon
Bolivia to open protected areas to oil industry?
Indigenous protests were held in Bolivia against Vice President Álvaro García Linera’s announced plans to open the country’s protected areas to oil and mineral interests.
The Andes
Ecuador: protests mount over mining, oil
Protesters crashed the opening of the Expominas trade fair at the Quito Exhibition Center, where Ecuador's government sought to win new investors for the mineral and oil sectors.
Africa
Pipeline intrigues behind South Sudan fighting
South Sudan says Khartoum is fomenting rebellion in Jonglei state in a bid to block the South’s plans to build an oil pipeline through Ethiopia to a port in Djibouti.