Protests across Africa, Europe and North America target TotalEnergies during AGM

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Protests across Africa, Europe and North America target TotalEnergies during AGM

Communities, activists and civil society organisations from Africa, Europe and North America staged coordinated protests, community dialogues, cultural events and public forums this week to coincide with TotalEnergies’ Annual General Meeting. Meanwhile, police arrested activists in New York during an action targeting JP Morgan Chase over its support for fossil fuel projects. This includes the controversial East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). Spotlight on TotalEnergies The protests coincided with the TotalEnergies AGM, where shareholders gathered. Organisers used the occasion to spotlight projects such as EACOP, Mozambique LNG and other fossil fuel developments associated with TotalEnergies. Organisers in New York temporarily shut…

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Africa Corps: Russian cluster munitions found in Malian village despite national ban

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Africa Corps: Russian cluster munitions found in Malian village despite national ban

Russian cluster munitions have been found in a Malian village. Mali is a signatory to the cluster bomb convention, though Russia is not. Russia’s mercenary group Africa Corps is currently operating in the west African state where a civil war is taking place. Investigative group Bellingcat identified the munitions in a 26 May report: Unexploded Russian-made cluster munition bomblets, as well as damage consistent with bomblet impacts, have been found in a village in northern Mali – despite the West African country being a state party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) which prohibits their use. Radio France International first…

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