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18 June 2026

‘If you don’t have money you have to have sex with me’

Workers at Africa’s biggest energy project ‘offered jobs for sex’ as soldiers paid by French energy giant committed abuses.

17 June 2026

‘There will be no trace’

Undercover reporting reveals a parallel financial system moving illegal payments in and out of Russia—and backed by the Kremlin

9 June 2026

Dark Guards

Ex-combatants linked to Russian military come aboard to control captains

24 April 2026

UK oil refiner shifted Russian loans offshore

Essar group shifted billions to tax haven following Ukraine invasion

31 March 2026

Seeds of doubt

Kenyan farmers say the Italian energy giant Eni’s biofuel project has left them stranded

16 March 2026

Indonesian exporters in palm oil probe supplied European fuel majors

Oil firm Eni and jet fuel seller Neste among companies that bought from targeted suppliers

24 November 2025

‘Dirty Energy Empire’

Soaring electricity demand in Mumbai, where Amazon has 16 data centres, has led to crumbling coal power stations being kept open—and worries that AI is helping keep the world hooked on fossil fuels