{"id":54969,"date":"2023-10-01T16:53:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T16:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations"},"modified":"2023-10-01T17:05:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T17:05:58","slug":"protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations","title":{"rendered":"Protesters Want ReconAfrica Forced to Leave Namibia After Parliamentary Investigation Finds Law Violations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>A recent parliamentary investigation in Namibia has revealed several violations of the country\u2019s laws by Canadian oil exploration company ReconAfrica. Despite these findings, the company has been allowed to continue its oil exploration activities.<\/p>\n

The investigation uncovered that ReconAfrica initiated its oil exploration activities without obtaining the required permits, a serious violation of Namibian regulations. However, a member of the ruling party committee downplayed these violations, referring to them as minor in nature.<\/p>\n

In addition to these legal issues, ReconAfrica is currently facing a lawsuit in a U.S. court, accused of misleading its shareholders.<\/p>\n

This situation has sparked protests, with demonstrators demanding the expulsion of the company from Namibia. Nevertheless, the parliamentary committee has recommended that ReconAfrica be permitted to continue its operations while ensuring compliance with Namibian laws.<\/p>\n

The decision to allow ReconAfrica to proceed with its oil exploration efforts despite these legal violations has garnered disappointment from some Namibians. Their concerns revolve around the potential environmental repercussions of oil drilling and the perceived lack of consultation with indigenous communities.<\/p>\n

In response to these concerns, the government has stressed the importance of striking a balance between fostering economic development and safeguarding the environment.<\/p>\n

The outcome of ReconAfrica in Namibia remains uncertain. The company has encountered substantial opposition from environmental advocacy groups and local communities, and its reputation has been tarnished by allegations of misconduct. The ongoing developments will determine whether ReconAfrica can successfully achieve its oil exploration goals in Namibia.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Namibia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. A recent parliamentary investigation in Namibia has revealed several violations of the country\u2019s laws by Canadian oil exploration company ReconAfrica. Despite these findings, the company has been allowed to continue its oil exploration activities. The investigation uncovered that ReconAfrica initiated its oil exploration activities without obtaining the required permits, a serious violation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":54968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-54969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"\nProtesters Want ReconAfrica Forced to Leave Namibia After Parliamentary Investigation Finds Law Violations - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A recent parliamentary investigation in Namibia has revealed several violations of the country\u2019s laws by Canadian oil ex ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Protesters Want ReconAfrica Forced to Leave Namibia After Parliamentary Investigation Finds Law Violations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A recent parliamentary investigation in Namibia has revealed several violations of the country\u2019s laws by Canadian oil ex ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-01T16:53:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-01T17:05:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/10\/sm_1696167184.378495.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"515\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Protesters Want ReconAfrica Forced to Leave Namibia After Parliamentary Investigation Finds Law Violations\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-01T16:53:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-01T17:05:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations\"},\"wordCount\":268,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/10\/sm_1696167184.378495.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"africa press\",\"Africa Press-Namibia\",\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations\",\"name\":\"Protesters Want ReconAfrica Forced to Leave Namibia After Parliamentary Investigation Finds Law Violations - Namibia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/10\/sm_1696167184.378495.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-01T16:53:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-01T17:05:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"A recent parliamentary investigation in Namibia has revealed several violations of the country\u2019s laws by Canadian oil ex ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/10\/sm_1696167184.378495.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/10\/sm_1696167184.378495.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":515,\"caption\":\"Protesters Want ReconAfrica Forced to Leave Namibia After Parliamentary Investigation Finds Law Violations\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Protesters Want ReconAfrica Forced to Leave Namibia After Parliamentary Investigation Finds Law Violations\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/\",\"name\":\"Namibia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Protesters Want ReconAfrica Forced to Leave Namibia After Parliamentary Investigation Finds Law Violations - Namibia","description":"A recent parliamentary investigation in Namibia has revealed several violations of the country\u2019s laws by Canadian oil ex ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Protesters Want ReconAfrica Forced to Leave Namibia After Parliamentary Investigation Finds Law Violations","og_description":"A recent parliamentary investigation in Namibia has revealed several violations of the country\u2019s laws by Canadian oil ex ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations","og_site_name":"Namibia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-10-01T16:53:11+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-10-01T17:05:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":515,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/10\/sm_1696167184.378495.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Protesters Want ReconAfrica Forced to Leave Namibia After Parliamentary Investigation Finds Law Violations","datePublished":"2023-10-01T16:53:11+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-01T17:05:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations"},"wordCount":268,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/10\/sm_1696167184.378495.jpg","keywords":["africa press","Africa Press-Namibia","namibia"],"articleSection":["all news","community"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations","name":"Protesters Want ReconAfrica Forced to Leave Namibia After Parliamentary Investigation Finds Law Violations - Namibia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/10\/sm_1696167184.378495.jpg","datePublished":"2023-10-01T16:53:11+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-01T17:05:58+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"A recent parliamentary investigation in Namibia has revealed several violations of the country\u2019s laws by Canadian oil ex ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/10\/sm_1696167184.378495.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/10\/sm_1696167184.378495.jpg","width":720,"height":515,"caption":"Protesters Want ReconAfrica Forced to Leave Namibia After Parliamentary Investigation Finds Law Violations"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/protesters-want-reconafrica-forced-to-leave-namibia-after-parliamentary-investigation-finds-law-violations#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Protesters Want ReconAfrica Forced to Leave Namibia After Parliamentary Investigation Finds Law Violations"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/","name":"Namibia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}