Oilwatch Africa network held its General Assembly in Durban South Africa from September 8-14 2008. For nine days Oilwatch Africa members, emerging oil and gas communities around Africa, activists, groups and friends of Oilwatch Africa from over 23 African countries and beyond gathered in Durban, South Africa to reflect on the impact of oil on their lives and their environment. They also agreed to reinvent Oilwatch Africa, by infusing the network with more dynamism, opening the network up to more communities all over Africa given the renewed focus and increased tempo of oil and gas exploration taking place all over the continent. The General Assembly furthermore helped the network to reassert itself as the platform that supports local initiatives in Africa pertaining to community resistance against the impacts of oil and gas activities.

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