Who benefits from Senegal’s offshore oil drilling?

Senegal hopes a move into offshore oil will transform its struggling economy but questions remain about who will actually see the economic benefits.Oil drilling can provide vital income for poor countries but it can also lead to social unrest and environmental damage when mismanaged – on top of the climate impact of burning the resulting fuel. In Senegal, the government’s plans have elicited mixed feelings in a population already struggling with climate change, degradation of traditional fishing grounds, and outbreaks of political violence.Australian oil company Woodside announced in June that it had extracted the...