Oil: Politics, Poverty and the Planet

About the author Toby Shelley has reported from many countries in the Middle East, North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa over the course of twenty years as a journalist. He works for the Financial Times. Previously he was regional energy news editor for Dow Jones Newswires. He has covered many OPEC conferences and reported extensively on the oil industry in the North Sea. He contributes regularly to Middle East International. His most recent book is Endgame in the Western Sahara: What Future for Africa’s Last Colony? (Zed Books, 2004).