Cobalt mining in DRC causes childhood illnesses, reproductive health issues in women —Report

The rates of skin pathologies and genital infections among female and paediatric patients have skyrocketed, the…

Life after Lead Poisoning: “What Happened to the World Bank’s $65 million Support for Lead Victims in Zambia?”

Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi, Cindy Sipula, and Martin Vrba’s six-month investigation discovered that the failure to completely “cover…

Lack of electricity supply for decades lures Kenyan small business owners to embrace solar systems

For more than two decades, Morop village has never had any power supply, despite having overhead…

“Some operators were crushed to death while falling rosewood:” A beehive of illegal logging in Nigeria despite the ban

The Colonist Report Africa discovered that, despite the state governor’s ban on African rosewood, massive logging…

Increase in petroleum products puts Nigerian trees at risk

Some locals claimed to have given up using petroleum products in favour of burning firewood or…

South Africa: Mpumalanga gas project aims to bridge JET gap

Development of R155-million LNG pilot in Amersfoort promoted as a way to alleviate energy shortages while…

Burkina Faso’s botched policy increases plastic waste, kills livestock, forces importers to use sunlight to detect biodegradable plastic.

Despite the ban on non-biodegradable plastic importation and manufacture, the government has granted 918 import exemption…

The cobalt curse of the DR Congo

Cobalt is a critical energy transition mineral, but its use in batteries and electric vehicles comes…

After The Colonist Report investigation, DRC IDPs got food

The food distribution comes a week after The Colonist Report reported the level of hunger at…

“The weather is too hot for the crops to yield”: How Climate Change is causing food scarcity in the Niger Delta

In the past, harvesting cassava required a hoe; however, these days, harvesting is possible without one,…