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Vape: The gunpowder in Nigeria

Weaning from Fossil Fuel Addiction

Gas Flaring

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

Photo shows a child with skin rashes in DRC/ RAID and Afrewatch

Life After Lead Poisoning: “What happened to the World Bank's $65 million support for lead victims in Zambia?"

Photo shows uncovered mine, filled with water in Kabwe in October 2023/The Colonist Report Africa.

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

Josephine Tonon Demostratiting how portable solar lamp works at her shop in Morop village on Wesley Langast on February 16, 2024 for The Colonist Report Africa.

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

Abandoned rosewood trees at Zaura Uku/Idris Ibrahim for The Colonist Report Africa/2023

Increase in petroleum products puts Nigerian trees at risk

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Port Harcourt The Colonist Report Africa

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

dump The Colonist Report. Burkina Faso

The cobalt curse of the DR Congo

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After The Colonist Report investigation, DRC IDPs got food

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

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Despite the EU's €92 million aid, DRC IDPs say assistance is infrequent and they end up felling trees for fuel

Indian battery recycling company that cuts Malians air​

Special Report: Incessant Plastic Pollution Kills One, Threatens More Lives On Nigeria’s Waterway​

The Colonist Report Africa
The Colonist Report Africa

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