Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi

Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi is the founder of The Colonist Report, an investigative journalist with an interest in reporting on environmental and climate issues happening across the globe.

Rumuwhara community land/ Faith Imbu for The Colonist Report Africa/2024.

Despite the law’s passage, Nigerian women still face barriers to land-sharing

Despite the law’s passage, Nigerian women still face barriers to land-sharing If a woman is given land in her family, it means she will benefit more than the men when she gets married….  August 7, 2024.   10:30am Rumuwhara community land/ Faith Imbu for The Colonist Report Africa/2024. Women in Nigeria’s Rivers State have continued to…

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The only manual well in the village of Kabundji and its surroundings, serving about 10,000 inhabitants. Photo: Jonas Kiriko

Communities in the DRC are left out of the mining transition negotiations

Affected residents told Jonas Kiriko that while they are excluded from the negotiations, outsiders are now in charge of the talks with the company. August 5, 2024.  12:12 pm The first health institution under construction in the village of Kabundji, built by the state with mining royalties. Photo: Jonas Kiriko Subsidiaries of Canadian mining company…

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Regulatory challenge: Artisanal miners at work in Geita. Photo courtesy National Environmental Management Commission

The dangers in the transition to clean energy in Tanzania

The dangers in the transition to clean energy in Tanzania Most of the new mining projects are still at exploration and development stage, but mining policy analysts have already warned of the dangers ahead, Oscar Nkala investigates… July 15, 2024.    7:50 a.m. Regulatory challenge: Artisanal miners at work in Geita. Photo courtesy National Environmental…

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Global Press Freedom Day: How environmental journalism met creative expression

By Federick Mugira June 7, 2024.     6:00 p.m. Amidst the spirited celebration of Global World Press Freedom Day in Chile in May 2023, a groundbreaking fusion of environmental investigative journalism and artistic expression unfolded, illuminating the urgent need for innovative storytelling formats for the environmental crisis worldwide. The initiative, by UNESCO’s Multi Donor Programme on Freedom of Expression…

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All the villages The Colonist Report visited can only be accessed through the mountains. Photo shows a section of Lithakong village on November 1, 2023. Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi for The Colonist Report.

UK-Diamond company that won water and climate awards has been linked to water pollution in Lesotho

June 5, 2024.  9:49 a.m. For eight months, Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi, Sechaba Mokhethi, and Cindy Sipula investigated years of outcry from residents living near a UK diamond mining company. The team conducted scientific analysis of water  flowing out of the company waste pipe into the community river, used satellite imagery to determine the level of alleged…

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Photo shows different vapes/Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi for The Colonist Report/2024.

Vapes: Lack of laws puts African kids, the environment at risks

With no proper disposal plans in place in Nigeria and Burkina Faso, disposable vapes are recklessly dumped in public places alongside other waste products, sometimes ending up in rivers. Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi, Elza Sandrine Sawadogo, Kevin Woke May 28, 2024.  6:00a.m. Photo shows different vapes/Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi for The Colonist Report/2024. Vapes, popular in the UK and…

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