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…
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…
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…
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…
The Niger Delta is sick and needs to be healed By Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi and Faith Imbu April 18, 2024. 12:00pm Photo shows gas flaring in Omoku in Rivers State, Nigeria/Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi in 2019. The Niger Delta region has for over six decades been paying huge ultimate prices orchestrated by fossil fuel companies. While these companies…
April 8, 2024. 6:14am The rates of skin pathologies and genital infections among female and paediatric patients have skyrocketed, the investigation found… Photo shows residents washing clothes in community river/Photo credit:RAID Children who live in close proximity to cobalt mining communities in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo are being negatively impacted by the…
April 3, 2024. 8:49am Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi, Cindy Sipula, and Martin Vrba’s six-month investigation discovered that the failure to completely “cover the mine” continues to affect generations born before its existence. Photo shows the uncovered mine in Kabwe in October 2023/The Colonist Report. Several news outlets reported on lead poisoning among Kabwe residents four decades ago, alleging…
For more than two decades, Morop village has never had any power supply, despite having overhead power lines running on roads By Wesley Langat March 26, 2024. 14:09 Electricity transmission lines running close to Eunice’s house at Moop village/Wesley Langat on February 16, 2024 for The Colonist Report Africa. It is a hot…
The Colonist Report Africa discovered that, despite the state governor’s ban on African rosewood, massive logging continues in North East Nigeria March 15, 2024. 6:31am Photo shows abandoned rosewood trees at Zaura Uku/Idris Ibrahim for The Colonist Report Africa/2023 The Colonist Report Africa investigation has shown that there is a growing amount of illegal…
Some locals claimed to have given up using petroleum products in favour of burning firewood or tyres as fuel By Nwaobasi Chidinma Rosemary March 6, 2024. 10:30 am Photo shows multiple wood in uncompleted buildings used as fuel in Amafor village in Ohaji/Egbema community in Imo State, eastern Nigeria on November 29, 2023/Nwaobasi Chidinma Rosemary…
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