How Climate change Ravaged Kayes, Mali: Drought, Famine, mass animal deaths

In April 2025. The Colonist Report Africa set out to understand the reason behind the several deaths of animals and plants in Northwest Mali, our reporter, Dave Dembele looks back from April 2024 to April 2025 to understand the issue… Edited by Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi, Woke Kevin The world’s weather is changing a lot, and it’s…

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Flooded farmland in Arukwo Village – Faith Imbu for The Colonist Report Africa on 26 October 2024

Devastating Floods Leave Nigerian Community in Desperate Limbo

The flood, which began in early October, forced farmers to prematurely harvest crops in an effort to salvage what they could, rather than face total losses. The water level is now gradually subsiding. November 27, 2024. 10:52am Edited by Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi and Kevin Woke. Flooded Community Church in Arukwo Village – Emughedi Arthur Photography for…

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Barricade at ExxonMobil Gate on August 22, 2024/ Prince Ekaoluo Isaac for The Colonist Report Africa

Amid ongoing protests, ExxonMobil seeks intervention, distances itself from recent oil spill in the Niger Delta

August  23, 2024.   2:32p.m The company letter comes a day after The Colonist Report Africa reported on the oil spill and protests by community residents. Barricade at ExxonMobil Gate on August 22, 2024/ Prince Ekaoluo Isaac for The Colonist Report Africa On Thursday, some Ibeno residents barricaded the main gate of Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited,…

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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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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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