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

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

Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi1 year ago3 weeks ago323 mins

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…

Photo shows Josephine Tonon Demonstrating how portable solar lamp work at her shop in Morop village on Wesley Langat on February 16, 2024 for The Colonist Report Africa.

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

The Colonist Report1 year ago3 weeks ago214 mins

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…

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

Idris Ibrahim1 year ago3 weeks ago117 mins

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…

Photo shows wood used as fuel in Amafor village in Ohaji/Egbema community in Imo State, eastern Nigeria on November 29, 2023/Nwaobasi Chidinma Rosemary for The Colonist Report Africa

Increase in petroleum products puts Nigerian trees at risk

The Colonist Report1 year ago3 weeks ago210 mins

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…

South Africa: Mpumalanga gas project aims to bridge JET gap

The Colonist Report1 year ago3 weeks ago014 mins

Development of R155-million LNG pilot in Amersfoort promoted as a way to alleviate energy shortages while South Africa transitions to renewable energy. Thabo Molelekwa investigates February 28, 2024. 11;20 a.m. A core hole drilling site at dawn. Kinetiko describes the Amersfoort project as South Africa’s largest onshore LNG project. Photo supplied The development of natural gas…

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

The Colonist Report1 year ago3 weeks ago216 mins

Despite the ban on non-biodegradable plastic importation and manufacture, the government has granted 918 import exemption certificates since 2015 By Issouf Tapsoba February 22, 2024. 9:00am Photo shows a reserved area transformed into a garbage dump. It illustrates the magnitude of the production of plastic waste from the population/Issouf Tapsoba, on January 20, 2024, for…

Photo showing Goi waterfront/ The Colonist Report

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

The Colonist Report1 year ago3 weeks ago219 mins

In the past, harvesting cassava required a hoe; however, these days, harvesting is possible without one, and the tubers are typically small. By Nwanekwu Faustina Chiwendu February 5, 2024. 12.26pm Photo showing Goi waterfront/Nwanekwu Faustina Chiwendu on 5 January, 2024. Chijioke Onyenma, a farmer from Omuma in Rivers State in the Niger Delta, plants his…

Despite EU’s £92 Million Aid, DRC IDPs say help is scarce

The Colonist Report1 year ago3 weeks ago126 mins

In October 2023, the EU announced it had spent €92 million for internally displaced persons in DR Congo, but IDPs said they hardly received support. By Anicet Kimonyo January 29, 2024. 11:55 am Kanyaruchinya camp/Anicet Kimonyo on January 17, 2024 In 2023, the European Union declared that it had provided humanitarian funding totaling “nearly…

Indian battery recycling company that cuts Malians air

The Colonist Report1 year ago3 weeks ago118 mins

“Yes, of course, I am aware of the pollution. This is a recycling plant,” says Kumar Jagdish, company unit director. By Dave Dembele January 25, 2024. 12:03pm Pallet of scrap lead-acid batteries/Wikimedia Common/ November 26, 2011 In Sanankoroba, a town outside of Bamako on Route Nationale 7 (RN7) that leads to Sikasso in Mali, which…

Special Report: Incessant plastic pollution kills one, threatens more lives on Nigeria’s waterway

Faith Imbu1 year ago3 weeks ago114 mins

The boat driver could not dodge all the plastics in the river, and before he realised there were hidden floating plastics beneath the water surface, he lost control of his boat, which was loaded with passengers and the boat capsized. January 25, 2024 2:15am Photo showing boats surrounded by plastic waste in the river at…