Constant complaints from residents living near the Kano Industrial areas in northern Nigeria about incessant smells polluting the atmosphere prompted The Colonist Report Africa to investigate the source of the pollution…
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,…
A fisherwoman, accused ExxonMobil of causing the oil spills.
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…
Scientists and researchers told The Colonist Report that enclosed flares are not showing up on satellite data. By Tom Brown, Christina Last May 2, 2024. 11:21 am Photo shows The thermal footage shows a heat signature at the top of the enclosed part of the flare, suggesting that flaring is going on inside the…
April 28, 2024. 6:35am The “fruity sensation of taste” is what initially drew me to it but now I regret it… Photo shows vapes in a shop in London/Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi for The Colonist Report While the UK government is taking steps to prevent children under the age of 18 from vaping, The…
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…
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