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

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…

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The cobalt curse of the DR Congo

Cobalt is a critical energy transition mineral, but its use in batteries and electric vehicles comes at a high price for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Oscar Nkala investigates February 18, 2024.   9:05 am Photo shows cobalt ore packaged for export at Ruashi Mine in Kolwezi. Images sourced When Roger Milolo left his hometown…

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Nepalese farmers are struggling to get electricity for irrigation, while the government is prioritising electricity supply to India

Due to a lack of electricity in villages, Nepalese farmers use diesel pumps for irrigation. By Mukesh Pokhrel  February 9, 2024.     12:23pm Photo showing solar underground water pumping at Chipparmahi Rural municipality in Parsa district/ Mukesh Pokhrel on November 5, 2023. Sanjaya Gupta, 48, a farmer, lives in the Rupandhei district, about 300 kilometres…

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

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…

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

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…

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Indian battery recycling company that cuts Malians air

“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…

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

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…

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