In Lagos, the rainy season signifies more than the inconvenience of getting your feet wet and trying to remember your umbrella. Instead, annual flooding means getting wet to at least your knees if you venture out. But...
As world shifts to green energy, Iraq and Nigeria among those vulnerable to ‘wave of instability’
Ogale and Bille villagers say Shell oil operations have caused severe pollution including to their drinking water
Exclusive: African state says it has agreements with oil companies in Lake Chad area
Samples from illegal refineries in Niger delta found to be of a higher quality than imported petrol in new analysis
South Africa-based renewable energy startup Sun Exchange has raised $3 million to close its Series A funding round totaling $4 million. The company operates a peer-to-peer, crypto-enabled business that allows individuals...
Nigerian startup Rensource Energy has raised a $20 million Series A round co-led by CRE Venture Capital and the Omidyar network. The renewable energy company builds and operates solar-powered micro-utilities that provide...
As one of sub-Saharan Africa’s largest producers of tomatoes, Nigeria grows up to 1.5 million tons of the fruit annually, yet nearly half of that harvest fails to make it to the market. In a bid to provide a solution to...
Photographer Robin Hinsch travelled to the Niger delta, visiting the gas flaring sites, artisanal refineries, and meeting the communities living in the hugely polluted environments caused by the oil industry
Oil companies must respect human lives and clean up the damage their industry does wherever they operate, say Dr John Sentamu, Baroness Amos, Prof Michael Watts, Njeri Kabeberi and James ThorntonThe devastating impact of...
From The GWPF Date: 09/03/19 Edwin Timmer, De Telegraaf To tackle global climate change it is far more important that fast-growing developing countries do more than any well-intentioned steps in the Netherlands...
In Lagos, Nigeria, one of the world’s fastest growing cities, a visionary design has been proposed to rethink waste and provide much-needed urban green space atop the metropolis’ former Olusosun Landfill...
Samson Ogbole is a Nigerian farmer who is trying to solve the problem of land shortages in his native country. Nigeria’s population has now reached 190 million, but there isn’t enough land in the country to grow the food...
Ogoniland women produce most of the family’s food but the twin pressures of land grabs and pollution are making it impossible for them to survive
Rights group publishes full evidence review, including statements alleging Shell managed undercover police unit in 1990s after its operations ended in Ogoniland
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