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Covers:  Environment, economy, energy, climate change, global health and development
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Journo. FT: @BBC_Future | @SciDevNet | @Africaarguments | @Reuters etc. Winner @SanlamAwards 22/23. Finalist @truestoryaward 2024. @journalismfund grantee.
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How clean cooking helps the climate

How clean cooking helps the climate

BBC — Catherine Chinenye's morning routine is one of early morning prayers and breakfast, before visiting her family's nearby cassava and yam farms in Umuekpe village, in south-east Nigeria. At the farms, she begins to tend the twisted tendrils of yam and blooming cassava stems. From time to time, she adds bits of firewood to the heap in a corner of her farm.
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Fighting plastic waste: a double-edged sword - Sub-Saharan Africa

Fighting plastic waste: a double-edged sword - Sub-Saharan Africa

SciDev Net — Plastic waste problem is a source of income for many, but health risks are often neglected, writes Justice Nwafor. ‌ ‌During a typical morning, 39-year-old Abubakar Sani stands holding a sack loaded with used polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles and containers at the HISL Recyclers in Lagos, Nigeria, waiting to place it on a weighing scale.
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How years of underfunding health sector affected Nigeria's response to COVID-19 (Part 1)

How years of underfunding health sector affected Nigeria's response to COVID-19 (Part 1)

Nigerian Tribune — In 2001, African heads of state met in Abuja and agreed to appropriate not less than 15 per cent of their annual budget to healthcare. But ever since, Nigeria has failed to inch any closer to the agreed percentage, leaving the country's healthcare system grossly unable to respond to outbreaks.
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'We are losing our eyes': Inside Imo community where gas-flaring rages unchecked

'We are losing our eyes': Inside Imo community where gas-flaring rages unchecked

Nigerian Tribune — Over the years, oil producing communities have suffered neglect, environmental pollution and intense health hazards as a result of exploration activities of oil companies, where gas flare is chief. Nearby communities have not been left out in this complex, as the impacts have crossed the bounds of host communities.
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Investigation: Untold stories of smuggling, struggles at Nigeria-Benin border

Investigation: Untold stories of smuggling, struggles at Nigeria-Benin border

Nigerian Tribune — In August 2019, the federal government shut Nigeria's land borders in a move to stem the tide of smuggling. But complaints have trailed the policy, the most striking being allegations that smuggling still goes on. JUSTICE NWAFOR visited Idiroko, Ogun State, the border town between Nigeria and Benin Republic, to investigate the allegations.
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#24 - How lockdown in Nigeria relies on fossil fuel generators

#24 - How lockdown in Nigeria relies on fossil fuel generators

Substack.com — Hello, and welcome to this latest edition of From a Climate Correspondent, a newsletter exploring the climate crisis around the globe. Each week we share insights from a different country on the fight against climate change.
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FEATURE: Illegal mining booms, as Nigerian govt eyes untapped mineral wealth

FEATURE: Illegal mining booms, as Nigerian govt eyes untapped mineral wealth

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Mozambique banks on LNG to ease budget strain

Mozambique banks on LNG to ease budget strain

Allen Dreyfus — Mozambique expects to earn an average of 4.95 billion meticais ($79.16 million) annually from its Coral Sul floating LNG project between 2025 and 2027, generating a total of roughly $237.5 million over the three-year period.
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UK-Turkish mining firms having a blast in Nigeria

UK-Turkish mining firms having a blast in Nigeria

The Black Sea — Residents living beside Turkish-run quarries say they are under constant siege from falling chunks of rock, relentless dust, and deafening explosions that can strike at any hour.
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