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Three lives lost in Limbe: Cameroon cannot keep meeting the rains with bare hands
On the morning of Wednesday 5 August 2026, the people of Mbende, a hillside neighbourhood in Limbe, woke to grief.
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Voices on extractive economies from the Eastern Cape: Part 1
We are not saying we will never see change. What I'm saying is that we will die trying. As long as we are still alive, we will never stop fighting
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We are still standing: from Lokolama, our forest continues to speak
The forest of the Congo Basin did not wait for international conferences to be protected. It has been safeguarded for generations by the people who live within it. Indigenous Peoples are not the past. They are an essential part of the forest’s future.
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Kenya’s nuclear plant in Siaya: how asking questions became “terrorism”
On the shores of Lake Victoria in western Kenya, communities opposing a KSh 500 billion nuclear plant are being arrested, shot at, and branded terrorists. Here is what is actually happening, and who these people really are.
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INC-5: Why the UN Tax Convention matters for climate justice
Africa is paying twice for the climate crisis: first through devastating floods, prolonged droughts and rising food prices and then through a global tax system that allows many of the world's wealthiest individuals and largest multinational corporations to exploit loopholes that reduce their tax obligations, despite their disproportionate contribution to climate change.
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More than a race: what Kayar’s pirogues tell us about the ocean
When I arrived in Kayar to attend the pirogue race, I expected to witness a sporting competition. But as the songs rose from the shore and the crowd cheered the crews on, I realised that what was unfolding before me was about much more than winning a race.
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We’re taking JBS, the world’s largest meat company, to court over its Nigeria expansion
JBS, a global meat empire controlled by two billionaire brothers, wants to stay in the shadows while they export their destructive business model to Nigeria. That’s why we’re taking them to court to reveal the truth.
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I was a journalist student, not a climate statistic: how the floods in Cameroon shaped my life
Last Month, it rained again in Yaoundé. Rain, which was once seen as a blessing has now been a crippling cause of anxiety in my country.
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Africa 2026 floods: How climate change and poor planning are drowning a continent
Every rainy season, the water comes for us. And every season, we call it a disaster, as if we did not watch it approach.
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The double standard of toxic pesticides and the legal case for corporate accountability in Africa
Africa’s food sovereignty and public health should never be the collateral damage of global chemical dumping. For years, a silent but deadly double standard has played out across the African continent, hiding in plain sight within our agricultural value chains.