The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has uncovered 460 illegal mining sites and arrested 387 suspects in 14 months, says the NSCDC Mining Marshals, Commander, Attah Onoja on Wednesday in Abuja. Onoja said that from the successfully identified…
Biodiversity Loss Demands Urgent Global Action – Guterres
UN News/Vibhu Mishra: A tiger cools off in a stream on a hot day in Chitwan National Park, Nepal. Thanks to efforts by local communities and the government, the park’s tiger population has rebounded but the species remains critically endangered.…
Haiti: Displaced Children Face Sexual Violence Risk
© IOM/Antoine Lemonnier : Haitians displaced by violence find refuge on the streets of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Armed violence and insecurity in Haiti have exposed already vulnerable children to sexual violence and exploitation, the UN Office for the Coordination…
Shell’s Nigeria Exit Doesn’t Stop Billions in Cleanup Liability – Niger Delta Activists Warn Shareholders, Investors
As Shell divests from its Nigerian subsidiary SPDC, communities and civil society demand justice, cleanup funds, and accountability for decades of oil pollution in the Niger Delta—raising legal, financial, and moral questions about Shell’s exit strategy, ongoing liability for decades long environmental pollution and capability of the new entity to undertake remediation efforts.
Top German Companies Cut Emissions by 6%, equal to 1.1 million people
A price jump can be seen on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange display board with the Dax curve. Credit: Arne Dedert/dpa By Julian Weber, dpa Leading German companies listed on the country’s top stock market index recorded lower greenhouse…
Lagos Set July 1, 2025 Date To Commence Enforcement of Ban on Single – Use Plastics
The Lagos State Government announced over the weekend that the ban on the usage and distribution of Single-Use Plastics (SUPs) will be fully enforced statewide on July 1, 2025. Speaking at Alausa Secretariat during a courtesy visit by the…
USAID’s Demise Threatens a Vital Health and Climate Solution in Africa
A funding stoppage hurts efforts to phase out polluting home cookstoves and replace them with cleaner alternatives. The Trump administration’s gutting of the US Agency for International Development, with 80% of its programs now canceled, is a blow for clean…
New Report Exposes Global Financing of Unjust Industrial Agriculture Practices – Seeks Investment for Agroecology in Africa
Follow the money, find the injustice: Industrial agriculture is bankrolled, agroecology is starved. In March 2025, AFSA convened over 100 food systems actors from across Africa in Nairobi to expose how industrial agriculture is bankrolled by global financial systems…
Fresh Oil Spill Hits Rivers State as Communities Cry Out for Accountability
Barely two weeks after the oil spill that ravaged Ogale community in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State, another devastating environmental incident has struck—this time in Ikata community, Ahoada-East Local Government Area. The fresh spill, which occurred in the…
UN Warns of $4 trillion Shortfall Threatening Global Development Goals
© UNICEF/Vlad Sokhin: None of the targets under SDG 6 on water and sanitation are on track to be met. Globally, over two billion people lack access to safe drinking water, and more than three billion lack access to safe…
