Paying the Price

Paying the Price

Paying the PricePaying the PriceHow a Lesotho water project is caught between U.S. and China, with locals paying the price Maloraneng village lies next to the Khubelu River, a vital...
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Finding Fish: How Contaminated Seafood Threatens Generations in Nigeria’s Oil Delta

Finding Fish: How Contaminated Seafood Threatens Generations in Nigeria’s Oil Delta

By AnuOluwapo AdelakunPulitzer Center Grantee/ West Africa Editor for Water Journalists Africa.Bodo, Rivers State, Nigeria. https://youtu.be/ZllJXj1jXQY Nombare Tabu sets his trap in Bodo Creek every other day, just as his...
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A Poisoned Legacy: How Contamination and Flawed Cleanup Efforts Define Life in Oil-rich Communities in Nigeria

A Poisoned Legacy: How Contamination and Flawed Cleanup Efforts Define Life in Oil-rich Communities in Nigeria

By AnuOluwapo AdelakunPulitzer Centre Grantee/West Africa Editor for Water Journalists Africa Rivers State, Nigeria  https://youtu.be/nsT5w_N-7b8 The water from Comrade Noble Nwolu's house borehole smells like crude oil. When he runs...
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Lesotho’s textile sector faces devastation and environmental fallout amid US tariff uncertainty and expiring AGOA

Lesotho’s textile sector faces devastation and environmental fallout amid US tariff uncertainty and expiring AGOA

This story by Pascalinah Kabi was produced with support from Bertha Foundation Impact Fund. In the small southern African kingdom of Lesotho, leaders of the once-thriving textile industry say the...
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Ugandan teen wins big global prize for her ideas on clean toilets

Ugandan teen wins big global prize for her ideas on clean toilets

Innocent Agonza A young student from Jinja, eastern Uganda is getting a lot of attention around the world after winning a top award in a big video contest. Lynette Mujaasi...
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Urgent Help for Libyan Farmers Facing Dry Times

Urgent Help for Libyan Farmers Facing Dry Times

Two big international groups, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), are teaming up with the Libyan government on a new...
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Paying the Price

Paying the Price Paying the Price How a Lesotho water project is caught between U.S. and China, with locals paying the price Maloraneng village lies

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Mozambique’s pulp fiction

A Portuguese eucalyptus forestry project is rapidly spreading harmful exotic species in Mozambique’s rural areas in order to supply Europe’s packaging needs. Davide Mancini, Juan Maza

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