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Fresh initiatives to restore degraded African land emerge

Two ambitious initiatives to restore 100 million hectares of degraded and deforested land in Africa by 2030 were on Sunday (December 6, 2015) launched...

Desertification: Sokoto outlaws tree-felling

In a bid to curb desert encroachment and land degradation, the Sokoto State Government has banned the practice of felling trees which some use...

Nnimmo Bassey: Let’s talk about our land

Although we do know that the environment affects everything we do in life, including how we live and die, we often think that it...

Bassey: My memories, hopes for Ogoniland

In the spirit of the third year anniversary of the release of the report on Ogoniland by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Nnimmo...

Activists lament state of Ogoniland, three years after UNEP report

Monday August 4th, 2014 marks the 3rd year anniversary of the damning report of the assessment of Ogoni environment conducted by the United Nations Environment...

Activists demand action to end Ogoniland pollution

President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria has been asked to take urgent action to end the large scale environmental pollution in Ogoniland, a group of...

ERA to Shell: Stop sloganeering and clean up Ogoniland

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has expressed reservations about remarks credited to the new chief executive officer of Shell, Ben...

Saro-Wiwa: Keeping silent is treason

  At the occasion of third Sustainability Academy of Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Director of HOMEF, Nnimmo Bassey, in Bori, Ogoni pays tribute...

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Deployment of clean energy technologies reshaping global electricity sector – IEA report

New report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) finds that strong deployment of renewables is set to curb growth...
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Don calls for safeguarding of African forests via harmonised biosecurity policies

 African nations have been called upon to safeguard their forests from the proliferation of invasive insect pests by implementing...

Report links alcohol to increased risk of seven cancers

A report on alcohol consumption and cancer risk published on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, has highlighted considerable health risks - particularly...

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Deployment of clean energy technologies reshaping global electricity sector – IEA report

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