Environment & Climate Change
HumAngle’s Climate Desk researches, evaluates information about climate change, its characteristics, causes and impacts, and ways to mitigate it.
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Farmers in Northeastern Nigeria Are Beating Climate, Economic Hardships with Solar Irrigation
At dawn, Hayin Gada awakens with the quiet hum of labour. A sloping stretch of farmland beyond the Numan Bridge…
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Nigeria’s Lithium Boom: A Blessing or a Curse for Local Communities?
The Kebbi State Government, under the leadership of Nasir Idris, recently announced that some Chinese investors will set up a…
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Buried Wealth, Stolen Futures: The Hidden Costs of Artisanal Mining in Borno
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… One Friday afternoon in January, I was led to the Dogon Daji…
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Central African Republic Soldiers Arrest Cameroonian Loggers for ‘Illicit Occupation’
The Central African Republic (CAR) soldiers arrested 16 Cameroonians allegedly caught amid illegal logging in the country’s forest on Feb.…
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The Struggles of Borno’s Loggers Amid Deforestation and Official Extortion
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… He stood in the doorway, dressed in a grey, faded kaftan worn…
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From Disaster to Recovery: Borno’s Government Aid Falls Short for Devastated Families
Following the devastating floodwaters that ravaged Maiduguri, capital of Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, in September 2024, hundreds of families were…
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Nigeria’s Cocoa Industry in Shambles as Farmers Battle Theft and Violence
Every morning, farmers at Araromi Oke-Odo, a rural community in the Ife-South Local Government Area of Osun, South West Nigeria,…
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The Forest Exploits of Nigeria’s Blood-Thirsty Terrorists
Ali Mainasara can’t forget quickly. He badly wanted to speak about his plight, but no one would ask. A gang…
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Amid Deforestation Scourge, Vanishing Herbal Plants Pose Health Crisis in Southwestern Nigeria
In front of Muftau Ajao’s house in Isalu-Iseyin, a community in Oyo State, South West Nigeria, a group of locals…
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Scores of Flood Victims Stranded in Cameroon’s Far North
Four months after devastating flooding caused death and destruction in Yagoua, the Mayo-Danay division of Cameroon’s Far North, thousands of…
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