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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Hope Fades For Sokoto Farmers As Perennial Flooding Destroys Farmlands
The unusual roars of the cloudy sky over the village of Tsitse chiselled a warm smile on Salihu Yakubu’s face.…
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This Community Transforms Its Organic Wastes Into Fertilisers, But It’s Not Enough
In Dambam, the concept of dumpsites is unheard of. Instead, waste is seen as a treasure. Farming families gather their…
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Nigerian Farmers Face Hardship Amidst Soaring Inflation And Insurgency
Musa Bulama, 48, used to harvest more than 30 bags of maize in previous years, but this year he cannot…
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Monthly Sanitation Returns To Lagos Amidst Cholera Outbreak, Improper Waste Disposalcholera
In the face of a worsening cholera outbreak, Lagos, the epicentre of Nigeria’s crisis, is finding solutions. Just days after…
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Insecurity Stings Livelihoods Of Local Beekeepers, Honey Sellers In North West Nigeria
Kachia, a beekeeping hotspot in Kaduna, North West Nigeria, where fear now hangs heavy in the air, is home to…
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The Oil In The North: A Hidden Environmental Cost
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… It was 2 a.m. one January morning in Dumbe, five kilometres from…
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Victims Of Armed Conflict Turn To Deforestation To Earn A Living In Northeast Nigeria
Adam Mustapha, a 37-year-old father of five in Bama, a town in central Borno state, northeast Nigeria, navigates the challenges…
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Niger Delta Communities Grappling With Health Impacts Of Gas Flaring
Listen to this article0:000:00 In the silence of midnight on Oct. 24, 2023, the cries of Amara Ebiere’s five-month-old baby,…
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Help Not Reaching Most Victims As Droughts In Ethiopia Kill Hundreds
“Ethiopia” and “drought” sitting in the same sentence does not come as a shock to those who have studied the…
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Despite Charcoal Ban, Forests Continue To Disappear In Nigeria’s North East
Returning home upon completing his dawn prayer, 39-year-old Bukar Gana* quickly prepared to be on his way. He gathered his…
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