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MAJI Research on Coal Mining in Kogi State

The Cost of Coal - The Social, Economic and Environmental Impacts of Coal Mining in Nigeria

Ankpa Local Government Area (LGA), Kogi State, Nigeria, is part of a host of extractive local government areas in Nigeria, who suffer from the “Resource Curse”. People living in the rural communities covered by this local government area continue to suffer huge environmental, livelihood and health impacts of industrial and artisanal coal mining activities 

We can't Breathe - Africa chokes on COVID-19 and fossil fuel flames

We can’t breathe – Africa Choking on COVID and Fossil flames

On the 10th of August 2020, Oilwatch Africa, held a virtual Annual General Meeting (AGM), with the theme- . The AGM was attended by 32 participants from 12 African countries, including Nigeria, Togo, Swaziland, Mozambique, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, DRC, Uganda, Cote d’Ivoire, Zimbabwe, Ivory Coast.

The Unyi Mainstreaming Project - A Campaign Against Dirty Energy

The Unyi MainStreaming Project - A Campaign Against Dirty Energy

With support from the Global Greengrants Fund (GGF), the Unyi Mainstreaming Project looks to adopt a collaborative strategy that will provide increased stakeholder interaction, awareness and the sensitization of key target groups using sustainable mass media platforms and space. The project will build the capacity of representatives’ from the Federation of Nigerian mining host communities (Kogi State chapter), civil society organizations and journalists, working and reporting on the extractive industries within the state.

Inclusive Governance Strategies - A Recipe for Sustainable Change

Inclusive Governance - A Recipe for Sustainable Change

Using the interactive and participatory methodologies adopted under the second phase of the Electorate Awake and Participate Project (EAPP), the Project team conducted a community needs Assessment across the 319 wards located in the 23 Local Government Areas of Rivers State.

TIME FOR NATURE - World Environment Day 2020

Today marks another clarion call to all stakeholders of environment as a reflection of our continued interactions and actions on our god-giving commonwealth, most of which has been negatively impacting our environment. As the earth continues to bleed due to continued indiscriminate human and industrial activities it is time to ask our selves the fundamental question of environmental sustainability.  What kind of environment will our generations and ones yet unborn inherit from us?