Lagos Lagoon Evictions: Nigeria’s Push for Luxury Developments Threatens Communities

On April 11, 2025, NPR reported a deeply unsettling trend unfolding along Nigeria’s Lagos Lagoon: thousands of residents have been forcibly evicted over the past decade to clear space for luxury developments. Long-standing communities on the lagoon’s peninsulas and islands—once thriving, self-sustaining, and culturally rich—are now under siege. The Nigerian Navy, in collaboration with government … Read more

Africa’s Sky Guardians: Why Saving Vultures Is Key to Our Survival

In the skies over Kenya’s Rift Valley, a silent extinction looms. The continent’s vultures, long misunderstood and vilified, are rapidly vanishing. With a dramatic 90% decline in populations across West, Central, and East Africa, conservationists are sounding the alarm: save the vultures, or risk ecological collapse. Recent reporting by the Associated Press outlines how these … Read more

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