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Cobalt mine in DR Congo poisoning communities, displacing thousands – Report

A new report alleges that CMOC Group Limited (CMOC), the world’s largest cobalt producer, has poisoned local air, triggered a public health crisis, broken national laws...

China’s traditional medicine industry driving global pangolin poaching – EIA

China’s legal domestic market for pangolin medicine products is a key driver of the global illegal trade and poaching of pangolins, a new briefing...

Namibia disregards dangers of trade as it seeks to sell elephant ivory, rhino horn

Despite Africa’s elephants and rhinos still living under serious threat from poaching and illegal trade, Namibia is pushing hard to resume ivory and horn...

Minamata Convention concerns as largest flow of illegal mercury to the Amazon exposed

The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA US)’s new report, "Traffickers Leave No Stone Unturned", exposes the large-scale trafficking of mercury from mercury mines in Mexico - located...

ICPC, EIA forge partnerships to tackle environmental crime in Nigeria

The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has signed what looks like an historic agreement with Nigeria’s leading agency responsible for tackling corruption in the...

Jailing of international wildlife crime kingpin huge blow to illegal trade – Group

Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), an environmental NGO based in the UK, says the jailing of Teo Boon Ching, an Asian illegal wildlife trade kingpin,...

Group seeks international cooperation to tackle wildlife crime in Vietnam

Despite government efforts to reverse the tide of illegal wildlife trade, Vietnamese-led criminal networks continue to play a major role in fuelling poaching and...

10bn tonne plastic pollution bomb ticking away globally – Study

Humans have to date produced a staggering 10 billion tonnes of plastic – of which about six billion tonnes is now plastic waste in...

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Heatwave, epileptic power supply worsen hardship in Lagos

Residents across several communities in Lagos have decried the intense heatwave, erratic electricity supply and fuel price increase, ...
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Motorists, commuters groan as petrol hits N1,350 per litre

Motorists and commuters across Lagos are facing rising transportation costs following another increase in the pump price of petrol,...

Niger Delta: Activists decry persistent oil spills, slow pace of cleanup

Environmental activists in Rivers State have decried the environmental degradation prompted by persistent oil spills and the slow pace...

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Heatwave, epileptic power supply worsen hardship in Lagos

Residents across several communities in Lagos have decried the...

Motorists, commuters groan as petrol hits N1,350 per litre

Motorists and commuters across Lagos are facing rising transportation...