By Collins Odigie Ojiehanor and Patrick Omoake For centuries, palm trees have stood tall across the African continent, not only as symbols of tropical beauty…
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Category: Environment
How Storytelling Is Restoring Hope for Lake Victoria’s Dying Ecosystem
By Patrick Omoake When Ugandan conservationist Brian Tumwesigye first visited Bugala Island on Lake Victoria, he was struck by its beauty. Fishermen casting their nets…
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New Global Report Links 7.9 Million Deaths to Air Pollution
By Collins Odigie Ojiehanor The air we breathe is silently claiming more lives than alcohol, unsafe water, or even malnutrition. From choking city streets to…
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Choking on Progress: How Air Pollution is Stealing Years of Life Worldwide
By Collins Odigie Ojiehanor As the skies turned an eerie orange over New York and Chicago in June 2023, millions of Americans got a taste…
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Amazon Nations Unite to Support Brazil’s COP30 Rainforest Fund
By Patrick Omoake Eight South American nations have pledged their support for Brazil’s proposed Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF), a global fund aimed at channeling…
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Championing Policy Frameworks for Advancing Cross-Border Collaborations on Clean Air in Africa
By Collins Odigie Ojiehanor With Africa’s urban populations surging and the health costs of air pollution escalating even faster, the CLEAN-Air Forum 2025 in Nairobi…
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Mombasa County Pushes Clean Air Agenda with Renewed Action Plan
By Collins Odigie Ojiehanor Nairobi, Kenya— With a renewed focus on cleaner air and healthier communities, the Mombasa County Government is advancing policies that integrate…
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CLEAN-Air Forum 2025: Inclusive Solutions, Data Empowerment, and Citizen Engagement Take Centre Stage
By Collins Odigie Ojiehanor Nairobi, Kenya— With a robust dialogue spanning data governance, public health, innovation, and community engagement, the CLEAN-Air Forum 2025 in Nairobi…
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CLEAN-Air Forum 2025 Opens in Nairobi With Strong Calls for Regional Collaboration on Air Pollution
By Collins Odigie Ojiehanor Nairobi, Kenya— A powerful opening to the 2025 CLEAN-Air Forum has set the stage for a renewed continental effort to tackle…
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Air Quality: Nairobi Hosts Cross-Border Action Forum on Africa’s Air Pollution Crisis
By Collins Odigie Ojiehanor Nairobi, Kenya— Over 300 air quality experts, policymakers, researchers, development partners, and grassroots leaders from across Africa and beyond have converged in…
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