March 29, 2019
West Africa: Innovating livelihood options for the planned restoration of Ogoniland Summary
The Ogoniland area of the Niger Delta region has experienced widespread contamination from petroleum hydrocarbons originating from Nigeria's active oil sector. Read more »
March 01, 2018
Sierra Leone: Land, the Environment, and Elections - Why Natural Resource Governance Should Take Centre Stage in Sierra Leone's 2018 Elections
The ancient ford truck belched black smoke on the highway as it laboured with its heavy load towards Freetown. Chunks of rough-hewn tree trunks overflowed its wagon. A dirty, red… Read more »
December 08, 2017
West Africa: The Impact of Unemployment and Pollution On Bauxite Producing Communities in Guinea
Mining communities across Guinea have been plagued by social unrest, especially in the Boke region where protests, often triggered by the lack of running water and electricity, has… Read more »
November 21, 2017
West Africa: Echoes From Across the River
The wave of institutionalization of democracy through regular elections in Sub-Saharan Africa has intensified over the last two decades.[1] Read more »
August 15, 2018
Sierra Leone: Why Natural Resource Governance should take centre stage in Sierra Leone's 2018 Elections
In a country with less than 5% original forest cover remaining, it should be scandalous that logging still happens on a grand scale. But government has been decidedly indecisive. Read more »
July 06, 2015
Africa: Why Tackling Illicit Financial Flows Offers Energy and Climate Opportunities for Africa
African governments lose billions of dollars in revenues each year through illicit financial flows. Dishonest companies use offshore accounts, trade mispricing and tax avoidance to… Read more »
February 05, 2015
West Africa: Introducing Water
What is WATER? Read more »