NEW: "With no formal settlement plan at Sabon Birni, displaced families began occupying public schools, motor parks, and abandoned buildings. These spaces were never designed for habitation."
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NEW: "Although the hazard allowance was part of a revised agreement reached with the company, community members said it is hardly enough to take care of their health needs as some of them spend as much as N10,000 on drugs yearly." https://t.co/YeQZ1SCfea
NEW: Under the weight of displacement and extreme heat, the struggle of mothers and pregnant women in Sokoto’s informal camps has gotten worse.
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NEW: Nigeria is heating up faster than farmers can adapt. With rising debt, failed crops, and uncertain rains, Northern Nigerian farmers face a future on the frontline of climate change.
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NEW: The gold rush sweeping north-central Nigeria has intensified into a health and environmental emergency, with thousands of artisanal miners inhaling toxic mercury vapors each day.
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NEW: The gold rush sweeping north-central Nigeria has intensified into a health and environmental emergency, with thousands of artisanal miners inhaling toxic mercury vapors each day.
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OUT SOON: The gold rush in north-central Nigeria has escalated into a health and climate crisis, with thousands of artisanal miners exposed daily to mercury vapour. This urgent story will be published soon on EcoPivot.
OUT SOON: The gold rush in north-central Nigeria has escalated into a health and climate crisis, with thousands of artisanal miners exposed daily to mercury vapour. This urgent story will be published soon on EcoPivot.