In Zimbabwe, despite a $1.4 billion loan from Chinese investors to further expand the biggest coal plant in the country, the government has not yet addressed the concerns of the local community and provided them with new houses as promised. Over 500 families have been...
On February 26, the AfDB CSOs Working Group wrote a letter to the African Development Bank (AfDB), calling on the bank to ensure meaningful opportunities for civil society groups to participate in the Bank’s Annual Meetings, that will take place in Nairobi...
In Korbesa, a village in the region of Isiolo in Eastern Kenya, a conservation project is leading to violent attacks against the local community. On May 8, 2023, Kenyan police violently cracked down on a protest against the conservation agency Northern Rangelands...
For the Indigenous communities living near the Salala rubber plantation in Liberia, life is a daily struggle. The milky latex extracted from the rubber trees is sold to the largest tyres manufacturers in the world, and it is the 4th most exported product in the...