“We Are Suffering”: Despite Steps Taken, Gas Flaring Still Threatens Livelihoods in Niger Delta
“We cry each time we go to harvest our plantains. We expect big bunches but we get angry seeing small bunches because of [gas] flaring.”
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Navya Pothamsetty
- Jun 29
- 7 min
Hyena Helpers for Human-predator Harmony
“People want to... feel heard and want to see that there are efforts being made, regardless of the evidence behind what works."
Samuel Ajala
- Mar 9
- 9 min
Widowed and Homeless, Internally Displaced Nigerian Women Recount Devastating Flood Experiences
“I was thinking when he makes it, he would take care of me and my daughters. But no, he is gone painfully.”
Samuel Ajala
- Oct 21, 2022
- 7 min
"Official Negligence": Floods in Nigeria Threaten Millions, Quarter of Country's GDP
Nearly 16 million people in Nigeria, 4.2 million of them urban, are currently exposed to 1-in-100-year flood threats.
Cara Doumbe Kingue
- May 17, 2022
- 8 min
Pourquoi combattre le réchauffement climatique nécessite aussi de combattre la misogynoir
Les femmes noires ont en même temps le « malheur » d’être des femmes et de ne pas assez l’être parce qu’elles sont noires.
Cara Doumbe Kingue
- May 17, 2022
- 7 min
Perspective: Fighting Climate Change Is Also About Fighting Misogynoir
If Black women have some of the keys to tackling this crisis, then we need to make sure that they are rightfully considered in society.
Toluwalogo Niji-Olawepo
- Jul 18, 2021
- 7 min
Is Nigeria On a Sugar Rush?
At one point, it seemed as though almost every person above the age of forty was either a diabetic or a prediabetic.
Nidhi Parekh
- Jun 28, 2021
- 5 min
Wealthy Countries: Keep the COVID Vaccines You Definitely Need, Donate the Rest!
The solution to this problem is seemingly simple, but is convoluted by politics: Keep what you will definitely need, donate the rest!
Toluwalogo Niji-Olawepo
- Jan 18, 2021
- 9 min
Dealing With the Dark Days: A Personal Struggle With PMDD
So I give up. I would turn off the lights, bury myself under layers of blankets, and soak my pillow with tears till I fall asleep.
Ahna Skop
- May 13, 2020
- 32 min
Love in a Pandemic—the Scientist and the Serviceman
In a million years, I could have never guessed that a career military man would be a match for me.
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