Nigeria: Three Killed, Schools, Others Destroyed As Boko Haram Attacks Borno Communities – Official
[Premium Times] Governor Zulum cuts short Abuja trip to visit the affected Borno communities. AllAfrica News: West Africa More...
Nigeria: Expert Advises Govt to Cede 50% of Oil Royalties to Host Communities
[This Day] An Emeritus Professor of Petroleum Economist and Policy Research, Prof. Wumi Iledare, has advised the federal government to surrender 50 per cent of the oil royalties to the host communities. AllAfrica More...
Zimbabwe: Child Marriages Worry Chimanimani Communities
[The Herald] Villagers in Chimanimani have raised concern over the increase in cases of early marriages, which has seen a significant decline in the number of girls reaching Ordinary Level. AllAfrica News: Southern More...
Rwanda: Kwita Izina – Kagame Commends Park Communities as 24 Gorillas Are Named
[New Times] As Rwanda marked its annual gorilla naming ceremony popularly known as Kwita Izina, President Paul Kagame took time to send special thanks to communities living around Volcanoes National Park for their More...
Congo-Kinshasa: Beni – Local Communities Have Received Means and Equipment for Their Socio-Economic Recovery
[Monusco] “We received carpentry training in Mavivi as well as tools such as saws and planers which have been handed over to us today. I’m sure we’re going to make a better use of them”, More...
East Africa: Communities ‘Left Out’ of Oil Pipeline Project
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Communities fear unfair resettlement, low compensation and damage to their rich and diverse environment, say charities. AllAfrica News: East Africa More...
In Brazil’s Javari Valley, isolated communities fear Covid-19 ‘catastrophe’
Remote indigenous communities in Brazil, who have little or no contact with the outside world, are facing a grave threat from Covid-19 — and advocates accuse the government of failing to protect these vulnerable More...
Africa: Beyond Tourism – Investing in Local Communities to Protect Wild Spaces
[UNEP] For ten years, Dixon Parmuya has guided tourists on bush walks around Amboseli National Park in Southern Kenya. But since COVID-19 swept through Kenya in mid-March, the country’s tourism industry has More...
Nigeria: How Covid-19 Deepens Education Crisis in Communities Already Ravaged By Conflict
[Premium Times] Gabriel Ogunjobi travels to the borderland between Nigeria and Benin Republic in Ogun State where brutal attacks on farmers by marauding herdsmen have caused untold tragedies. He reports on how COVID-19 More...
Nigeria: New Insights Into How Communities Resist Boko Haram
[ISS] Communities affected by violent extremism are frequently considered to have risk factors linked to socio-economic deprivation, bad governance and religious radicalisation. These factors prevail across the More...
