Bird wrongly believed by locals in Nigeria's Delta State as ‘espionage’ eagle Jude Johnson There was confusion in Ofagbe Community in Delta State, South-South Nigeria, on Sunday, November 22, 2020, when a hunter shot down an Eagle belived to be on a spy mission on the Nigerian space. However, this was actually
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Timeline: Environmental Disasters Across World, Nigeria in June 2020
At least 20 people, including 4 minors, killed in landslides in India's northeastern Assam state; over 100 houses are destroyed and 300 people displaced in Akwa Ibom state in Nigeria. By Burak Bir The sixth month of 2020 witnessed numerous environmental disasters that impaired climate change and vice versa -- including deadly
What Next for the US and the World?
Thomas Friedman recently opined in The New York Times about "how we broke the world." While it’s possible to dispute elements of Friedman’s analysis, it’s difficult to dismiss his general thesis. From a viral pandemic to economic recession to social unrest over race and equality, the world does seem to be at
Nigeria, Other African Countries Get New Tool to Predict Climate-Related Disasters
•Extreme weather is becoming more common in Africa as the planet warms, resulting in huge losses for economies dependent on farming and countless deaths due to floods and mudslides Jude Johnson with Reuters Report A new weather forecasting system in Nigeria and Africa, allows meteorologists to track approaching storms in real time,
Extreme weather disasters and wars displace millions in Nigeria, globally
Forced from their homes by floods, storms and wars, millions of internally displaced people are now at risk of a pandemic. Extreme weather displaced 24 million people within their countries in 2019, with conflict and other disasters driving a further 9.5 million from their homes, according to a report published
Conflict: Nearly 72m people face acute food insecurity in Nigeria, seven others–Report
•Says hunger used as weapon of war •Its 'a matter of life and death' in Nigeria •Calls for implementation of UNSCR 2417. Senator Iroegbu The Action Against Hunger, the world's nonprofit hunger specialist has warned that nearly 72 million people in Nigeria and seven other seven other conflict-ridden countries face acute food insecurity. To this end,
Climate change pushes farmers to ‘tipping point’ in Lake Chad crisis
Nellie Peyton Climate change must be addressed to tackle conflict around Lake Chad, researchers said on Wednesday, as increasingly extreme weather has pushed poor farmers and fishermen to take up arms. The region bordering Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon has been hit by a decade-long Islamist insurgency, uprooting 2.5 million people in
Humans are speeding extinction and altering the natural world at an ‘unprecedented’ pace
Brad Plumer Humans are transforming Earth’s natural landscapes so dramatically that as many as one million plant and animal species are now at risk of extinction, posing a dire threat to ecosystems that people all over the world depend on for their survival, a sweeping new United Nations assessment has concluded. The
Earth Day: 41 percent of Nigerians see climate change as a major threat–Global Survey
•A look at how people around the world view climate change Jude Johnson, Moira Fagan and Christine Huang Nigeria is in the top 25 countries with major concern about the dangers posed by climate change, according to the recent Pew Research Center global survey. But the report indicated that only 41 percent of
Editors’ picks: Why you need to read these 2018 stories–Report
•Why they matter in 2019 Editor's note: These top 10 most popular stories are those you clicked on most in 2018, but the IRIN team also had their own favourites. Over the past 12 months, IRIN reporters spanned out across the globe to examine under-reported crises,long-running conflicts, extremism, sudden disasters, slow-burning emergencies, and the humanitarian consequences of migration. Here are