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Cameroon/Equatorial Guinea : How Paul Biya forced SNH’s hand to make up with Teodorin Obiang

Representatives from the Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH) are getting ready to make a trip to Malabo over the coming days, on direct instructions from President Paul Biya. On the programme for the visit is the problematic joint project to […] ​Representatives from the Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH) are getting ready to make a […]

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Recycling Lead for U.S. Car Batteries Is Poisoning People

Recycling lead for U.S. car batteries is poisoning children — and we know because we tested them. Will Fitzgibbon, a reporter at The Examination, describes how children in Nigeria developed lead levels associated with lifelong brain damage, and how factory workers told us they were coughing up black dust. ​Recycling lead for U.S. car batteries

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Auto Industry Was Warned For Years of Poisoning, Sickness From Car Batteries

Despite decades of evidence on the toxic effects of lead battery recycling, companies opted not to act and blocked efforts to clean up the industry. ​Despite decades of evidence on the toxic effects of lead battery recycling, companies opted not to act and blocked efforts to clean up the industry. Read More

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Auto Industry Was Warned For Years of Poisoning, Sickness From Car Batteries

Despite decades of evidence on the toxic effects of lead battery recycling, companies opted not to act and blocked efforts to clean up the industry. ​Despite decades of evidence on the toxic effects of lead battery recycling, companies opted not to act and blocked efforts to clean up the industry. Read More

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Namibia’s New Minister of Health and Social Services Reimagines Health Care

Dr. Esperance Luvindao, who leads the country’s health and social services and is the youngest health minister in Africa, has ambitious plans. ​Dr. Esperance Luvindao, who leads the country’s health and social services and is the youngest health minister in Africa, has ambitious plans. Read More

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DRC : Ex-president Joseph Kabila keeps his visit to Goma shrouded in mystery

After travelling to the provincial capital of North Kivu in late May, Félix Tshisekedi’s predecessor could return to the city mainly to rally the opposition. ​After travelling to the provincial capital of North Kivu in late May, Félix Tshisekedi’s predecessor could return to the city mainly to rally the opposition. Read More

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