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Science journalism on the ropes worldwide as U.S. aid cuts bite Federal freezes to foreign assistance are affecting grants for investigative reporters everywhere—but especially in poorer countries

Science journalism is under threat as global funding cuts hit critical reporting on climate, health & the environment.

Proud to see our co-founder FredrickMugira, featured on @sciam, emphasising that investing in independent science journalism matters.

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What happens to education when communities are submerged?

In Unity State, floods are disrupting learning but communities, teachers & programmes are keeping girls in school against all odds.

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On Paper, It’s a Community Forest. On the Map, It’s a Mine. - InfoNile Community-managed forests in the DRC, meant to safeguard biodiversity and promote sustainable management, are under threat from expanding mining operations that encroach on dozens of concessions.…

ICYMI: Community forests in the DRC are meant to protect local communities and biodiversity. But a recent @infonile.bsky.social investigation — using mining data obtained by C4ADS — finds over 100 mining permits overlapping on the same land.

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Hear from Senior Researcher James Last & Journalist Henry Owino.
Date: 1st April, 2026
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Join us this #ScienceWednesday as we explore how climate change is affecting Lake Turkana! A recent UNEP study reveals alarming trends in rainfall and lake expansion.

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The Seeds of Change: How Farmers in Northern Uganda are Cultivating a New Future - InfoNile The problem, he realised, wasn't the soil or the seeds, but the traditional, rudimentary post-harvest handling practices.

Farming shouldn’t be a gamble, but for many, climate change has made it one.

Erratic rains. Failing harvests. Uncertain futures.

Yet across communities in Northern Uganda, farmers are pushing back - adapting, innovating & reclaiming their land.

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Hear from Senior Researcher James Last & Journalist Henry Owino.

Date: 1st April, 2026
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Lake Turkana, the world’s largest desert lake is rising, not shrinking. Ancestral homes, schools & livelihoods now lie underwater as the desert lake swallows its shores.

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Reporting on mining in the DRC carries risks. Jonas Kiriko secured critical information using @forbidden-stories.bsky.social’s #SafeBoxNetwork, helping ensure the investigation could continue safely

Credits: @pulitzercenter.org @oxpeckersnews.bsky.social @annikamcginnis.bsky.social

In this data-based investigation, Jonas Kiriko spotlights the mining permits fueling this tension.

This story was produced in partnership with the @pulitzercenter.org’s Rainforest Investigations Network
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Community-managed forests in the DRC are under serious threat. Designed to protect biodiversity & enable sustainable management, they're now facing encroachment from mining operations

This story is by Jonas Kiriko with support from @pulitzercenter.org

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For our next #SciWed we shall explore how Tanzania is grappling with 220 invasive species, 75 of which threaten environments and biodiversity.

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In Kongwa District, Tanzania 🇹🇿, the invasive weed "Mahata" is strangling crops, sucking soil nutrients dry, and forcing farmers to flee their land. A devastating threat to food security!

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Join us next wednesday, for the #NileWell #SciWednesdays as we explore how invasive weeds“Mahata” are choking crops, depleting vital soil nutrients, & driving people to abandon their farmland in Kongwa District, Tz.

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Lake Victoria is Choking. Art and Storytelling are Helping it Breathe - InfoNile For a decade, NAAM Festival has turned art into action, using music, storytelling and performance to speak to climate change realities that lakeside communities experience daily

Lake Victoria is suffocating under pollution & neglect. But across its shores, art is giving it voice & hope.

#NAAMFestival is using music, poetry, recycled-art installations & storytelling, transforming public engagement into action. - ChagalaD

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How Nature is Reclaiming its Place Across the Rwandan Capital - InfoNile In just three years, Rwanda's capital, Kigali converted a degraded swamp into a functioning wetland featuring ponds, a riverine forest, and a savanna.

Once degraded by sand mining, farming & urbanisation, Kigali’s wetlands are being reborn.

18,000+ acres of restored wetlands now weave through the city’s hillsides & valleys, a blueprint for climate-smart cities.

Story by @AnnonciataB & @FrederickJC1 👇
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Lake Victoria, the world's second largest lake, is poisoned by sewage, industry & farm runoff.

Over two years, we partnered with 16 scientists and journalists to test the waters in 🇺🇬, 🇰🇪 & 🇹🇿. We found toxic levels.

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Once degraded by sand mining, farming & urbanisation, Kigali’s wetlands are being reborn.

18,000+ acres of restored wetlands now weave through the city’s hillsides & valleys, a blueprint for climate-smart cities.

Story by @AnnonciataB & @FrederickJC1 👇

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InfoNile Home - InfoNile Navigate interactive narratives through maps and layers with text related to locations as you scroll.

Thousands of great apes are stolen from the wild, often with devastating brutality.

The surge in digital platforms has made it much more efficient pushing these intelligent, social animals closer to the brink. -
@TC_Africa

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Sowing Despair: How Climate Shocks and Crop Failure Are Fueling Suicide in Rural Uganda - InfoNile Each failed season drives farmers deeper into debt and despair. Suicide becomes, for some, an escape from the relentless cycle of hunger, debt, and shame.

In regions like Karamoja & Kotido 🇺🇬, extreme weather and repeated crop losses are pushing farming families into debt, hunger, and deep despair.

Tecy Hellen examines how climate shocks are eroding mental health & livelihoods.

Here's how 👉 bit.ly/4a01JhE

About 4 billion people live with severe water scarcity for at least 1 month a year.

UNUOP warns we’re using fresh water faster than nature can replenish, and many natural systems like rivers & aquifers are unable to recover. - The Conversation Africa

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Sand Mining Increasingly Silting Aswa Waters - InfoNile Although this deposition can occur naturally due to erosion and runoff, in the case of Aswa, it has been exacerbated by human activities.

The Aswa River in northern Uganda 🇺🇬 is choking under uncontrolled sand mining.

Families in Lira & Alebtong earn from sand, but wetlands are degraded, water polluted & only 57% access safe water.

Story by Immaculate Amony

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Invasive Plants Threaten Agriculture in Tanzania's Kongwa District - InfoNile This invasive plant, which began spreading in the early 1900s, has increasingly occupied farms causing significant damage to crops and left many farmers impoverished.

In Kongwa District, Tanzania 🇹🇿, the invasive weed "Mahata" is choking crops, depleting soil and forcing farmers to abandon land.

This story was co-produced by journalist Jenifer Gilla and scientist Dr. Upendo Richard.
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Chart produced showing water use by method of fuel extraction and energy generation under world governments' current stated energy policies. Graph produced by International Energy Agency. Graph shows the combination of water use in extraction of oil gas and coal combined with water use generating power from these, places fossil fuels as most water consumptive, followed closely by biofuels, then nuclear, with renewables and hydrogen consuming the least water.

Fossil fuels + biofuels use high levels of water in extraction, production + in energy generation, says IEA. If governments pursue the most ambitious net zero targets, water use in the energy sector could reduce by 20 billion cubic metres by 2030.

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In Kotido, northern Uganda🇺🇬, the climate crisis has done more than dry up rivers - it has broken lives & drained hope.

But under a shade tree, a circle of women is finding strength, solace, and community through shared healing.

Find out how👉 bit.ly/4jYA59A

Ethiopia 🇪🇹 harbors many unique endemic plant species, but several face extinction. The Gulelle Botanical Garden is leading an effort to conserve medicinal plants.

Story co-produced by journalist Tewodros Kassa & scientist Fikadu Erenso.

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Lake Turkana: Desert Lake Swallows Its Shores, Fueled by Climate Change - InfoNile As dawn breaks over Lake Turkana, the winds curl across the water, dragging waves toward the shrinking land. The emerald surface glitters with promise, yet

Lake Turkana, the world’s largest desert lake is rising, not shrinking.

Ancestral homes, schools & livelihoods now lie underwater as the desert lake swallows its shores.

Communities are confronting a future rewritten by rising waters.

Read: infonile.org/en/2026/01/l...