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Articles by Veronique Mistiaen

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Protecting the “Lungs of West Africa”

Veronique Mistiaen August 12, 2019 Veronique Mistiaen

Palm-oil corporations pose a grave threat to the people of Sinoe County, Liberia, and the rich rainforests they depend upon.

Liz McDaid and Makoma Lekalakaka in front of the South Africa’s only nuclear power station – Koeberg. Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize

The Women Who Stopped the Nuclear Deal Between Russia and South Africa

Veronique Mistiaen April 30, 2018 Veronique Mistiaen

Two South African women, Makoma Lekalakala and Liz McDaid, have won the Goldman Environmental Prize, the world’s largest award honoring grassroots environmental activists, for stopping their government’s massive secret nuclear deal with Russia – a deal that would have threatened the country’s health, environment and finances.

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