Global News and Analysis
Protecting the “Lungs of West Africa”
Palm-oil corporations pose a grave threat to the people of Sinoe County, Liberia, and the rich rainforests they depend upon.
Articles by Veronique Mistiaen
Africa
The Women Who Stopped the Nuclear Deal Between Russia and South Africa
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.
