A Liberian soldier, on joint patrol with Sea Shepherd, about to board an illegal shrimper.Photo: Sea Shepherd global

How to fight illegal fishing

Can fishers, coastguards and marine activists see off the thieves from powerful nations plundering the seas of West Africa? Aïda Grovestins reports.

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NI 521 - Who owns the sea? - September, 2019
Photo: Chokniti Khongchum/Alamy

Protecting the ‘lungs of West Africa’

Veronique Mistiaen speaks to environmental lawyer Alfred Brownell about the grave threat palm-oil corporations pose to the people of Sinoe County, Liberia, and the rich rainforests they depend upon.

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NI 520 - The right to the city - July, 2019

Ebola - the facts

Statistics and more on the spread of the virus through West Africa.

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NI 493 - Love in the time of Ebola - June, 2016

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Who owns the sea? September, 2019
The right to the city July, 2019
Love in the time of Ebola June, 2016
Total control - is Monsanto unstoppable? April, 2015
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