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How antibiotic abuse fuel deaths in Ghana

Jun. 24, 2026
Emmanuel K. Dogbevi
Ghana
The Inaugural portrait of President Donald Trump is displayed on the USDA building overlooking the National Mall in Washington, DC, on June 13, 2025.

MAGA world posts a lot about Africa. A lot is wrong.

Jun. 12, 2026
Jeff Kelly Lowenstein and Andrew W. Lehren
Germany
Boundless Hate
A shipping container transformed into separate toilets

Three years after CCIJ investigation, Namibia makes sanitation improvements, but crisis still remains

Jun. 3, 2026
Freddie Clayton and Sonja Smith
Namibia
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A woman carries a bunch of plantain bananas on top of short log that sits on top of her head.

“Forest is life”

— But Nigeria’s last rainforest is falling fast

Southern Nigerian communities depend on the rainforest. So do endangered gorillas. But illegal logging, mining and disinformation leave them vulnerable.

October 27, 2025

This story is enhanced with augmented reality (AR)

CCIJ conducted a study that examines how deforestation and agricultural expansion in Cross River, Nigeria, have changed the land surface temperature between 2016 and 2025.

The resulting temperature maps serve both scientific and immersive purposes, becoming the base for an augmented reality layer that lets people experience the environmental and health impacts of deforestation.

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The Trump / Africa Divide

President Trump is slashing foreign aid to Africa. The results have been devastating. In this series, the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism investigates the toll: Life-saving medications no longer delivered. Hundreds of thousands projected to die. Spreading disinformation. And more that has African nations scrambling.

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The 2023 Nigerian Presidential Election

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Tracking ICE

Standout reporting and relevant court cases on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during the second Trump Administration.

US government said ICE deported a Chicago man to Venezuela in ‘error’ and let him return to his family

Chicago Tribune

  • June 29, 2026

Activists rally against Oklahoma deportation efforts ahead of July 4th

The Oklahoman

  • July 2, 2026

Brighton mom from Honduras forced to self-deport with US citizen daughter

GBH

  • June 30, 2026

The US Shouldn’t Deport People into War Zones

Counter Punch

  • July 6, 2026

This immigrant served in the US military. Now he faces deportation.

Aljazeera

  • July 5, 2026

Palantir Goes on a Democratic Lobbyist Hiring Spree

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  • June 22, 2026
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Tracking U.S. Aid Cuts to Africa

Stories from around the web on how the Trump administration’s budget cuts are impacting U.S. aid programs in Africa.

Nigeria

A $45 Treatment Can Save a Starving Child. US Aid Cuts Have Frozen the Supply

The New York Times

  • August 15, 2025
Nigeria, Sudan

Vast supplies of U.S. aid remain stranded, despite State Department promises

The Washington Post

  • August 2, 2025
Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

The struggle to protect wildlife around the world as Trump’s aid cuts start to bite

The Independent

  • August 1, 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa

US-funded contraceptives for poor nations to be burned in France, sources say

Reuters

  • July 24, 2025
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda

Hundreds of thousands of US taxpayer-funded vaccine doses may expire, lawmakers say

Reuters

  • July 23, 2025
South Africa

Small win for activists, but SA’s HIV projects won’t get reopened

Bhekisisa: Centre for Health Journalism

  • July 23, 2025
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