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Fish Traders Get Wise to Wetland Conservation

Posted by miguel on Wednesday, 14 August 2013 in Lakes/Rivers/Wetlands

Mopti — At the noisy market in Mali's central city of Mopti, 49-year-old Alimatou Maiga complains about how hard it is to find big fish for sale these days. Extracting a dried fish from a dish full of others, Maiga said supplies have become less plentiful even though the region is Mali's main sourc...

Exxon Niger Spill Spreads for 20 Plus Miles

Posted by amir on Thursday, 10 January 2013 in Oil Spill

, coating waters used by fishermen in a film of sludge. A Reuters reporter visiting several parts of Akwa Ibom state saw a rainbow-tinted oil slick stretching for 20 miles from a pipeline that Exxon had shut down because of a leak a week ago. Locals scooped it into jerry cans. Mark Ward, t...

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The Dying River

Posted by Wolf on Friday, 15 June 2012 in Lakes/Rivers/Wetlands

The Niger River ( /ˈnaɪdʒər/ ny-jər) is the principal river of western Africa, extending about 4,180 km (2,600 mi). Its main tributary is the Benue River. Severely affected by recent turmoil across its northern frontiers, Nigerien touris...