The National Environmental Assessment Agency (Agence nationale des Évaluations environnementales, ANEVE) is the structure responsible for implementing all environmental assessment strategies in Burkina Faso. What are the recurring failings in terms of non-respect for the environment? What are the...

From 8 to 10 June 2023, the city of Saly in Senegal will be hosting the Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Global Coalition's 2023 Africa Conference on the theme "Towards a collaborative and just energy transition for Africa". More...

The Publish What You Pay (PWYP) 2023 Africa Conference takes place from Thursday 8 to Saturday 10 June 2023 in the city of Saly, Senegal on the theme "Towards a collaborative and just energy transition in Africa". The conference...

On Saturday 3 June 2023 in Rouen, the environmental NGO Greenpeace held a global day of action to raise awareness of the forthcoming bulldozer mining of the seabed. To mark the occasion, the local branch in Rouen took action...

Alain P.K. Gomgnimbou, Doctor of Environmental Science and Director General of the Agence Nationale des Évaluations Environnementales (ANEVE), tells us that "all mining projects undergo an environmental assessment prior to start-up". He was speaking in an interview on the...

Since 1974, the international community has celebrated World Environment Day every 5 June. Its commemoration aims to raise awareness and encourage action to protect the environment. The theme of World Environment Day on 5 June 2023 will focus on...

The Secretary General (SG) of the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Quarries, Jean-Baptiste KABORE, chaired the national workshop for the validation of the draft mining code on Friday 2 June 2023 in Ouagadougou.After 07 years of implementation of the...

A chartered accountant with a proven track record in the private sectorFaced with power cuts in MaliThey denounce projects blocked by the Malian presidencyLamine Seydou Traoré is no longer Mali's Minister of Mines, Energy and Water. He tendered his...

The experts made an urgent call for reforms to tackle the pressing problem of corruption in the transition minerals supply chains.Corruption undermines essential safeguards that protect local communities and the environment, redirects public money into private hands, and disrupts...

This opinion piece was published by Jean-Claude Katende, National Coordinator of Publish What You Pay (PWYP) DRC. It was first published on 13 November 2022 in the Ugandan newspaper The Independent before PWYP reprinted it on its website on...