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#Geojournalism. Mapping stories on water and environment in the #Nile River Basin. Cross-border multimedia investigative reporting.

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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 17m
The 2026 Walk of Water Photostory Contest is open for submissions from Oct 1 - Nov 30 2026. It invites photographers to document the hidden side of water: wastewater, contamination, sanitation & the people working behind the scenes. USD 9,000 in prize money to be won. Details: lnkd.in/eEm7W3Y8
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Walk of Water Photostory Contest: Out of Sight
Walk of Water Photo Contest: Out of Sight, organized by Onewater.
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A new study in Environmental Research: Water finds that climate-driven stress on water, energy, food and ecosystems in the Lake Victoria Basin could rise from 17% of the basin today to 31-36% by mid-century, under both optimistic and high-emissions scenarios. Full story: 👉 shorturl.at/WgpA4
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How Future Climate May Shape Water, Energy, Food Security, and Ecosystems in the Lake Victoria Basin - InfoNile
A new study published in Environmental Water shows how future climate change will intensify challenges across these sectors, with clear hotspots that need prioritization in policy and adaptation plann...
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
On Sept 18, InfoNile's DRC Coordinator Jonas Kiriko led a workshop in Butembo, Eastern DRC, for about 50 journalists and students on environmental reporting and his investigation into mining permits overlapping community forests. The investigation story link: shorturl.at/KjPyY
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In Pader, Northern Uganda a farmer group that began as 15 women saving in a displacement camp now runs a tractor. In two months it ploughed 130+ acres for local farmers, reducing the burden of manual labour. Read the full story: 👉 shorturl.at/kKBx2 #ClimateSmartAgriculture #Pader
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Journalists in Burundi have been urged to move beyond crisis reporting and embrace human-centred, data-driven environmental journalism. Read more: 👇 English: shorturl.at/p5G58 French: shorturl.at/35Am1 #DataJournalism #ClimateReporting #WaterAndSanitation #MediaTraining
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Burundian Journalists Urged to Embrace Data and Human-Centered Storytelling – Ibihe
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Join For Water Burundi and InfoNile recently co-hosted a two-day capacity-building workshop in Bujumbura, bringing together journalists, communications officers, & media practitioners to strengthen skills in climate change reporting, WASH journalism, data journalism & photojournalism #MediaTraining
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thank you to everyone who joined the #NileWell Scientist–Journalist Policy Forum on 9th Sept 2026! This forum explored what that means for policy & action from conservation vs development to data transparency and community-led conservation Link: shorturl.at/AIp4p
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🚨 #SciWednesday is here! happening today, join the NileWell Policy Forum on how scientist-journalist co-production drives environmental action 🌍💧 🕓 Today, 4–5:30pm EAT Register: 👉 shorturl.at/PL6fg #SciWednesdays #NileWell
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
What does it take to turn scientific evidence into environmental policy action? That's the question at the heart of this Wednesday’s #NileWellPolicyForum discussion. 🗓️ Wed, 9 Sept | 4–5:30pm EAT Register: shorturl.at/PL6fg #NileWell #ScienceJournalism #SciWednesdays
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
What does it take to turn scientific evidence into environmental policy action? That's the question at the heart of this Wed #NileWellPolicyForum 🗓️ Wed, 9 Sept | 4–5:30pm EAT Register: shorturl.at/PL6fg #NileWell #ScienceJournalism #SciWednesdays
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
📢 Our #SciWednesdays are Back! When science and journalism team up, evidence turns into action 🌍💧 
Theme: The Role of Scientist-Journalist Co-production in Advancing Environmental Action 📅 Wed, 9th Sept 2026 ⏰ 4:00–5:30pm EAT Link: shorturl.at/PL6fg #NileWell #SciWednesdays
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🚨 #SciWednesdays is here! Next week on Wed, 9th Sept, join the NileWell Policy Forum on how scientist-journalist co-production drives environmental action 🌍 🕓 4:00–5:30pm EAT Register: 👉 shorturl.at/PL6fg #NileWell #SciWednesdays
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Plastic waste is threatening drainage systems, farmland & the Nile. But in Juba, South Sudan, eco-innovators are turning discarded bottles & tyres into construction materials & furniture, supporting schoolchildren & building houses for the vulnerable. Here's how 👉 bit.ly/3SMywSZ
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
For many women in Migori, Kenya, access to water is burdensome. Long distances to unsafe water sources can mean lost time, health risks & fewer opportunities to work, study or care for their families. Curity Adhiambo documents the challenges & the solutions; 👉https://bit.ly/4hpdGTM
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Across East Africa, #wildlife conservancies are celebrated for protecting nature. But some local communities say the cost has been the loss of their land, livelihoods & decision-making. Can conservation succeed if local communities are left behind?👇 bit.ly/4yQwphf 📸Thorsten
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How Wildlife Conservancies Perpetuate Green Colonialism in Kenya - InfoNile
Extensive devastation of wildlife through sport hunting, wildlife trade and culling meant animals needed greater protection from humans, primarily through state-protected national parks and reserves.
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Elephants shouldn't be eating plastic. Yet plastic found in elephant dung in Queen Elizabeth National Park raises troubling questions about how plastic waste is entering one of Uganda's most iconic wildlife habitats. How did we get here? What can be done? Read the story👉 bit.ly/4gT9Th8
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From Drains to Elephant Guts: What Elephant Dung Reveals About Uganda's Plastic Crisis - InfoNile
The pile of elephant dung looked ordinary.
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
In our latest investigation, @johnblanshe.bsky.social traces the movement of African mahogany from South Sudan through Uganda, examining the trade routes, governance challenges, and environmental implications that shape this transboundary timber trade. Read: 👉 bit.ly/44qKvba
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
For years, conflict & displacement defined Atiak. Today, the community is writing a different story rooted in resilience & innovation. Our latest story by @chagalasive.bsky.social explores how farmers are rebuilding & strengthening food security while adapting to climate change.👇 bit.ly/45amOnF
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From Scars to Sustainability: Atiak’s Climate-Smart Comeback - InfoNile
Heavy reliance on rain-fed agriculture, coupled with the repercussions of destructive human activities, has left Atiak residents extremely vulnerable to the climate change crisis, deepening food insec...
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
African mahogany is one of the most valuable hardwoods, yet little is known about how it crosses borders. @johnblanshe.bsky.social tracks its journey from South Sudan through Uganda, revealing the trade networks, corruption & environmental impacts behind the trade. 👇https://bit.ly/44qKvba
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Despite Global Trade Restrictions, Threatened African Mahogany Wood Still Flows from South Sudan Through Uganda  - InfoNile
Weak enforcement, corruption, conflict and cross-border smuggling continue to fuel the trade in threatened Afzelia wood despite international restrictions.
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Join us for our next #ScienceWednesday as we dig into what's really happening on the shores of Lake Albert; the science, the stakes, and the people caught in between. Date: 15th/07/26 Time: 4pm-5:30pm Register: shorturl.at/U1wW6 #SciWednesday
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
As global demand for cocoa & chocolate products keeps rising, smallholder farmers like Milly Akello are reshaping who grows it, often while adapting in real time to erratic rainfall & rising temperatures in Lira District Read:👉 url-shortener.me/NLUR
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The Tilenga project - Uganda's first oil, is reshaping landscapes, livelihoods & biodiversity. But who benefits? Who bears the cost? What does sustainable development look like in one of Africa's most fragile ecosystems? Read full story 👉https://bit.ly/4w3NT7o
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The amount of used textiles imported from the EU has tripled over the last 2 decades, with nearly half of them ending up in Africa. Yet up to 40% are unsellable waste ending up in landfills, waterways & communities already struggling with pollution. Here's how ➡️🔗https://bit.ly/4vMiGp4
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Uganda’s environmental governance is facing a growing crisis as development projects expand across fragile ecosystems. A study by Mulumba Agaba highlights why stronger oversight & public access to environmental information matter now more than ever. Read👉 bit.ly/4aeLA9a 📸 Jan-Mallander
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Uganda’s environmental governance is facing a growing crisis as development projects expand across fragile ecosystems. A study by Mulumba Agaba highlights why stronger oversight & public access to environmental information matter now more than ever. Read👉 bit.ly/4aeLA9a 📸 Jan-Mallander
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Community forests in the DRC were created to boost green revolution,& empower local people, with substantial multilateral funding. After 8 years, donor withdrawal & poor governance have led to project failures and ongoing deforestation Read story: 👉 shorturl.at/uc8IX
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Community-managed forests in the DRC are under serious threat. Designed to protect biodiversity & enable sustainable management, they're now facing encroachment from mining operations This story is by Jonas Kiriko with support from @pulitzercenter.org Read🔗 bit.ly/3OBJbgW
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
From spy tech to soldiers in the parks: Uganda’s conservation has gone high‑tech and high‑risk. Real‑time platforms like EarthRanger are helping rangers solve crimes but they also bring dual‑use surveillance dangers and community fallout. Read:👉 shorturl.at/DKKpR
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
In Kibumba, DRC, potato farmers are rebuilding their lives after years of conflict, displacement, damaged farmland & fractured markets. Amid climate shocks, this is a story of resilience and determination to secure a better future through crisis. By Daniel Buuma Read👉https://bit.ly/4ezRViz
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Pangolins are the most trafficked mammals on Earth, with claims that their scales treat different ailments. Made of keratin just like human hair & nails, there is no robust evidence of healing powers. But demand is pushing them toward extinction. Read full story 👇https://bit.ly/4uk5XJE 📸Govastki
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Unverified Medicinal Claims Drives Extinction of Pangolins - InfoNile
Historically, much of the scale trade supplied markets in parts of East and Southeast Asia, where pangolin products were incorporated into traditional medicinal formulations. In response to mounting c...
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The policy of universal free education, requiring only a nominal registration fee, has further supported increased enrollment in SS. Register for our upcoming #SciWednesdays discussion on resilient education in flood-prone areas. 📆 29/04/26 Link: 👉 bit.ly/4dPiobC
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
How do communities protect girls’ education when floods wash away roads, homes, & schools? Join our upcoming webinar next Wednesday, by our NileWell coproduction reporting from South Sudan’s Unity State. 📆 29/04/26 🕔 4.00 - 5.30 pm Register: 👉 bit.ly/4dPiobC
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Have you registered for our upcoming NileWell #SciWednesday? Join the conversation on South Sudan’s flood 🌊 crisis and how communities, the GESS programme and other partners keep children learning despite severe floods. Register Today👉https://bit.ly/4dPiobC
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Science journalism is under threat as global funding cuts hit critical reporting on climate, health & the environment. Proud to see our co-founder FredrickMugira, featured on @sciam, emphasising that investing in independent science journalism matters. Read: 👉 bit.ly/4mFxzpV
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Science journalism on the ropes worldwide as U.S. aid cuts bite
Federal freezes to foreign assistance are affecting grants for investigative reporters everywhere—but especially in poorer countries
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
What happens to education when communities are submerged? In Unity State, floods are disrupting learning but communities, teachers & programmes are keeping girls in school against all odds. Join our webinar to see what’s working. 🗓️ 29/04/26 Register 👉 bit.ly/4dPiobC
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Missed today’s #SciWednesdays? Don’t Worry! The resources and the livestreamed recorded webinar are now available on nilewell.org. For YouTube: 👉 shorturl.at/8Z6bZ #SciWednesdays #NileWell
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C4ADS @c4ads.org · 01/04/2026
ICYMI: Community forests in the DRC are meant to protect local communities and biodiversity. But a recent @infonile.bsky.social investigation — using mining data obtained by C4ADS — finds over 100 mining permits overlapping on the same land. Read 👇
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On Paper, It’s a Community Forest. On the Map, It’s a Mine. - InfoNile
Community-managed forests in the DRC, meant to safeguard biodiversity and promote sustainable management, are under threat from expanding mining operations that encroach on dozens of concessions.…
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Join us this #ScienceWednesday as we explore how climate change is affecting Lake Turkana! A recent UNEP study reveals alarming trends in rainfall and lake expansion. Don’t miss it! Register Now:👉 shorturl.at/omtiX #SciWednesdays #NileWell
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Farming shouldn’t be a gamble, but for many, climate change has made it one. Erratic rains. Failing harvests. Uncertain futures. Yet across communities in Northern Uganda, farmers are pushing back - adapting, innovating & reclaiming their land. Read here: 👉 shorturl.at/NirsO
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The Seeds of Change: How Farmers in Northern Uganda are Cultivating a New Future - InfoNile
The problem, he realised, wasn't the soil or the seeds, but the traditional, rudimentary post-harvest handling practices.
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Lake Turkana, the world’s largest desert lake is rising, not shrinking. Ancestral homes, schools & livelihoods now lie underwater as the desert lake swallows its shores. Join us for the next #SciWednesday for this discussion! Register:👉 shorturl.at/omtiX #SciWednesdays
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Community-managed forests in the DRC are under serious threat. Designed to protect biodiversity & enable sustainable management, they're now facing encroachment from mining operations This story is by Jonas Kiriko with support from @pulitzercenter.org Read: 🔗 bit.ly/3OBJbgW
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
For our next #SciWed we shall explore how Tanzania is grappling with 220 invasive species, 75 of which threaten environments and biodiversity. Join us next week on Wednesday for this discussion! Register now: tinywebs.info/KA9612 #SciWed #NileWell
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
In Kongwa District, Tanzania 🇹🇿, the invasive weed "Mahata" is strangling crops, sucking soil nutrients dry, and forcing farmers to flee their land. A devastating threat to food security! Join us next week on Wednesday for this discussion! Register 👉🏾 tinywebs.info/KA9612
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Science Wednesday. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Science Wednesday. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Join us next wednesday, for the #NileWell #SciWednesdays as we explore how invasive weeds“Mahata” are choking crops, depleting vital soil nutrients, & driving people to abandon their farmland in Kongwa District, Tz. Don't miss this discussion! Register 👉🏾 tinywebs.info/KA9612
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Lake Victoria is suffocating under pollution & neglect. But across its shores, art is giving it voice & hope. #NAAMFestival is using music, poetry, recycled-art installations & storytelling, transforming public engagement into action. - ChagalaD Read: 👇 tinywebs.info/Uga9NX
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Lake Victoria is Choking. Art and Storytelling are Helping it Breathe - InfoNile
For a decade, NAAM Festival has turned art into action, using music, storytelling and performance to speak to climate change realities that lakeside communities experience daily
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Once degraded by sand mining, farming & urbanisation, Kigali’s wetlands are being reborn. 18,000+ acres of restored wetlands now weave through the city’s hillsides & valleys, a blueprint for climate-smart cities. Story by @AnnonciataB & @FrederickJC1 👇 bit.ly/4qs20jT
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How Nature is Reclaiming its Place Across the Rwandan Capital - InfoNile
In just three years, Rwanda's capital, Kigali converted a degraded swamp into a functioning wetland featuring ponds, a riverine forest, and a savanna.
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Lake Victoria, the world's second largest lake, is poisoned by sewage, industry & farm runoff. Over two years, we partnered with 16 scientists and journalists to test the waters in 🇺🇬, 🇰🇪 & 🇹🇿. We found toxic levels. #TopStories2025 Link: 👉 shorturl.at/Aua7D
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Have you signed up to join our pilot group for #NileWell? Nile Well is an online platform that connects water 💧 and environment #scientists & #journalists in the Nile Basin. Find accredited journalists ✍️& credible scientists 👩‍🔬 Create account here 🔗nilewell.org/user/register
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Once degraded by sand mining, farming & urbanisation, Kigali’s wetlands are being reborn. 18,000+ acres of restored wetlands now weave through the city’s hillsides & valleys, a blueprint for climate-smart cities. Story by @AnnonciataB & @FrederickJC1 👇 infonile.org/en/2026/02/h...
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How Nature is Reclaiming its Place Across the Rwandan Capital - InfoNile
In just three years, Rwanda's capital, Kigali converted a degraded swamp into a functioning wetland featuring ponds, a riverine forest, and a savanna.
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InfoNile @infonile.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Thousands of great apes are stolen from the wild, often with devastating brutality. The surge in digital platforms has made it much more efficient pushing these intelligent, social animals closer to the brink. - @TC_Africa Full story 👉 bit.ly/45PmdJ3
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InfoNile Home - InfoNile
Navigate interactive narratives through maps and layers with text related to locations as you scroll.
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