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Alexandra Narváez and Alex Lucitante, two young Indigenous leaders from the A’i Cofán community of Sinangoe, located in the Ecuadoran Amazon, have been awarded the 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize for their fight against gold mining on their territory. This marks the second time that this internationally renowned prize has been awarded to Ecuadoran Indigenous leaders. In […]

Life of Burkinabe investigative journalist in danger 4 minute read A voter entering a polling station in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 29 November 2015, Émilie Iob (VOA), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons No stranger to being under attack Burkinabe journalist Yacouba Ladji Bama was shot at, on his way home after co-hosting a panel discussion on electoral corruption. This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 23 December 2020. On h...